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As of 2020, Google Search has a 92% share of the global search engine market. [3] Approximately 26.75% of Google's monthly global traffic comes from the United States , 4.44% from India , 4.4% from Brazil , 3.92% from the United Kingdom and 3.84% from Japan according to data provided by Similarweb .
eBay is an online-market place, founded in 1995, [11] that allows its registered users to buy and sell items with other users. eBay has more than 97 million active users globally, [12] In 2010, users worldwide collectively traded more than $2,000 worth of goods every second. [11]
Of the most prominent pre-Google search engines, AltaVista is one of the most memorable. On the day it launched in December 1995, it quickly amassed more than 300,000 visitors.
The search engines' market shares vary from market to market, as does competition. In 2003, Danny Sullivan stated that Google represented about 75% of all searches. [ 65 ] In markets outside the United States, Google's share is often larger, and data showed Google was the dominant search engine worldwide as of 2007. [ 66 ]
The plaintiffs in the Facebook case claimed the company unlawfully withheld information from investors about a 2015 data breach involving British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica that ...
AltaVista: A Web search engine established in 1995. It became one of the most-used early search engines, but lost ground to Google and was purchased by Yahoo! in 2003. Alteon WebSystems: Its shares soared 294% on its first day of trading. Amazon.com: The company's stock fell over 90% across two years, from a high of US$107 to a low of US$7. [2]
Other search engines with a smaller market share include Bing at 4%, Yandex at 2%, and Yahoo at 1%. Other search engines not listed have less than a 3% market share. [1] [2] The business of websites improving their visibility in search results, known as marketing and optimization, has thus largely focused on Google.
United States v. Google LLC is an ongoing federal antitrust case brought by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) against Google LLC on October 20, 2020. The suit alleges that Google has violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by illegally monopolizing the search engine and search advertising markets, most notably on Android devices, as well as with Apple and mobile carriers.