{"id":520272,"date":"2010-04-08T08:14:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T12:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=22604"},"modified":"2010-04-27T10:06:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T14:06:31","slug":"firefox-in-ubuntu-coming-back-to-google-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/520272","title":{"rendered":"Firefox in Ubuntu Coming Back to Google Search"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had earlier reports<\/a> of Ubuntu 10.04 using Yahoo search as the default option on its Ubuntu Linux. One of the two major changes announced by Rick Spencer was,<\/p>\n

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The default search homepage will change to the Yahoo! search homepage if we change the default search engine preference to Yahoo!. If we do not change the default search preference to Yahoo!, the current Google search page will remain intact as the homepage. This change currently applies to Yahoo! and Google only.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, now Ubuntu is surprisingly switching back to Google search as the default. This time as well, we have Canonical\u2019s desktop engineering manager,\u00a0Rick Spencer detailing this change<\/a> saying,<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the 10.04 cycle I announced that we\nwould be changing the default search provider to Yahoo!, and we\nimplemented that change for several milestones.\n\nHowever, for the final release, we will use Google as the default\nprovider. I have asked the Ubuntu Desktop team to change the default\nback to Google as soon as reasonably possible, but certainly by final\nfreeze on April 15th.<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n
That would not be a surprise as earlier, Rick Spencer said Ubuntu was entering a revenue sharing deal with Yahoo!. Now, we all know here that a similar deal with Google gives much better financial returns. Or as d0od at Omg!Ubuntu<\/a> says,<\/p>\n
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it could be that they found most users where switching the search back to Google anyways.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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TAGS:<\/strong> Firefox<\/a>, Google News<\/a>, Ubuntu<\/a>, Yahoo<\/a><\/span>
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\nFirefox in Ubuntu Coming Back to Google Search<\/a> originally appeared on Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Chinmoy Kanjilal on Thursday 8th April 2010 08:14:23 AM. Please read the Terms of Use<\/a> for fair usage guidance. <\/div>\n
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