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Google Paying for Firefox Installs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the paid-to-play dept.

slashkitty writes "Google updated their AdSense service to pay publishers for referrals. What's interesting is that now they pay publishers $1 US for each FireFox download with the Google Toolbar installed. Is this the bump that Firefox needs to boost downloads? Will Google be able to pay the millions for all the downloads?"

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  1. Zap Rowsdower! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    He truly taught me how to love a woman, from across the street, through a telescope.

  2. Hmmm... I think it's time to upgrade by ylikone · · Score: 5, Funny

    all the Firefox installs at the lab here. I'll even download them a few times each for every system, to make sure it downloads properly.

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  3. Will Google be able to pay? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I strongly doubt it. Yessir, I do.

  4. Re:Just you wait! by Song+for+the+Deaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, when I read this I compulsivley ducked in fear of flying office furniture.

  5. There are still some reasons to use IE... by Anyd · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still use internet explorer (yea yea..) mostly because I don't want to install anything more than I have to. Windows is bloated enough as-is, and I don't need or want extra luggage attatched to my everyday computing. I've actually found that IE is fairly non-obtrusive if you turn all the extra crap off. I guess I've just found that I don't often use Firefox's extra features. I generally browse one page at a time, and I don't use my web browser for anything much more than reading the news (/.) or checking my email.

    1. Re:There are still some reasons to use IE... by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 3, Funny

      I agree, mate.

      Sometimes I spark up IE to test how many pop-up windows I can fit into my RAM. Much easier than rebooting to let BIOS test the memory.

      IE's great for getting a metric for maximum render-time for the Web pages that I whip up.

      I also like to see how well Microsoft Defender (né Anti-Spyware) does in identifying the 30 or so cool things that get installed secretly on my computer when I browse a few sites with IE.

      It's a Web browser and a test suite all in one.

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  6. "Will Google be able to pay" by ewg · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Will Google be able to pay": that's a phrase we haven't heard in a while!

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  7. Re:Google has no choice but to push firefox by LaughingCoder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Without a doubt MS is going to use their monopoly desktop to force people to msn search by embedding it into windows

    Do you have a reference for this assertion?

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  8. News Flash by coolcyber · · Score: 4, Funny

    News Flash-- Microsoft paying 2$ for every firefox uninstall.

  9. Re:Bloody optimists... by Skim123 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Don't you think it's a bit too optimistic to expect "millions of downloads"?

    I'll tell you what I expect - a whole slew of forwarded emails from parents and friends I don't keep in touch with much anymore that read, "In response to Google offerring to pay $1 for people to download the FireFox browser, Bill Gates is willing to pay YOU $1 for every person you forward this email to!"

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  10. Re:Hmm by abirdman · · Score: 2, Funny
    Brilliant, funny post! (Wwping away remnants of drink blown through my nose in uncontrolled guffaw).

    Personally, you know, I see your posts all over /. and I don't agree with a lot of them, but this was simple, beautiful, and hilarious. Thanks.

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