Slowing Growth? Search grew 12% - yes that is much slower than the cloud growth; but its still a very healthy business.

Thanks for the response.
Yes, still healthy but the slowing growth is a bit concerning to me...

A Google search told me:
"Google’s core Search revenue growth decelerated sharply to 12% year-over-year in Q3 2026, down from 19% in Q1 and 17% in Q2.
This sequential slowdown—culminating in a nearly $1.6 billion miss against Wall Street's 15% growth projections—triggered a historic 12.6% single-day stock plunge that wiped out roughly $500 billion in market value."

"Alphabet reported third-quarter revenue of about $127.58 billion, below analysts' estimates of $128.20 billion. The company reported earnings of $2.12 per share, compared with estimates of $3.02."

"Despite gains in its cloud division, the company had negative free cash flow of $9.1 billion."