Seach Engine $$$ Support Integration Status
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Seach Engine $$$ Support Integration Status
What is the status of enrolling more search engines to support Linux Mint through sharing of search revenue? Which search providers are currently paying Lunux Mint for searches? I am asking so I can use those search providers.
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Re: Seach Engine $$$ Support Integration Status
Google is for sure. Mint uses Google Custom Search. Search for something in your browser address bar and hit enter. See??
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The pay model in LM 12 is explained at http://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php.
Google does not pay. If you are using LM12 you can use the drop-down menu in the search box to manage your search engines.
Google does not pay. If you are using LM12 you can use the drop-down menu in the search box to manage your search engines.
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Oh...if Google doesn't pay, whats the point of the custom search?
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That was only for Linux Mint 11, and only if you used the custom search. There is no agreement with Google to share revenue with Linux Mint for searches done outside that custom search engine.sagirfahmid3 wrote:Oh...if Google doesn't pay, whats the point of the custom search?
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It's also in Mint 9...and it's damm annoying, no offence clem, but whenever I search in the address bar it goes to Google Custom search
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@ sagirfahmid3, the Google CSE was not included on Linux Mint 12 after feedback from the community on this. So, from Linux Mint 12 forward this issue is not there anymore.
For those that prefer the LTS release; the next one is almost here
Replacing the Google CSE with normal Google, detailed here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 20#p468916 Following that preserves the suggestions in the searchbox working, and also replaces the search engine for the awesome bar. I tested it with Linux Mint 11, but assume it will work with 9 as well.
For those that prefer the LTS release; the next one is almost here
Replacing the Google CSE with normal Google, detailed here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 20#p468916 Following that preserves the suggestions in the searchbox working, and also replaces the search engine for the awesome bar. I tested it with Linux Mint 11, but assume it will work with 9 as well.
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Now that LM has signed an agreement with DuckDuckGo, is there going to be a custom search enhancer geared toward DuckDuckGo? Some of us are unable to donate and use the enhanced search to do what we can to help out LM. Also, I have other OSs on my computer and was wondering if there is a way to get the search enhancer for MACOSX and Win7?
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I'm not sure this is the whole story, but here goes. The search plugins for DuckDuckGo are stored on your system in various locations. This is just an xml file for your language, and you can copy it to another system running Firefox and use it there. The files you can find with:wiugrad2010 wrote:Now that LM has signed an agreement with DuckDuckGo, is there going to be a custom search enhancer geared toward DuckDuckGo? Some of us are unable to donate and use the enhanced search to do what we can to help out LM. Also, I have other OSs on my computer and was wondering if there is a way to get the search enhancer for MACOSX and Win7?
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locate duckduckgo.xml
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~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/searchplugins
Re: Seach Engine $$$ Support Integration Status
I'm not sure this is the whole story, but here goes. The search plugins for DuckDuckGo are stored on your system in various locations. This is just an xml file for your language, and you can copy it to another system running Firefox and use it there. The files you can find with:xenopeek wrote:wiugrad2010 wrote:Now that LM has signed an agreement with DuckDuckGo, is there going to be a custom search enhancer geared toward DuckDuckGo? Some of us are unable to donate and use the enhanced search to do what we can to help out LM. Also, I have other OSs on my computer and was wondering if there is a way to get the search enhancer for MACOSX and Win7?
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locate duckduckgo.xml
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The xml files for the DuckDuckGo search engine are in OpenSearch 1.1 format. Probably Chrome can handle the OpenSearch standard for search plugins as well? You'll have to Google that a bit, I suggest, to find where the file should be put.wiugrad2010 wrote:How about if I use Chromium and Chrome?