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Mozilla and Microsoft Team Up for Firefox with Bing

Posted By Sonya Donaldson On October 27, 2011 @ 2:00 pm In Internet and Online Business,Search Engine Optimization | No Comments

Mozilla [1] has been expanding its social network. The company has just announced a special release of Firefox with Bing search. This means that users can opt to make Bing their default search engine. Part of a revenue-sharing agreement with Microsoft [2], the new build is available for download from a Microsoft-hosted site.

Although Firefox with Bing sets Bing as the default search engine, users can also install the Bing Search for Firefox add-on for the same results, says Ars technica’s Ryan Paul. This news is part of Mozilla’s new strategy, which has seen it make some interesting and unexpected tie-ins such as Firefox with Twitter, for example.

Read more at Ars technica [3].


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[1] Mozilla: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/10/26/offering-a-customized-firefox-experience-for-bing-users/

[2] Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com

[3] Ars technica: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/10/mozilla-and-microsoft-release-custom-firefox-with-bing.ars

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