Google will be the default search engine in the Russian-language Firefox 14

Apparently, Google’s support of the Mozilla developer community (recall that in December last year the cooperation agreement was extended for three years at once) was not in vain. In Firefox 14, in the Russian version of the browser, the Yandex search engine is no longer the default search service. Instead, number one will be Google.

In principle, a cooperation agreement was also signed between Yandex and Mozilla, according to which Mozilla is obliged to include the Yandex search service in the list of search services of the Mozilla browser. But this agreement does not say that the Yandex search engine should be number one, i.e. set by default. So the Mozilla developers have changed the default search engine without any problems.

Of course, Yandex has already announced that this company will distribute its own version of Firefox, where the domestic search service is installed by default. But this version is unlikely to become especially popular. Of course, a few tens of thousands of copies of such a customized browser will disperse, but most Firefox users are updated from the central Mozilla update service.
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In general, it is unlikely that a similar change of search services by default will affect the popularity of the search engine from Yandex. Those who are used to working with this search engine will put it number one for themselves. Who worked with Google - will continue to work with him.

Via forum.mozilla-russia