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Originally Posted by Sven
Google wants a mobile OS to ensure that people use the Google search engine from thier mobile devices. Apparently they make a penny or something every time someone does.
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I'm not sure what the amount is but if you do a mobile search, there is a relevant ad at the bottom of every search. Google gets paid for that ad, and earns additional $ if you click that link.
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Originally Posted by Sven
And apparently they feel the general populace is too ignorant to go to Google with their mobile browser once, and bookmark it.
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Microsoft has pretty well proven this point. Up until very recently how many people bothered to change web browsers from IE, or even their home page from MSN, the default on most Windows installs.
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Originally Posted by Sven
They likely haven't been watching the press or they would have discovered that in Europe they will be required to provide Bing and Yahoo Search on Android as well.
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I'm sure Google will gladly do this as soon as they have a 80% market share in the mobile phone market.
