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“Google has 68% of the search market but frames itself as a small player in the broader 'technology' or 'advertising' market to avoid monopoly scrutiny.”

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Search Engine Watch / comScore data (May 2014)source alive

Google held 67.6% of U.S. search engine market share in April 2014, per comScore.

U.S. Department of Justice v. Google LLC (2024)source alive

In August 2024, Judge Amit Mehta ruled Google held monopoly power in general search engine services and text advertising. The court explicitly rejected Google's attempt to define the market more broadly.

Yahoo Finance -- Google ad-tech trial market definition disputesource alive

Google's lawyers argued there is 'no such thing' as a narrow ad-tech market, and that ad-tech tools are 'just part of a larger online advertising market' competing with Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, TikTok, Roku, Disney, and Yahoo. The DOJ called Google's proposed market definitio

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