I guess that the decision by Firefox to have all new users of their browser have Yahoo as their default search engine must really be hurting. I say that because news.com is reporting that Google is making an effort to get those users to switch back:
The search giant has been displaying not-so-subtle messages on its home page asking Firefox users a couple of questions: Do you want to make Google your default search engine? Do you want to make Google your homepage? You can answer “Sure” or “No thanks.”
On Wednesday, Google posted a tweet with the line: “This one’s for all the Google Search-loving Firefox fans out there.” The tweet showed an image of how you change your default search engine back to Google. It also displayed a link to a page with steps on how to make Google your search engine.
Here’s why Google is doing this:
ComScore’s US desktop search engine rankings for December showed a 1.6 percent increase in search for Yahoo sites and a 1.6 percent decrease for Google sites. Google by far still dominates the market with a 65 percent share, compared with Yahoo’s 11.8 percent. But Google wants to make sure it retains that dominance.
That doesn’t sound like a lot, but perhaps Google believes that it’s enough that they have to do something about it before it gets worse. This is clearly a story to keep an eye on over the next few months.
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Google Wants Firefox Users To Switch From Yahoo Back To Them
I guess that the decision by Firefox to have all new users of their browser have Yahoo as their default search engine must really be hurting. I say that because news.com is reporting that Google is making an effort to get those users to switch back:
The search giant has been displaying not-so-subtle messages on its home page asking Firefox users a couple of questions: Do you want to make Google your default search engine? Do you want to make Google your homepage? You can answer “Sure” or “No thanks.”
On Wednesday, Google posted a tweet with the line: “This one’s for all the Google Search-loving Firefox fans out there.” The tweet showed an image of how you change your default search engine back to Google. It also displayed a link to a page with steps on how to make Google your search engine.
Here’s why Google is doing this:
ComScore’s US desktop search engine rankings for December showed a 1.6 percent increase in search for Yahoo sites and a 1.6 percent decrease for Google sites. Google by far still dominates the market with a 65 percent share, compared with Yahoo’s 11.8 percent. But Google wants to make sure it retains that dominance.
That doesn’t sound like a lot, but perhaps Google believes that it’s enough that they have to do something about it before it gets worse. This is clearly a story to keep an eye on over the next few months.
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