• eweek, Monday, October 12, 2009 1:42 PM

Ahead of Google's third quarter earnings report on Thursday, analysts are expecting the search giant to the street's expectations. Bernstein Research, for one, said it expects earnings per share of $5.44 compared to Wall Street's consensus of $5.36. Google has certainly kept busy this past quarter, rolling out new Search Options to let users refine search results, adding search by hour and date range functions, as well as the ability to sift through books, blogs and news.

In September, it introduced Google Fast Flip to offer users a different way to browse magazines online, and unveiled its Sidewiki annotation service. Google also began indexing Hot Trends in search results, and moved to accelerate its online display ad business by launching the DoubleClick Ad Exchange.

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