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Opera Reaches 1 Million Downloads Thanks To Google

Posted by Zonk on from the product-placement dept.

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."

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  1. I think I made it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fr1st ps0t!!!

  2. all your by P3NIS_CLEAVER · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All your search are belong to us

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  3. get ready kids by crabpeople · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For your friday afternoon SLOW NEWS TIME!!! yes thats right, every friday afternoon est people get off work and go have a beer, while us PST people have jack all to do! This wouldnt normally be a problem as slashdot provides ample abilities to waste time, however all the editors are on EST time! YAY

    so without further adue, i give you some offtopic link i found on the internets!(patent pending)
    http://www.notproud.com/

    an online confessional! a very very nice waste of time, if i do say so myself.

    some gems:
    http://www.notproud.com/lust/lust10128.php
    http://www.notproud.com/sloth/sloth1966.php
    http://www.notproud.com/lust/lust5143.php

    *tried to post anon but aparently its been 28 minutes since i posted a reply. guess they didnt fix that bug yet :(

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  4. Yay, Mountain View! by pauljlucas · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    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.
    As I happen to live in Mountain View, it's kinda cool to see your town mentioned. :-)
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  5. n00b question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How do you change the default search to Yahoo!?