Google came close to its first $10 billion quarter and hit another milestone: 40 million users for Google+, as the company announced its third-quarter earnings on Thursday.

Google posted $9.72 billion in revenues, a 33% jump over the same quarter in 2010. Operating income for the quarter was also up. Such earnings hit $3.06 billion for the quarter compared to $2.55 billion in the year-ago quarter.


In a recent press release from the company, CEO Larry Page also said that Google+, the company’s fledgling social network, now has 40 million users: “People are flocking into Google+ at an incredible rate and we are just getting started!” says Page.