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I don't think I follow this argument. Can you explain it further? It feels like Yahoo probably just offered more money.

• gcp 12y ago
  Google currently has the overwhelming share of the search market, which means a large advertising income. If other players get a bigger chunk of the pie, that means more competition.
• ngokevin 12y ago
  Both Google and Yahoo offered options with strong, economic terms. But it came down to a decision of values, and where Mozilla wanted to see the Internet in the future (again, full of choice, diversification, and healthy competition). What happens next is anyone's guess.
• y0ghur7_xxx 12y ago
  https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/11/19/promoting-choice-and-innovation-on-the-web/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/11/19/promoting-choice-an... Google has been the Firefox global search default since 2004. Our agreement came up for renewal this year, and we took this as an opportunity to review our competitive strategy and explore our options. In evaluating our search partnerships, our primary consideration was to ensure our strategy aligned with our values of choice and independence, and positions us to innovate and advance our mission in ways that best serve our users and the Web. In the end, each of the partnership options available to us had strong, improved economic terms reflecting the significant value that Firefox brings to the ecosystem. But one strategy stood out from the rest.
• mbrubeck 12y ago
  Compared to the previous deal (where Google was the global default), the new deal also leaves Mozilla more free to pursue different partnerships worldwide. For example, Yandex is now the default Firefox search engine in Russia (as it was three years ago, before the global Google deal).
  • todesschaf 12y ago
    You mean Yandex in Russia. Baidu is China :)
    • mbrubeck 12y ago
      Fixed, thanks.