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# Google takes AI Search ads global as core search growth cools
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/google-takes-ai-search-ads-global-as-core-search-growth-cools/
- Published: 2026-10-29T14:01:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-29T14:01:22.000Z
- Description: TechCrunch’s Lauren Forristal reports Google is expanding AI mode ads internationally, announced on Alphabet’s third-quarter call as Search ad growth slowed to 12% year over year, down from 19% in Q1.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Ad-tech, Earnings, Lauren Forristal, Google expands AI Search ads globally

**Why it matters.** Advertisers get a new global inventory source just as Google’s core search ad engine shows sustained deceleration.

*Signal from* [*techcrunch.com*](https://techcrunch.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Lauren Forristal*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-lauren-forristal/) *·* [*read the original*](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/google-expands-ai-search-ads-globally-as-core-ad-growth-slows/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*