Google announces its financial results for Q2 2012

The company announced today that it generated a total of $12.21 billion in revenues for the second quarter of 2012, an increase of 35 percent compared to a year ago.

According to Google's press release, the company had a profit of $2.79 billion during the second quarter, up from $2.51 billion from the same period a year ago.The company is currently holding its quarterly financial call with analysts. Google CEO Larry Page is not expected to attend the call, due to his ongoing health issues.