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During the Justice Department's antitrust trial, Prabhakar Raghavan, a senior Google executive, disclosed that the tech giant paid $26.3 billion to secure default search engine status on web browsers and mobile phones in 2021, according to Bloomberg News. Google's 2021 search advertising revenue reached $146.4 billion, with the payments for default search engine status emerging as its biggest expenditure. Raghavan noted that these payments had tripled over the past nine years., World News, Times Now

At the start of its antitrust defense, Google attributed its success to relentless investment, countering government claims that it broke the law to stay ahead.

News referral traffic analysis: Search has grown in importance as a traffic source over the past five years while social has declined.

Google's mobile intrusive interstitials penalty, plus: AdWords eases negative keyword management, Search Plus pushing Google+ and more.

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