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Setting Bing As Your Search Default

The Bing team steps through the process for setting Microsoft's new "decision" engine as the default search engine for Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox and Chrome browsers, but no word on Safari. The engine works with IE7 and IE8, but not earlier versions. When the engine first launched, a glitch took IE6 Web browser users for a joy ride, redirecting searches from Google and Yahoo to Bing.

The set-up for each browser is a bit different. Both IE8 and Firefox support search provider auto-discovery. The team explains that if you do not have Bing as a search provider and visit MSN.com, you see the IE8 Search Box arrow. Adding Bing as the default search engine on Chrome takes a few more steps.

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