Why is Yahoo! the default search engine for Google Chrome?

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Jandre002 on 19 November 2008

It just seem a little backwards to have Yahoo! as the default in a web browser developed by Google. Is this part of that advertising contract they signed to keep Yahoo! out of Microsoft's hands?

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epsilon72 on 19 November 2008

Without knowing anything in particular about the situation, that's what it looks like.

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Jandre002 on 19 November 2008

Well the only thing is that, I think, Google Chrome came out after they made that advertisement contract yet I don't remember ever Yahoo! being default browser when I first downloaded it.

I guess this is the most pointless of topics ever but I was just curious if anyone knew.

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MrBubbles on 19 November 2008

there is no deal between yahoo and google.

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Dgc1808 on 19 November 2008

Perhaps Google feels like selling themselves to Yahoo....

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alekth on 19 November 2008

Does it ask during the install?
I used Chrome like once, only now went to check the default search engine and it was Google. Never fiddled with the options, so unless there was something I don't recall from the install, default is google for me.