When Firefox v.14 touches down in Russia, Google will take
the place of Russia's own Yandex as the default search engine, says a report.
When the next version of Firefox hits the streets in
Russia, Google -- and not Russia's own Yandex -- will be the default search
engine.
That's according to The Next Web, which speculates that
though Yandex enjoys a 60 percent share of Russia's search market compared with
Google's approximately 26.5 percent, Google may be leveraging its support of
Firefox maker Mozilla to convince the company to give it top billing in Firefox
version 14.
Google and Firefox struck a three-year deal in December
that set Google as the default Firefox search engine outside Russia. Financial
details weren't disclosed, but some said at the time that the deal is worth at
least $900,000 to Mozilla.
A Yandex rep told TNW that the effect of the change on its
revenue and profitability would be negligible. The rep also said that at least
until the end of this year Yandex will continue to develop and distribute a
Yandex-branded version of Firefox with Yandex as the default search tool, under
its current agreement with Firefox. Yandex will also remain among the search
engine options in the standard release of Firefox, which allows users to change
the default search provider whenever they wish.
We've contacted Google and Mozilla for comment and will
update this story when we hear back.
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