"Everything we do at Google is united by the mission of making information accessible and useful for everyone. Providing accurate and trusted information at the scale the Internet has reached is an extremely complex challenge and one that is constantly getting harder," CEO Sundar Pichai said on the company's earnings call.

The company's core advertising business has hit something of a plateau. Advertising revenue grew 20 percent from last year's fourth quarter, to $32.6 billion, the same rate of growth as last quarter."

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