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The potential investor upside of a Google breakup — if John Rockefeller is any guide

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A judge ruled in August that Google 's search engine was an illegal monopoly that it abused to keep rivals at bay.

Standard Oil had to split into 34 smaller companies after the Supreme Court sided with the Justice Department in an antitrust challenge.

Existing shareholders may benefit as a scaled-back company tends to boost innovation and customer service.