Google’s search engine processes an estimated 8.5 billion queries per day worldwide, nearly doubling its daily volume from 12 years ago, according to a recent study released by the investment firm BOND. “This decision recognizes that Google offers the best search engine, but concludes that we shouldn’t be allowed to make it easily available,” Walker said. For instance, Yahoo was the most popular search engine during the 1990s before Google came along. He noted that Microsoft’s Bing search engine has 80% share of the search market on the Microsoft Edge browser. If Mehta decides to limit or ban Google’s default search deals, it could squeeze Apple’s profits, too.
