Google is now placing ads for travel companies within the search results of some generative AI search engines.
Similar to ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, there are many startups developing their own versions of AI search engines. Through a connection with Google’s Ads program, those startups can now display ads within their normal search results, as Bloomberg first reported.
At least one of those startups, iAsk, shows sponsored links from travel companies in response to user prompts about travel. Skift asked the iAsk chatbot several questions about traveling to New York City. The questions triggered sponsored results from multiple travel companies: Trivadvisor,…
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