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.
Google Wants Firefox Users To Switch From Yahoo Back To Them
Posted in Commentary with tags Firefox, Google, This is clearly a story to key an eye, Yahoo on January 23, 2015 by itnerdI 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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