(Image Source: Trend Lyfe) BY KATIE BRENNAN Google shares surged more than 5 percent after hours Tuesday.  Bloomberg says  the company announced strong fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 results, spurred by a search-engine staple. “The search engine topping estimates for fourth quarter earnings posting $10.65 a share. The number of paid clicks per on ads surged 24 percent but the cost per click fell six percent.” After several quarters of decline in that cost-per-click data,  an analyst on CNBC says  investors were ready for something to be bullish about, and they got it. “There was one positive number in the results that I think is causing the stock to be out, and that’s the price declined less so it’s a story of less bad.” And while some of the bad was plain to see, Google’s executives steered clear of the negative numbers, using the earnings call to touch on Motorola’s role in the results. Google acquired the handset maker in May last year. Gizmodo calls it “baggage” and  The Verge reports : “Larry Page and CFO Patrick Pichette would like to redirect your attention from today’s losses to the product pipeline 12-18 months out...In other words, Motorola's first post-acquisition products, the Razr M and Razr HD, are not representative of the mobile manufacturer Google wants to own. And neither are the Motorola phones we're likely to see in the immediate future.” Investors, analysts and journalists on the earnings conference call also noticed something unusual but unrelated to the company’s results... the  CEO’s fatigued voice . “Larry Page, his voice still doesn’t sound good. Google hasn’t said yet exactly what the issue is but his voice doesn’t sound good. It even sounded like he was laboring with his breath while he was talking.” Page took time off in July to nurse his unknown ailment but has assured employees there was “nothing seriously wrong.” It’s a good thing too--  Gizmodo reports  Page said Google still has lots to figure out. “So, what's the deal with Shopping? Fiber? Android? Google TV? Glass? Whatever? 'Oh, you know, we'll see what happens.' For Google, the future isn't search or advertising.”