Is search engines list country specific?
I have travelled from Europe to Russia. In Russia I have noticed that my Firefox has switched to Yandex search engine which I have never seen before in Firefox search engines list. I have not installed any plugins and in general I'm rether careful with installing things. I'm worried why that thing appeared in my browser. I'm not sure if it is a kind of adware or just country specifig Firefox configuration.
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Yes, this is country specific.
Is it normal that it is automatically adjusts searc engines in new location?
TyDraniu said
Yes, this is country specific.
Is it normal that it is automatically adjusts search engines in new location?
Modified by tegoo
Based on this and knowing that they test it using VPN/proxy, it's quite possible.
tegoo said
Is it normal that it is automatically adjusts searc engines in new location?
I would hope not. Seems like a sketchy action on Mozilla part, especially if Firefox automatically installed the Yandex search plugin due to where Firefox was being used. Assuming that it wasn't already installed.
Can you see the Yandex search engine in Firefox now? Or could it be that when a Google search began to load the network you were using automatically re-directed your search query to Yandex?
Some of the ISP's here in the USA were pulling that re-direction crap a few years ago; and they hid the "opt-out" for the search re-direction "feature" withing user setting or preferences in their website. Ya pay 100 bucks a month for hi-speed internet service and those s.o.b.'s were scraping fractions of a cent from their chosen search engine for each search that their users did. Didn't last long after their customers complained about that scam ...
the-edmeister said
tegoo saidIs it normal that it is automatically adjusts searc engines in new location?I would hope not. Seems like a sketchy action on Mozilla part, especially if Firefox automatically installed the Yandex search plugin due to where Firefox was being used. Assuming that it wasn't already installed.
Can you see the Yandex search engine in Firefox now? Or could it be that when a Google search began to load the network you were using automatically re-directed your search query to Yandex?
Some of the ISP's here in the USA were pulling that re-direction crap a few years ago; and they hid the "opt-out" for the search re-direction "feature" withing user setting or preferences in their website. Ya pay 100 bucks a month for hi-speed internet service and those s.o.b.'s were scraping fractions of a cent from their chosen search engine for each search that their users did. Didn't last long after their customers complained about that scam ...
No, I don't have any redirects. I just have Yandex in search engined list. It is not a plugin - just search engines list entry.