Google just defied expectations again - it mustered a full in revenue and generated an ample $2.79 billion in profit for its second quarter of 2012. The growth in revenue was a heady 21 percent over what the search leader saw a year ago (about 15 percent sequentially), even with a recently-swallowed Motorola now factoring (however slightly) into its results. About $10.96 billion of revenue comes from advertising and other close-to-the-vest businesses, $7.54 billion of which was from sites directly owned by Google. Unlike this winter, Google doesn't have any wildcards in store for share splits or other saucy details.
Engadget , Google hits $12.21 billion in revenue for Q2 2012 (update: Motorola figures), Google hits $12.21 billion in revenue for Q2 2012 (update: Motorola figures)
