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        <title><![CDATA[Google’s ad revenue expected to drop for first time in 12 years]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google&#8217;s advertising business is experiencing a major slowdown due to the coronavirus-battered travel industry.</p><p>The search giant will see its ad revenue drop for the first time in more than a decade, according to data from research firm eMarketer, as the travel industry — normally one of the platform&#8217;s most rock-solid spenders — pulls back as vacationers have been forced to stay at home for months because of the pandemic.</p><p>Google&#8217;s US ad revenue is projected to decline 5.3 percent by the end of the year, to $39.6 billion. The drop, eMarketer says, cuts the Mountain View, Calif.-based company&#8217;s market share from 31.6 percent to 29.4 percent.</p><p>The research firm first began tracking Google&#8217;s numbers in 2008, and Monday&#8217;s report represents the first time it has ever projected a decline.</p><p>&#8220;Ad revenues will decline this year primarily because of a sharp pullback in travel advertiser spending, which in the past has been heavily concentrated on Google&#8217;s search ad products,&#8221; eMarketer principal analyst Nicole Perrin said.</p><p>Perrin added that e-commerce spending is down, noting that Amazon pulled its ads from Google search earlier in the pandemic as it <strong>struggled to keep up with customer demand</strong> for its products.&nbsp; <u></u><u></u></p><p>Google&#8217;s two main rivals in the advertising space, Facebook and Amazon, are also projected to see their growth slow drastically this year, but will not enter negative territory. Facebook&#8217;s share of the digital ad market will increase from 22.7 percent to 23.4 percent, while Amazon will see its slice of the pie increase from 7.8 percent to 9.5 percent.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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