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Google's net income for the first quarter has risen 60.7% to $2.89bn (£1.81bn), while revenues from the UK climbed 18.7% year on year to $1.15bn (£721m).
Record viewing figures, big spending retail clients and Google's debut television campaign helped TV advertising to its highest ever ad haul of £4.36bn in the UK during 2011, up 2.2% year on year.
Google has been named the UK top-rated brand by UK consumers for the second year running, while Dove has replaced Nokia in the top 20, according to the annual YouGov BrandIndex league table.
Google's quarterly UK revenues have passed $1bn for the first time, as the company delivered an eye-popping 33% surge in total revenue to $9.7bn (£6.2bn).
Google continues to attract the greatest number of unique visitors in Europe to its sites, although Facebook still dwarfs it in terms of the average minutes spent per visitor on its site, according to ComScore data for April.
Apple has leapfrogged Google and IBM to become the world's most valuable brand, according to Millward Brown.
Google's UK revenues for the first quarter were $969m (£593m), up 15% year on year, compared to a 27% jump in the company's total revenues to $8.58bn.
Google has supplanted Wal-Mart and Microsoft to become the world's leading brand, according to the annual list published by Brand Finance, in which Vodafone is named the leading UK brand.
Google has accused Microsoft of borrowing from its search results to improve the performance of Bing, a claim not denied by Microsoft.
The Google logo is viewed once every nine minutes in the UK, making it the most-seen logo on an average day, according to new research.
Welcome to the first incarnation of a new element in Campaign in which we invite experts to burrow beneath the surface of the catch-all that is "digital". Google, Isobar Mobile, JWT London, LBI and MBA share their insights on mobile.
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