Opera Reaches 1 Million Downloads Thanks To Google

auckland writes "More than one million people have downloaded the Opera browser in the days since Opera announced it was dropping the ad banner and going completely free. All made possible because Opera signed a search referral deal with Google." From the article: "'The current most important deal now is with Google,' the spokesperson said to Mr. Malik. That deal, and similar ones with Amazon and eBay, give those companies prime placement in the Opera search box. Mozilla has a similar arrangement with Google, with its search box and its default right-click menu search option on highlighted text sending queries straight to Mountain View."

Comments

I really don't understand Opera lovers

[Morky]

I just downloaded it for the first time in a few years. Every other page I visit has severe flaws. I don't get why that wouldn't be frustrating unless you only used a few sites that happened to work. If you're on OS X, try Camino. It's basically what Safari should have been. Except for scrolling speed, I think it beats Safari in every category. I'd like to see a Web dominated by Gecko-based browsers. It's completely open and it's the best standards benchmark we have.

Re:Unfair

[dedazo]

In-case you don't get what I'm saying

I lost you at 'dumbass', fucktard.

Thanks for your insight into the inner workings of monopolies, and next time try to exercise some reading comprehension.