{"id":924806,"date":"2025-04-23T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=924806"},"modified":"2025-04-23T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:01:39","slug":"americans-government-may-want-you-to-get-paid-not-to-use-google-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2025\/04\/23\/americans-government-may-want-you-to-get-paid-not-to-use-google-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans, government may want you to get paid not to use Google search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A research team has uncovered a key reason behind Google\u2019s dominance in web searches: Most users haven\u2019t seriously tried alternatives, according to a study cited by Bloomberg. The researchers found that Google\u2019s popularity stems partly from a belief in its superiority, akin to preferring a favorite soda, even if untested options might compare favorably.<\/p>\n<p>The study, conducted by academics from Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT, showed that Google\u2019s grip on search habits can be loosened with incentives, such as paying users to try alternatives like Microsoft Bing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A research team has uncovered a key reason behind Google\u2019s dominance in web searches: Most users haven\u2019t seriously tried alternatives, according to a study cited by Bloomberg. The researchers found that Google\u2019s popularity stems partly from a belief in its superiority, akin to preferring a favorite soda, even if untested options might compare favorably. The study, conducted by academics from Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT, showed that Google\u2019s grip on search habits can be loosened with incentives, such as paying users to try alternatives like Microsoft Bing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}