Edition No. 130 · Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Story 2 of 53

Google Earned More Than $100 Billion In Ad Revenue Last Quarter, But Is It Even An Ad Business?

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Google earned $127.6 billion in Q3, nearly all from ads, yet advertising barely came up on its earnings call.

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