Yahoo to replace Google as default Firefox search engine

Yahoo will supplant Google's search engine on Firefox's Web browser in the U.S., signaling Yahoo's resolve to regain some of the ground it has lost in the most lucrative part of the Internet's ad market.

The five-year deal ends a decade-old partnership between Google and he Mozilla Foundation, which oversees the Firefox browser, according to the Economic Times.

Even though Google Chrome is now more widely used, Firefox still has a loyal audience that makes more than 100 billion worldwide search requests annually.

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