Comments on: Search box envy - Google vs. IE7 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/ecommerce/google-ie7-msn-o506.htm Ecommerce, web marketing and development news and research by Michael Bloch of Taming the Beast.net Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: dave http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/ecommerce/google-ie7-msn-o506.htm#comment-267 dave Sat, 20 May 2006 15:03:43 +0000 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/ecommerce/google-ie7-msn-o506.htm#comment-267 Google's IE7 Browser Complaint Find more providers... The issue is a search box built into the new ie7 browser, which enables users to search without opening a search engine directly in the browser. The function is already widely available as a plug-in for existing browsers. For instance, the Google toolbar will modify Firefox and other browsers to enable Google to be accessed in a single click.Ability to change the search providers default setting could create another wars, with ie7 search providers working on partnerships with the Dells and HPs of the world to convince them to ship machines with the search box set to their site. IE7 users can easily add or remove providers from http://ieproviders.com/ or http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/default_new.mspx. Google’s IE7 Browser Complaint

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The issue is a search box built into the new ie7 browser,
which enables users to search without opening a search engine directly in the browser.
The function is already widely available as a plug-in for existing browsers.
For instance, the Google toolbar will modify Firefox and other browsers to enable
Google to be accessed in a single click.Ability to change the search providers default
setting could create another wars, with ie7 search providers working on
partnerships with the Dells and HPs of the world to convince them to ship machines
with the search box set to their site. IE7 users can easily add or remove providers
from http://ieproviders.com/ or http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/default_new.mspx.

]]> By: Michael Bloch http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/ecommerce/google-ie7-msn-o506.htm#comment-213 Michael Bloch Sat, 13 May 2006 09:37:45 +0000 http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/ecommerce/google-ie7-msn-o506.htm#comment-213 Update - The Department of Justice states that isn't concerned about the IE 7 search box issue. Read more: http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/online-world/google-ie7-antitrust.htm Update - The Department of Justice states that isn’t concerned about the IE 7 search box issue. Read more:

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/online-world/google-ie7-antitrust.htm

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