{"id":254324,"date":"2024-08-14T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/one-chart-perfectly-explains-why-google-may-be-broken-up\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:24","slug":"one-chart-perfectly-explains-why-google-may-be-broken-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/one-chart-perfectly-explains-why-google-may-be-broken-up\/","title":{"rendered":"One chart perfectly explains why Google may be broken up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google<\/a> might be broken up, and it\u2019s all because of its tight grip over search.<\/p>\n

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A federal judge ruled last week that \u201cGoogle is a monopolist,\u201d<\/a> following a yearslong battle against the company by the Justice Department and state attorneys general. In the aftermath of the judge\u2019s ruling, the Justice Department is exploring remedies that could include breaking up the company<\/a>, Bloomberg<\/em> reported<\/a>, citing people with knowledge of the deliberations. Google has said it will appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n

At the center of the 10-week-long trial was Google\u2019s search engine, whose dominance, paired with a successful ad business, made Google and its parent company Alphabet among the most valuable companies in the world<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s not the only company with a search engine, Google has become synonymous with searching the web. Data from web-traffic analysis company Statcounter<\/a> puts Google\u2019s search engine market share at about 91% worldwide as of July. And it has maintained about a 90% market share since 2009, according to Statcounter. Its next closest competitor was Microsoft\u2019s Bing, with just under 4% market share as of July.<\/p>\n

Although the company disputed the figure, the Justice Department also said<\/a> nearly 90% of web searches were made through Google.<\/p>\n

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