Editor's take: Despite the AI boom and other major shifts on the web, advertising remains Google's – and Alphabet's – primary revenue source. The company recently began a slow rollout of a new ads ...

Certain sponsored ads on Google have been trying to lead users on to faked Apple support pages that try to get the user to use the Terminal and install malware on Macs.

Google is rolling out a change to how ads appear in Search, and this time it’s focused on clarity and user control. Text ads will now be grouped under a single “Sponsored results” label that stays ...

Beginning in March, users will start seeing more ads within search results, a move that underlines how central advertising ...

Google Search is rolling out a major update that groups all text ads under a clear “Sponsored results” label. Crucially, the new design adds a “Hide sponsored results” button, letting users collapse ...

Sponsored ads, which are practically a given anytime you do an online search, can be an ominous way of luring consumers to fake websites that seek to steal money and personal identities. The ads are ...

(Bloomberg/Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen) — The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, ...

Microsoft is testing out the new Google Ads sponsored results label, ad grouping and hide button with its own Bing Search results ads. Microsoft Advertising search ads in Bing are testing grouping ...

EMARKETER now projects U.S. advertisers will pour over $25 billion—about 14% of all search budgets—into AI-powered search results by 2029. That leap from just $1.04 billion this year isn’t wishful ...