Most of us have heard people say that AdSense only pays a few pennies per click. Actually the amounts vary. Some are low and some could be considered relatively high.
Some of Google's advertising partners don't make very much while others make tons of money. What is paid for those clicks can really add up if you have the right kind of site that does well with AdSense, and if you have a good amount of traffic.
During the first 3 months of this year, Google paid their advertising partners a staggering one billion four hundred ninety million dollars ($1,490,000,000.00) in commissions. Yes, those clicks can add up.
Google's first quarter profits beat the expectations of analysts. Profits were up by 30 percent. Google's first quarter revenue was 5.19 billion dollars.
This was the 12th quarter out of the 15 since Google went public that it has performed better than analysts had expected.
Here are a couple of articles with more details:
Google Beats the Bears
Google's 1Q profit climbs 30 pct and tops analyst views: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance