Yahoo and Mozilla Form Strategic (search) Partnership

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  1. mattdocs12345

    mattdocs12345 Registered Member

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    True but at the same time it's worth to loose money in order not to be left behind in the market. Just look at Amazon. I have invested so much into them already that I may just buy their Fire tablet just because I like their movie/music business model, the hassle free renting and buying for movies and music and ability to play those on most devices.
     
    mattdocs12345, Nov 25, 2014
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  2. safeguy

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    I agree. But I hope you did not miss my previous post. Microsoft and Mozilla have partnered before to offer Firefox with Bing.

    https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2011/10/26/offering-a-customized-firefox-experience-for-bing-users/
    http://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/1033532

    This partnership between Yahoo and Mozilla may seem more extensive but bear in mind that Yahoo Search is powered by Bing thanks to a deal made in 2009.

    http://searchengineland.com/microsoft-yahoo-search-deal-simplified-23299
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8174763.stm
     
    safeguy, Nov 25, 2014
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  3. mattdocs12345

    mattdocs12345 Registered Member

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    I didn't miss it. My point is not only about competing with Google but also brand name. Firefox has a huge user base, slamming Bing on would be much better off than putting Yahoo.
     
    mattdocs12345, Nov 25, 2014
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  4. Daveski17

    Daveski17 Registered Member

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    This probably explains Metro & Win 8 lol.
     
    Daveski17, Nov 25, 2014
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  5. chachazz

    chachazz Updates Team

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    From the source -

    Find it Faster: The New Search Interface in Firefox

    [ animated gif and screenshots in mozilla post] This is coming out in Firefox 34.0. Mozilla will also be releasing a Fx 34.0.5 for the changeover to Yahoo Default search engine for en-US locales.
     
    chachazz, Nov 29, 2014
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  6. chachazz

    chachazz Updates Team

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    The "animations and so on" source is Mozilla's blog post.

    The switch to Yandex for Belarusian, Kazakh, and Russian locales is planned for Fx 34.0
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    Seeing a nice donations request in first run of 34.0.5 RC .zip
    2014-11-29_145041.png
     
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    chachazz, Nov 30, 2014
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  7. JRViejo

    JRViejo Super Moderator

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    Mozilla is not the only one:
     
    JRViejo, Nov 30, 2014
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  8. allizomeniz

    allizomeniz Registered Member

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    I should've read this more carefully,

    "Firefox will now have more choice in search provider than any other browser, with 61 search providers pre-installed in Firefox across 88 different language versions."

    Still just has 7 in my English language version. DuckDuckGo was added and eBay was dropped.

    The good news is Yahoo now supports Do Not Track, as does DuckDuckGo.
     
    allizomeniz, Dec 6, 2014
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