Google’s rivals opt out of search engine auction, calling it ‘anti-competitive’
What is the alternative? There is a finite amount of screen space for listing alternative search engines. How do you choose what shows up there? (I'm not saying there couldn't be a better one than whoever pays most, I'm just not sure what it is, and none were suggested in this article).If you just put, say, a text-entry search box (or select menu with dozens+ of options?) there to choose any of unlimited number of alternatives (with none on screen to begin with), it will definitely result in even fewer users choosing something other than Google.