Google’s Persistent Ad Slump Weighs on Alphabet’s 1Q Results

Google’s Persistent Ad Slump Weighs on Alphabet’s 1Q Results
A woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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SAN FRANCISCO—Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine.

An unprecedented downturn in Google’s digital ad revenue—the company’s main moneymaker for more than 20 years—came into sharper focus Tuesday with the release of the January-March results for owner Alphabet Inc.