The price of Google’s ads, measured in cost per click, fell 11% compared with a year earlier. That compares to a 7% year-over-year decline in the first quarter.
As previously noted (e.g. #msg-110386480), the relentless downward trend in revenue per click would seem to be a long-term problem for GOOG’s advertising business.
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