Ubuntu Defaults To Yahoo Search Engine
Brafton, Friday, January 29, 2010 3:50 PM
Yahoo will become the default search engine for the Firefox browser that ships with the Ubuntu Linux operating system, in exchange for a revenue-sharing deal from that search portal, reports Brafton.
The site points to an announcement made earlier this week by Rick Spencer on a public mailing list, which stressed that users would have an option to easily select the default search engine of their choice. Brafton tells us why the move might cause some comments from Google.
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The site points to an announcement made earlier this week by Rick Spencer on a public mailing list, which stressed that users would have an option to easily select the default search engine of their choice. Brafton tells us why the move might cause some comments from Google.
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