On Nov 13, 2007 11:49 AM, Brad Beyenhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/13/2007 09:38 AM, Bob La Quey wrote:
> > The line "Try your search on Yahoo, Ask, AllTheWeb, Live, Lycos,
> > Technorati, Feedster, Wikipedia, Bloglines, Altavista, A9" appears
> > on my Google search page. These are links. Clicking on them executes
> > the search in the competing engine.
> >
> > It is _not_ like Google is actively avoiding the competition.
>
> You must have a Firefox extension installed to get those links. Google
> doesn't provide those links to other engines all on its own.
>
> --
> Brad Beyenhof

Actually I wondered about that. I could not think of an easy way
to test it though. Thanks for the correction.

Looking at my extensions I now see that I am using an extension
called Customize Google that provides that. I do not recall when I
added it :) See http://www.customizegoogle.com/

BobLQ


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