Η Google ανήγγειλε τα σχέδια της πρώτη φορά το 2019. Στόχος της εταιρείας είναι να διεξάγει δημοπρασία για τις τρεις από τις τέσσερις θέσεις μιας νέας οθόνης επιλογής μηχανής αναζήτησης σε Appliances Androids installed for the first time on March 1, 2020.
The decision was made following a decision by the European Union and a fine of 4,3 billion euros for the anti-competitive practices followed by Google in the provision of services of other search engines, in Browser Chrome and the Android operating system.
Google revealed in 2019 that it would auction off three of the four spots on a shortlist of other search engines. The fourth place is of course not auctioned as it is reserved for the company's own search engine. This list will appear on users of the Android operating system from the European Union,
To make its decision, Google decided to conduct the auction for each EU Member State separately.
However, the CEOs of other search companies were not happy and that is why some companies, such as Ecosia, decided to boycott the auction. Google plans to hold similar auctions every four months and show search engines the choices of each country.
The first list of companies was released (posted from TheVerge) and is full of surprises. If you check the list, you will notice that DuckDuckGo has won a place in every EU Member State. The Microsoft Bing search engine has a place in the United Kingdom only.
Next to DuckDuckGo, is Info (dot.com) which comes second, followed by Russian Yandex, Qwant and PrivacyWall.
In Greece, DuckDuckGo, Info.com, and Qwant.
See the List:
Austria: DuckDuckGo, GMX, Info.com
Belgium: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Bulgaria: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Croatia: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Czech Republic: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, List
Denmark: DuckDuckGo, Givero, Info.com
Estonia: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Yandex
Finland: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Yandex
France: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Germany: DuckDuckGo, GMX, Info.com
Greece: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Hungary: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Iceland: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Ireland: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Italy: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Latvia: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Yandex
Liechtenstein: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Lithuania: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Yandex
Luxembourg: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Malta: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Netherlands: DuckDuckGo, GMX, Info.com
Norway: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Poland: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Yandex
Portugal: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Republic of Cyprus: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Romania: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Slovakia: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, List
Slovenia: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
Spain: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, Qwant
Sweden: DuckDuckGo, Info.com, PrivacyWall
United Kingdom: Bing, DuckDuckGo, Info.com
The list may not reflect the search engine popularity in a country, but it does show the companies bidding and the highest amounts (they give for each user) at auction.
To see if the EU executives involved are satisfied with the application or if Google is asked to change the process.
Android users will be able to change the search engine and will also be able to install other preletterthe browsers like him Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Brave, the Opera or Vivaldi on their device.
