Google’s just announced its third quarter earnings and, as expected, the company’s numbers are continuing on the upswing. That includes $9.72 billion in revenue, which represents a 33 percent jump compared to the third quarter of 2010, along with $2.73 billion in net income, which is up from $2.17 billion a year ago. Somewhat notably, Google also choose to lead off its press release announcing the financial results (included after the break) with the news that Google+ just passed the 40 million user mark, with the company further noting that “people are flocking into Google+ at an incredible rate.” There’s not a ton of surprises to be found in the results otherwise, although the company sure seems to be busy hiring new folks — it’s brought on 10 percent more employees in the span of three months (for a total of 31,353 full-time employees as of September 30th). The company’s earnings call is coming up shortly — we’ll bring you any additional details as they’re made available.

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