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So obviously only for the money. Seriously, Ubuntu users -- people who willingly changed their operating system to get away from a crap product -- are not the s

So obviously only for the money. Seriously, Ubuntu users -- people who willingly changed their operating system to get away from a crap product -- are not the same people who would choose Yahoo search over Google search. Good for Canonical to make some money (so long as that means more Ubuntu), but lame.

Tichy 17y ago
I am a Linux user and I routinely choose Yahoo search over Google search. The primary reason for me to switch was that Google insists on sending me to their German variant of search results. At the moment it has become quite convenient: if I want to search in English (most of the time), I use Yahoo, if I need German results, I just switch to Google with the said two clicks in "Chrome".
- baltoo 17y ago
  I realize you probably already know this, and perhaps even don't need this, but I often use http://google.com/ncr http://google.com/ncr. The "/ncr" bit ensures that no localization redirection is done. (At least with regards to the language for the UI and search results. I don't know if advertising is adjusted.)
  - Tichy 17y ago
    I just wanted to try this with blocked cookies, and it seems FireFox doesn't even have the block cookies option anymore :-( Or I couldn't find it atm. I suspect it wouldn't work without cookies? Anyway, I used to block Google cookies but I have become lazy. Still, how would I configure the /ncr in the FF search field ("Chrome")? Overall I take it Google doesn't really want me as a customer, so whatever.
    - baltoo 17y ago
      I guess they use cookies, yes. Personally I'm an opera fan, so I haven't tried getting it to work but a quick search brought up: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/51000 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/51000, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12625 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12625 and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11551 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11551 as plug-is. As for blocking cookies there are several options.
      - Tichy 17y ago
        I've looked at those plugins a while ago, too. But then I wasn't sure if they don't do too much, that is, limit to english (or even US) results. I just want a general search - if the German result is better, give me the German result. I would have to look further into the workings of Google to understand that, but as I said: why should I invest the time? They shouldn't be forwarding me to German Google without my explicit desire to do so (which I would state by visiting google.de instead of google.com). Also, I don't like to install plugins in general - who knows who made them and if they are safe. So why risk it? Using Yahoo! seems the cheaper course of action for now.
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Tichy 17y ago

I am a Linux user and I routinely choose Yahoo search over Google search. The primary reason for me to switch was that Google insists on sending me to their German variant of search results. At the moment it has become quite convenient: if I want to search in English (most of the time), I use Yahoo, if I need German results, I just switch to Google with the said two clicks in "Chrome".

baltoo 17y ago
I realize you probably already know this, and perhaps even don't need this, but I often use http://google.com/ncr http://google.com/ncr. The "/ncr" bit ensures that no localization redirection is done. (At least with regards to the language for the UI and search results. I don't know if advertising is adjusted.)
- Tichy 17y ago
  I just wanted to try this with blocked cookies, and it seems FireFox doesn't even have the block cookies option anymore :-( Or I couldn't find it atm. I suspect it wouldn't work without cookies? Anyway, I used to block Google cookies but I have become lazy. Still, how would I configure the /ncr in the FF search field ("Chrome")? Overall I take it Google doesn't really want me as a customer, so whatever.
  - baltoo 17y ago
    I guess they use cookies, yes. Personally I'm an opera fan, so I haven't tried getting it to work but a quick search brought up: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/51000 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/51000, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12625 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12625 and https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11551 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11551 as plug-is. As for blocking cookies there are several options.
    - Tichy 17y ago
      I've looked at those plugins a while ago, too. But then I wasn't sure if they don't do too much, that is, limit to english (or even US) results. I just want a general search - if the German result is better, give me the German result. I would have to look further into the workings of Google to understand that, but as I said: why should I invest the time? They shouldn't be forwarding me to German Google without my explicit desire to do so (which I would state by visiting google.de instead of google.com). Also, I don't like to install plugins in general - who knows who made them and if they are safe. So why risk it? Using Yahoo! seems the cheaper course of action for now.
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