Google quarterly net profit up 24%

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INTERNET search and advertising giant Google says its second-quarter net profit rose 24 per cent over a year ago to $US1.84 billion ($A2.08 billion).

The Mountain View, California-based company says revenue also increased by 24 per cent to $US6.82 billion ($A7.71 billion) during the quarter ending on June 30 compared to a year ago.

"Google had a strong second quarter," chief executive Eric Schmidt said in a statement on Thursday, citing "solid growth in our core business and very strong growth in our emerging businesses".

"We saw strength in every major product area, as more and more traditional brand advertisers embraced search advertising and as large advertisers increasingly ran integrated campaigns across search, display and mobile.

We feel confident about our future, and plan to continue to invest aggressively in our core areas of strategic focus," Schmidt said.