Mozilla retains Google as default search engine in Firefox
Mozilla and Google are renewing their partnership with a new agreement regarding the default search engine in Firefox.
That would be Google, obviously, and it will stay that way for at least the next three years, according to the new deal.
Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs explained in a prepared statement, "Under this multi-year agreement, Google Search will continue to be the default search provider for hundreds of millions of Firefox users around the world."
Other search engines that sit below Google within the Firefox browser are Yahoo, Bing, Amazon.com, eBay and Wikipedia.
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed except that it will provide "a significant and mutually beneficial revenue" stream for both parties.
To put the value of this relationship into at least one perspective, Mozilla relied heavily (perhaps too heavily) on Google search revenue in 2010. The Firefox search box has generated anywhere from 85 percent to 90 percent of Mozilla revenue in recent years. Google contributed approximately 84 percent of Mozilla’s $123 million in revenue last year.
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