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How does Mozilla sell my traffic to Google?
by berkes 2y ago
How does Mozilla sell my traffic to Google?
- greyface- 2y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934961/google-antitrust-trial-defaults-search-deal-26-3-billion https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934961/google-antitrus... https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-google-search-deal/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sources-mozilla-extends-its-go...
- berkes 2y agoHow is that "selling my traffic"?
- greyface- 2y agoChoice of default search provider impacts where search traffic goes. When you enter a search query into the location bar, you generate traffic for the default search provider. When Google purchased the right to be the default search provider, they were purchasing that traffic.