Ad Age does a good job reviewing and comparing Google and Microsoft’s earnings.
Google posted a 17% increase in revenue in the fourth quarter compared with the year-ago period and, in what appeared to be an attempt to temper expectations for a more difficult first quarter, called that the “easy part.”
From the article, on the topic of future earnings, “The company also said it was optimistic there would be breakthroughs at YouTube this year”
I think we’ve heard that before, haven’t we? 🙂