Google recorded a 24 % sales increase of 10.65 billion USD in the first quarter of this year compared to last year 2011, Google chief Larry Page announced late on Thursday Profits in the first quarter of 2011 went up from 2.3 billion USD to 3.39 billion USD. \"We saw tremendous momentum from the big bets we\'ve made in products like Android, Chrome and YouTube.\" Page said. For his part, Google co-founder Sergey Brin also announced that a new dividend policy that will allow shareholders to receive new tax free shares for each current share they own under a separate ticker symbol.