Google has seen a sharp rise in its first-quarter earnings as the search engine giant has reported $6.54bn in net revenue in the first quarter.  This is up 29% from $5.06bn during the same time period a year ago.

During this quarter, paid clicks rose by 18%.

Revenues from the UK were $969m; 11% of income during the first quarter in 2011.  UK revenues represented 13% of the first quarter in 2010.

Google has around 65% of the search engine market share in the USA, and around 90% in Europe.