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Opera mobile drops Yahoo for Google search

Posted in Marketing warfare, Web2.0 by the(new)mediaslut on the February 28th, 2008

It must be a blow for Yahoo as Opera has decided to use Google search as the default search engine.

Wrote ReadWriteWeb,

Starting on the first of next month, the widely popular mobile browser Opera will switch from offering Yahoo! to using Google as its default search engine. While Yahoo! has its own relatively sophisticated mobile offerings, the company can’t be happy to lose Opera to Google. Update: Yahoo! emailed to tell us that “Yahoo! has elected not to continue its mobile search partnership with Opera at this time.” Interesting!

Yahoo OneSearch maybe one of the better search for the the mobile space but what’s the use if one of the more popular browser for the mobile space decides not to use it?

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  1. Boo said, on February 28th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    Why click on a browser to go to the Google search website when you can immediately click on a oneSearch widget?
    :D

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