Shia

Google’s Earnings Expose Wall Street’s Limitations

I agree Google have their act together. However, your comment about Comscore reporting "a significant slowdown in year to year growth in paid clicks" is explained on Comscore's own blog:-

Why Google’s surprising paid click data are less surprising. The change “is primarily a result of Google’s own quality initiatives that result in a reduction in the number of paid listings and, therefore, the opportunity for paid clicks to occur”.