The bundling is in symmetry with the IE7 embedded toolbar search - ya can't select a regional google as a search provider (google.co.uk, google.ca, etc...). Since they hate Google it's not something easily rectified. Maybe time for Google to make their own browser, even their own OS. If Microsoft want to fight this way surely Google have enough ammo to fight back.
Haven't noticed any talk of this regional selction, despite our articles, blogs and 'Cutts' -read the full story here at: http://www.turnerdow.co.uk/seo-IE7-Search-Steal.ht m
For that significant proportion of the world that hasn't upgraded to Vista yet - there is also the problem of the IE7 search utility - it skews Google results to the US centric SERPS whichever version of Google is seleected as the search provider. Even Google seems blind to this. See http://www.turnerdow.com/seo-IE7-Search-Steal.htm for the detail.
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The bundling is in symmetry with the IE7 embedded toolbar search - ya can't select a regional google as a search provider (google.co.uk, google.ca, etc...). Since they hate Google it's not something easily rectified. Maybe time for Google to make their own browser, even their own OS. If Microsoft want to fight this way surely Google have enough ammo to fight back. Haven't noticed any talk of this regional selction, despite our articles, blogs and 'Cutts' -read the full story here at: http://www.turnerdow.co.uk/seo-IE7-Search-Steal.ht m
For that significant proportion of the world that hasn't upgraded to Vista yet - there is also the problem of the IE7 search utility - it skews Google results to the US centric SERPS whichever version of Google is seleected as the search provider. Even Google seems blind to this. See http://www.turnerdow.com/seo-IE7-Search-Steal.htm for the detail.