Google defends search dominance and quality as antitrust trial continues
- Google called first witness to discuss efforts to ensure high quality search results.
- Justice Department highlighted Google's deals with smartphone makers to be default search and advertising dominance.
- Google argued search quality drives customer demand and placement on devices.
- Witness testified about indexing web content, using AI to improve search, and comparing to competitors.
- Factors like user interaction, infrastructure, and tracking websites impact search quality.