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Today, Yahoo and Mozilla announced a five-year partnership that would make Yahoo the default US search engine for Mozilla's Firefox browser on mobile and desktop. In December, Yahoo will roll out an enhanced new search function to Firefox users, and will also support Do Not Track functions in Firefox as a result of the partnership. The agreement also sets the stage for future product integrations, but so far the companies are keeping quiet on what those might be. Firefox has lost market share in recent years but is still used by roughly 17 percent of webgoers. According to Mozilla CEO Chris Beard, Firefox users search the web more than 100 billion times each year, suggesting a major windfall for Yahoo as a result of the deal.

By comparison, only 10 percent of web searches are made through Yahoo, which is powered by Microsoft Bing. But Google and Bing have both made major gains in recent years. Nonetheless, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said search traffic is still a major priority for the network, and one they expect to explore through the new partnership. "At Yahoo, we believe deeply in search – it’s an area of investment, opportunity and growth for us," said Mayer. "I can’t wait to see what innovations we build together."

Google has been Firefox's default browser for ten years, so the new partnership represents a significant break. In a subsequent blog post, Mozilla CEO Chris Beard described the decision as a strategic one. "Our agreement came up for renewal this year, and we took this as an opportunity to review our competitive strategy," Beard wrote. "We believe it will empower more people, in more places with more choice and opportunity to innovate and ultimately put even more people in control over their lives online." Mozilla is also setting Yandex as the default search engine in Russia, and the move opens up the company to work with more local partners. Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, eBay, Amazon, Twitter and Wikipedia will continue as alternative search options in the US.

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[Aura]

It's not really going to work if you ask me, but eh, whatever float their boats.

[Ƥяιиcɛ]

they must give option to change default search engine into google's :D

[BenderBRodriguez]

I never really liked Yahoo as a search engine, but then again I don't use google any more ether (still prefer google to yahoo).

[ZuGgY]

I never really liked Yahoo as a search engine, but then again I don't use google any more ether (still prefer google to yahoo).

Same. What I use now more is DuckDuckGo. For me it's:
DuckDuckGo > Google > Yahoo!

[adriancs35]

This is not going to work if you ask me, some people are just very used to Google :).

[Aura]

they must give option to change default search engine into google's :D

The option will still be there, it's present in every web browser. It's just that by default, on installation, Yahoo! will be the default search engine.

[Ƥяιиcɛ]

The option will still be there, it's present in every web browser. It's just that by default, on installation, Yahoo! will be the default search engine.

I hope then only new/normal users are going to use that default search engine in firefox :p every good internet user might change it upon installation of firefox -_-

[Romanus74]

My ranking is:
1. metager
2. ixquick

Thats all :)
Metager is great for my work, because i can use all the important search engines i need like BASE, UniHannover, Dart....

[Aurora]

Yahoo? 🤣

I hate Yahoo so much. The only time I'll ever use Yahoo is when Google is down. And when I do use Yahoo, I'll probably search "Why is Google down?"

[Fivr]

Thanks pretty interesting news, firefox is at the bottom now they try to innovate themselves in any possible way

[rgfregrgre]

Thanks pretty interesting news, firefox is at the bottom now they try to innovate themselves in any possible way

How were they at the bottom? Firefox was never at the bottom.

[BITW]

If this is true then it's fucking ugly decision mates since Google is unbeatable.

[rgfregrgre]

If this is true then it's fucking ugly decision mates since Google is unbeatable.

I like my privacy so fuck google. Also start page is better than google.