(Last Word) in the Internet Search Market

question 174

Multiple Choice

(Last Word) In the Internet search market,

• A) Yahoo, Bing, and Google have roughly equal market shares.
• B) the Herfindahl index value is 10,000.
• C) Google holds about 64 percent of the market, while Bing and Yahoo together hold about 34 percent.
• D) government subsidies ensure that search engines are provided at no cost to all Internet users.

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