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Strength of the Google Brand after Alphabet's Incredible Earnings Report

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On today’s episode of the Tech Talk Tuesday podcast, Ryan McQueeney takes a deep dive into the latest earnings results from Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL - Free Report) . It was another remarkable quarter for Alphabet, and Ryan argues that, more so than anything else, the report showed Google’s brand—from its core search business to new hardware and cloud initiatives—appears to be quite healthy.

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On Monday afternoon, Google parent Alphabet released its latest quarterly earnings report, topping estimates on the top and bottom lines. The internet behemoth notched total revenue growth of 26%, and excluding potential fines it faces in Europe, profits improved significantly as well.

Those results were supported by remarkable performance in Alphabet’s core advertising business, which saw revenue surge 24% from the year-ago period as growth in paid clicks continued to outpace a decline in cost per click.

Alphabet also saw strong results in its “Other Revenues” category, which includes its Google Play Store, Google Cloud offerings, and hardware initiatives like the Pixel phone and Nest home automation division.

Plus, even though “Other Bets” is just a drop in the bucket for Google, the firm did see 50% revenue growth from this mysterious unit, and that’s likely due to continued growth from Google Fiber and Verily.

On today’s episode of Tech Talk Tuesday, Ryan digs into all of these categories and provides listeners with his take on this bellwether tech report. Make sure to check out the show to hear more!

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