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Re: Ubuntu switches back to Google as default search engine

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Post by aditya »

wheels wrote: post #9

Totally called this one: I don't think it's an accident that this announcement comes far away enough from the next release for there to be time for Google to make them a better offer. Even if that doesn't happen in the next release, this may be Canonical's way of showing their hand. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1079909

Interestingly, there was now "Why?" section to this new note. I'm surprised that Ubuntu has enough of an installed base for Google to have made a counter-offer.

Also, isn't Bing powering Yahoo's search these days anyway?

Re: Ubuntu switches back to Google as default search engine

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Post by sjs »

aditya wrote: post #11
wheels wrote: post #9

Totally called this one: I don't think it's an accident that this announcement comes far away enough from the next release for there to be time for Google to make them a better offer. Even if that doesn't happen in the next release, this may be Canonical's way of showing their hand. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1079909

Interestingly, there was now "Why?" section to this new note. I'm surprised that Ubuntu has enough of an installed base for Google to have made a counter-offer. Also, isn't Bing powering Yahoo's search these days anyway?

There are millions of people using Linux. A few percentage of desktop users worldwide is not an insignificant number.

Re: Ubuntu switches back to Google as default search engine

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Post by zandorg »

josefresco wrote: post #8
00joe wrote: post #5

A couple of years ago Ubuntu went to Google asking for a revenue sharing deal, Google refused, even though they had done it many times before. Search was going to be Ubuntu's primary income in the netbook space. At the time Google probably thought they owned search. Its amazing what a little competition will do. I would love to see Firefox and Safari change their default search to Bing (I would still use Google). Who…

If I were Microsoft or even better Yahoo! I'd back up a large dump truck full of cash to entice Firefox to switch the default engine. They prob would never take it, but you never know.

But Firefox (Mozilla foundation) make around $100 million a year from Google already.

Re: Ubuntu switches back to Google as default search engine

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Post by roadtrip »

00joe wrote: post #5

A couple of years ago Ubuntu went to Google asking for a revenue sharing deal, Google refused, even though they had done it many times before. Search was going to be Ubuntu's primary income in the netbook space. At the time Google probably thought they owned search. Its amazing what a little competition will do. I would love to see Firefox and Safari change their default search to Bing (I would still use Google). Who…

Why Bing and not DuckDuckGo? It is an excellent search engine, in many cases it has much better search results, and it logs no IP addresses.

Re: Ubuntu switches back to Google as default search engine

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Post by Mark_B »

roadtrip wrote: post #16
00joe wrote: post #5

A couple of years ago Ubuntu went to Google asking for a revenue sharing deal, Google refused, even though they had done it many times before. Search was going to be Ubuntu's primary income in the netbook space. At the time Google probably thought they owned search. Its amazing what a little competition will do. I would love to see Firefox and Safari change their default search to Bing (I would still use Google). Who…

Why Bing and not DuckDuckGo? It is an excellent search engine, in many cases it has much better search results, and it logs no IP addresses.

Probably because your average guy or gal (the people Ubuntu would want to reach out to the most) have ever even heard of it.
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