Google’s ad sales slump but recovery is on the way, analysts say

Ad sales simply have not been adding up, but recovery is on the way.

This is the general consensus of Wall Street analysts who follow Google parent Alphabet Inc.
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after it reported a second straight quarter of declining advertising revenue but offered encouraging signs of a rebound. Still, it wasn’t enough to stop a 5% drop in shares Friday that jeopardizes its $1 trillion market value.