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# Google search growth slows as AI Mode cannibalizes ad revenue
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/google-search-growth-slows-as-ai-mode-cannibalizes-ad-revenue/
- Published: 2026-10-29T14:01:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-29T14:01:18.000Z
- Description: Adweek’s Kendra Barnett reports that Alphabet’s Q3 search revenue growth decelerated to 12%, down from 17% last quarter, as executives blamed AI Mode’s lower ad monetization alongside forex and Asia-Pacific spending dips.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Ad-tech, Earnings, Kendra Barnett, James Hercher, Google stock sinks on AI Mode ad pressure

**Why it matters.** Advertisers should expect Google to push ad load deeper into AI Mode and AI Overviews as the company works to offset search’s monetization gap.

*Based on reporting by* [*adweek.com*](https://www.adweek.com/media/google-stock-sinks-as-ai-mode-pressures-search-ad-growth/?ref=medianexis.com) *—* [*Kendra Barnett*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-kendra-barnett/) *·* [*adexchanger.com*](https://www.adexchanger.com/platforms/google-earned-more-than-100-billion-in-ad-revenue-last-quarter-but-is-it-even-an-ad-business/?ref=medianexis.com) *—* [*James Hercher*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-james-hercher/)*.*