US alleges Google got rich because people stick with search defaults
Thursday, 14 September 2023 The Justice Department is arguing in an antitrust trial that Google made agreements with mobile carriers to dominate search on smartphones. The government claims that Google paid billions of dollars to wireless companies, device makers, and browser makers to maintain its search engine market share. Witnesses have testified that Google sought default status on mobile devices to attract search queries.
TikTok Secretly , Partnered With Wikipedia, to Boost Search Results.
'The Verge' reports that TikTok users have been
increasingly using the popular app as a search engine,
to find everything from headlines to nearby restaurants.
Snippets from Wikipedia have increasingly
been coming up in search...