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Amazon's rise in ad searches dents Google's dominance

Consumers are said to be no longer double-hopping between Google and Amazon; they just go straight to Amazon

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In August last year, the firm had signed a term sheet with Future Group to invest close to $700 million

Suzanne Vranica | WSJ
Advertisers are starting to shift spending on search ads from Alphabet Inc.’s Google toward Amazon.com Inc., a sign of how the online retailer is capitalizing on becoming the top destination for consumers’ product searches.

WPP PLC, the world’s largest ad buyer, spent about $300 million on behalf of its clients on Amazon search ads last year, and about 75% of that money came from Google search budgets, according to people familiar with the matter. It spent between $100 million and $150 million on Amazon search in 2017, the people said.

WPP spent north of $3 billion globally on Google search