Why AI is boosting Meta's ad business while hurting Google search

What BBN said about it

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMeta's ad revenue jumped twenty-six percent to about sixty-three billion dollars last quarter, while Google's search unit grew twelve percent to about sixty-three point four billion, CNBC reports.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSixty-three and sixty-three point four. Is that close, or is that how it looks on the receipt?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's close.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMeta is within roughly two hundred ninety million dollars of Google's flagship search ads, and Meta doesn't even have a search box people go to.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo how does Google slow down? Are people searching less?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNo, searches hit an all-time high.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPaid-click growth fell from thirteen percent to eight percent, and an analyst called that potentially catastrophic. Searches are at a record high. It's the best-attended disaster ever.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo people ask Google more than ever and it makes less from each question? Who's getting the free answers?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHashtag Askedandanswered.