Bing news quiz, THE GLOBALIST QUIZ The rise -- and fall? -- of Google The weekly quiz is provided by the Globalist, a daily online feature service that covers issues and trends in globalization. The nonpartisan organization provides commercial services and nonprofit educational features.
QUESTION
Since its founding in 1998, Google's rise has been meteoric. But has the company grown too big? There are those who argue that its dominance of key aspects of the Internet warrants antitrust action. Do you know what Google's current market share is?
ANSWER
A. 92 percent
B. 79 percent
C. 71 percent
D. 44 percent
A.
92 percent is correct.
In Europe, Google accounts for more than nine of every 10 Internet searches, according to Web statistics firm StatCounter. When the European Commission formally charged Google with violating EU antitrust laws, it alleged that the company's dominance in search enables it to harm customers and competitors by favoring its own shopping comparison services. Compared to Google's 92 percent market share, the second-ranking search engine, Microsoft's Bing, is small. It is used for less than 3 percent of all Internet searches in the EU. Microsoft also provides the results for the Yahoo search engine. Taken together, Microsoft provides the results for about 5 percent of European searches.
B.
79 percent is also correct.
As of early 2015, Google accounted for 79 percent of the Internet searches performed on desktop and tablet computers and mobile devices in the United States. As in Europe, the Microsoft-provided results for Bing and Yahoo had a firm hold on second place, accounting for a combined 18 percent of all searches conducted in the United States. Microsoft's share of U.S. searches has increased in recent months, a shift that has come at Google's expense. The shift occurred after Mozilla replaced Google with Yahoo as the default search engine in its Firefox Web browser, the third-most popular browser worldwide.
C.
71 percent is also correct.
In recent years Apple has progressively lost market share to smartphones running Google's Android operating system. In Europe, Android runs on 71 percent of mobile devices, followed by Apple's iOS (21 percent) and Windows Phone (7 percent), according to IDC, a market analysis firm. In the United States, Android is even more prevalent, accounting for 77 percent of the mobile operating system market, compared to Apple's 20 percent and Windows' 3 percent.While Google does not charge licensing fees to phone manufacturers, the Android mobile operating system ultimately contributes to Google's bottom-line.
D.
44 percent is also correct.
Google's Chrome Web browser is also the market leader among Web browsers in Europe and the United States -- though its lead in this market is much narrower. Chrome -- which comes with Google set as its default search engine -- has a 44 percent market share in Europe (matching its global market share) and 37 percent in the United States. Worldwide, none of its competitors -- including Firefox, Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer -- have more than 15 percent of the market.
Since its founding in 1998, Google's rise has been meteoric. But has the company grown too big? There are those who argue that its dominance of key aspects of the Internet warrants antitrust action. Do you know what Google's current market share is?
ANSWER
A. 92 percent
B. 79 percent
C. 71 percent
D. 44 percent
A.
92 percent is correct.
In Europe, Google accounts for more than nine of every 10 Internet searches, according to Web statistics firm StatCounter. When the European Commission formally charged Google with violating EU antitrust laws, it alleged that the company's dominance in search enables it to harm customers and competitors by favoring its own shopping comparison services. Compared to Google's 92 percent market share, the second-ranking search engine, Microsoft's Bing, is small. It is used for less than 3 percent of all Internet searches in the EU. Microsoft also provides the results for the Yahoo search engine. Taken together, Microsoft provides the results for about 5 percent of European searches.
B.
79 percent is also correct.
As of early 2015, Google accounted for 79 percent of the Internet searches performed on desktop and tablet computers and mobile devices in the United States. As in Europe, the Microsoft-provided results for Bing and Yahoo had a firm hold on second place, accounting for a combined 18 percent of all searches conducted in the United States. Microsoft's share of U.S. searches has increased in recent months, a shift that has come at Google's expense. The shift occurred after Mozilla replaced Google with Yahoo as the default search engine in its Firefox Web browser, the third-most popular browser worldwide.
C.
71 percent is also correct.
In recent years Apple has progressively lost market share to smartphones running Google's Android operating system. In Europe, Android runs on 71 percent of mobile devices, followed by Apple's iOS (21 percent) and Windows Phone (7 percent), according to IDC, a market analysis firm. In the United States, Android is even more prevalent, accounting for 77 percent of the mobile operating system market, compared to Apple's 20 percent and Windows' 3 percent.While Google does not charge licensing fees to phone manufacturers, the Android mobile operating system ultimately contributes to Google's bottom-line.
D.
44 percent is also correct.
Google's Chrome Web browser is also the market leader among Web browsers in Europe and the United States -- though its lead in this market is much narrower. Chrome -- which comes with Google set as its default search engine -- has a 44 percent market share in Europe (matching its global market share) and 37 percent in the United States. Worldwide, none of its competitors -- including Firefox, Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer -- have more than 15 percent of the market.
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