Google wants special treatment in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)
Google seems to want special treatment on Internet Explorer 7, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
His remarks centered on the default search engine in the Web browser. Right now, when people update their version of IE to IE 7, the software won’t change their default search settings. “If you pick Yahoo, it will stay on Yahoo,” Ballmer said in a hallway conversation Thursday, after a speech he gave at the Churchill Club here.
Google, however, has complained about how the system works. The complaints could be taken as a disguised way to help that company grow its segment in search, Ballmer suggested.
“Google wants us to prompt the users to change the defaults. They want to see a list of search providers, with the No. 1 search provider listed first,” said Ballmer, who was speaking generally and not recounting a formal meeting or discussion with Google executives.
IE 7 offers a list of search sites that can become a user’s default search engine. The list is alphabetical, so Google is listed after some (such as Ask.com) but before others, including MSN.com. IE 7 also doesn’t actively suggest to a user that they can change their default based on their recent search histories or other behavior.
Should Google really be complaining about this or yet crying about this, let me know your opinions by commenting to this post!
Via: Cnet
Update: The U.S. government has given its thumbs-up to Microsoft’s search box plans for Vista, shrugging off concerns raised recently by Google.
Via: Cnet
2 thoughts on “Google wants special treatment in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)”
andrew247 May 12, 2006 at 11:23 pm
1)
“If you pick Yahoo, it will stay on Yahoo”
Who in their right mind picks Yahoo over Google. 😉
2)
Google is without a doubt the world’s best search engine, so maybe it should be the default to enhance a user’s experience, but:
3)
Shouldn’t Microsoft be making Windows Live Search or MSN Search the default in IE?
ubezpieczenie mieszkanie October 25, 2011 at 2:47 pm
You know how you can get those things where it’s basically a kettle set to go off at a certain time for the morning?Somebody should totally invent the same for bacon.