In the past week’s news: According to Search Engine Land, Google investors got a shock when the company’s consolidated earnings were leaked much earlier than expected. The shock comes because the earnings failed to meet expectations. Other news in the report is that search clicks went up 33 per cent compared to last year; traffic acquisition costs also went up and cost-per-clicks declined by 15 per cent.

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