Shares in AOL jumped 14% on Tuesday after the US internet firm reported a sharp rise in advertising revenues.
Advertising sales were up 7% to $US340 million, boosting net profit for the third quarter to $US20.8 million, compared with a loss of $US2.6 million a year ago.
Overall revenue was flat at $US531.7 million.
However, subscriptions during the quarter fell by 10% against a year earlier.
AOL was spun-off from Time Warner in 2009.
