Yahoo’s Search to Replace the Google Search as Default on the Firefox Web Browser

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According to an item posted by Reuters News Service, Yahoo Inc stated Wednesday that their search engine will be the default search engine on the Firefox web browser on desktop PCs as well mobile devices in the USA. They will replace Google’s search as default on the browser.

The deal starts in December and will last five years. Firefox had 10.4 percent of the USA browser market on desktop PCs, mobile phones & tablets as of last month, this according to tech data firm StatCounter.

See more at the Reuter’s website.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

One Reply to “Yahoo’s Search to Replace the Google Search as Default on the Firefox Web Browser”

  1. Hopefully one of you clever people will give detailed instructions on how to reset the default search engine. Yahoo would be even worse than Bing. :-<

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