The bonuses disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday were less than the awards doled out in 2007 when Googles profit rose 37 percent, dwarfing 2008s gain of 1 percent.

The Mountain View-based companys market value plunged by about $120 billion, or 56 percent last year, reflecting concerns that the weakening economy will eviscerate the online advertising market that generates virtually all of Googles revenue.

Tuesdays filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission didnt include any information about the salaries or stock compensation paid to Googles top executives last year. Those disclosures are expected within the next few weeks when Google files its proxy statement.

Following company tradition, Google didnt pay bonuses to Chief Executive Eric Schmidt or co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Those three men are all billionaires, thanks to their large stock holdings in Google.

Jonathan Rosenberg, who oversees Googles products, received the largest bonus at $1.64 million, a 3 percent decrease from 2007s incentive award of $1.68 million.

Omid Kordestani, Googles top sales executive, and Alan Eustace, who oversees the companys engineers, each got bonuses of $1.38 million, an 18 percent cut from $1.68 million in 2007. The documents didnt elaborate on the reasons why the bonuses paid to Kordestani and Eustace were lowered more than Rosenbergs was.

Google gave a $1.24 million to its chief financial officer, Patrick Pichette, for his contributions after joining the company in August. Pichette has been widely credited for engineering a cost-cutting effort that helped Google offset its slowing revenue growth.

George Reyes, Googles CFO before Pichette, received a 2008 bonus of $675,000, down from $1.68 million in 2007 when he was with the company the entire year.

Googles top executives are eligible for annual bonuses of up to $6 million apiece.

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