Alphabet earnings show slowing search ad growth as AI monetization lags
11/04/2026 — 11/04, 20:20·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Alphabet's latest earnings show search query volume growing at its fastest pace in five years, yet search ad revenue growth slowed to 12% ye…
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Google parent Alphabet released its earnings report last week, and it showed that search queries are growing at their fastest rate in five years. Yet Google's Search ad revenue growth slowed to 12 percent year over year in Q3 2026, down from roughly 17 percent in the previous quarter. In a report published on 2026-11-04, The Verge noted that Google has not yet found a way to make its AI products earn money the way Search ads do. The situation stands at that point for now, with neither Alphabet nor Google having publicly outlined a monetization path for its AI products.
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Alphabet's latest earnings show search queries growing at their fastest rate in five years, yet Search revenue growth slowed to 12% year over year in Q3, down from roughly 17% the prior quarter. The Verge reports that Google still hasn't figured out how to make its AI products monetize the way search ads do.
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