Microsoft's Bing search engine is included by default and users can switch to it in Firefox with just a few well, just so you know, DuckDuckGo also has their own indexer, but they censor just the same as Google and Microsoft does, I would say that’s why Searx is bette option than DDG. Google has been Firefox's default search engine since 2017, when Mozilla ended its search deal with Yahoo early.įirefox users may change the default search engine to one of the other engines that are included by default, or an engine that is not included but can be added.

Google is paying Mozilla 'between $400 and $450 million per year' so that its search engine is the default in Firefox in most regions. Mozilla and Google extended the search deal in 2020 for another three years. There are regionally difference when it comes to the default, but in most regions, it is Google Search. The default search engine is used when users type into the browser's address bar or use the search field on the browser's new tab page. Mozilla is running an experiment on 1% of the Firefox desktop population currently, which sets the default search engine to Bing in the web browser.įirefox ships with different search engines by default, and one of these is set as the default search engine.

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