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Optimizing Monetization Strategies for Generative AI Firms: Implications for Search Engagement

This paper demonstrates that offering two advertising-supported monetization options, rather than just one, allows Generative AI firms to effectively encourage free users to upgrade while retaining paid subscribers, thereby optimizing revenue without compromising search engagement through a mechanism driven by the compromise effect and mediated by affective and cognitive evaluations.

Original authors: Veronica Rosendo-Rios (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ICADE, Madrid. Spain), Paurav Shukla (Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Southampton. UK)

Published 2026-08-03
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Original authors: Veronica Rosendo-Rios (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ICADE, Madrid. Spain), Paurav Shukla (Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Southampton. UK)

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