Comments on: Exclusive – Yahoo Using Dirty Tactics to Switch Google & Firefox Users?

By: Jason Kuiper

Jason Kuiper — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:28:24 +0000

It is annoying with the two battling for your business every time u try to click on the internet. yahoo is much easier to use I believe!

By: joarc

joarc — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:40:55 +0000

Yea, well John I’d like to say that I mindlessly accepted Yahoo’s invasion like so many do and they wonder how they got all those toolbars etc. But that is not the case for me. Agreeing along the way I probably did BUT it wasn’t in plain view and had to of been hidden deep in the t&c’s which I am sure you would agree get scrolled through and seldom read from beginning to end. I appreciate what you are saying here but this is not the case for me and I am not a newbie. By the way, I still can’t get rid of Yahoo search from my address bar. I suppose if I spent weeks hovering in the forums I might get lucky with a fix. Any suggestions that would be more useful for people like me?

By: john f.

john f. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:42:28 +0000

Hey folks, it’s not called highjacking when someone walks up to you and says “Do you mind if I have your car?” and you mindlessly answer affirmatively, step out, and hand them the keys. Not only is this story a complete lie (IE7 was never offered with Messenger), but most of you complaining about someone “highjacking” your settings were actually asked if you wanted this to happen and you happily clicked the “Yes” button without even bothering to discover what you were saying “yes” to. Wake up and take responsibility for your own mistakes.

By: eyesonly

eyesonly — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:18:12 +0000

Google are a front for all the 3 letter government agencies to spy on people. Since 911 Google has come from nowhere to a point where people now say google this and that like it’s mainstream language.

Microshaft don’t care what you do as long as you buy their products. They are like Boyscouts compared to Googles agenda.

For a clean search engine I use searchalot.com as I have for years.

By: joarc

joarc — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:58:54 +0000

yahoo search has hijacked my firefox address bar (use to type in any word and firefox would go to the most obvious place or redirect to google). i’m pissed.

By: Ken Shah

Ken Shah — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:47:42 +0000

they are ba****rds of the first degree,using such lowdown tactics,should be ashmed of themselves.now on i swiched all my emails to gmail.yahoo lost its respect i hope others will follow my way soon.

By: alexf2000

alexf2000 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:12:11 +0000

How is that related specifically to Google? If toolbar “fixes” settings it will change whatever search engine you have there.

By: Yahoo is hijacking your system « Tea Shop BeLoved

Yahoo is hijacking your system « Tea Shop BeLoved — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:04:06 +0000

[...] Give this little article a read. Becareful if you use that Yahoo toolbar thing. I know it comes packaged with some new computers these days. Mine did, and I promptly uninstalled it before ever hooking up my Internet. If you do uninstall it, make sure you uninstall all the Yahoo compontents except the one you want to keep. The toolbar is completely useless in my opinion. Plus, with Yahoo using annoying spyware tactics, makes me not want to use their products. Oh well, their e-mail and messenger are useable, but that’s about it. [...]

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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:42:51 +0000

[...] yahoo and LiveSearch aggressively compete to be the default engine on computers and participate in “covert” switches during software installs. Google has done a little of this, [...]

By: Search Engines - Yahoo! Using Black Hat Methods - Backend Products

Search Engines - Yahoo! Using Black Hat Methods - Backend Products — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:17:38 +0000

[...] Andy Beal details a very interesting action Yahoo! seems to be doing when people upgrade the Yahoo Messenger. Not only do you get the Messenger updated but you also get the new IE 7 with most of the settings set to Yahoo as the default. [...]

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:46:57 +0000

Yahoo Search Marketing will do anything to take your $$$.

They are very sneaky into getting you to pay big $$$ for each “click” without you even realizing it. 24 hours later…you’re down at least $50.00….even $100…on up…with nothing to show for it!

Google Adwords and MSN are so much better!

By: Michael Samuel

Michael Samuel — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:21:26 +0000

Yahoo! seems to do strange behaviors in the last decade! Every time they do this, they lose recognition and reputation…

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By: Fitness guy

Fitness guy — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:35:30 +0000

Ok..so when does the lawsuit start? Isn’t that where situations like this normally end up? Then everyone gets publicity and blog traffic.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:01:16 +0000

It’ll only get worse. At least Google uses clear language when they want real estate on your desktop. Yahoo uses “Microsoft-speak” the purpose of which is to confuse you and set Yahoo as default everything. Yahoo’s Microsoft strategic partnership wants to push IE on you ~ if you ask Yahoo customer service, they’ll acknowledge that their IM client works best with IE. You can just say no to all of them and set wikipedia or an search engine “without tracks” like ixquick as your default browser in FF.

By: Alan Marks

Alan Marks — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:58:42 +0000

You know, this isn’t much different to what the Google toolbar, or most of the other things that Google creates. They all let you import settings from other companies products in an automated fashion, but not export them to other programs.

By: Nec batteries

Nec batteries — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:08:44 +0000

The war between Yahoo and Goole was good for users.
I was pleased with that.

By: dnn

dnn — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:48:43 +0000

This is not a good idea, bad luck Yahoo!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:30:41 +0000

^^^sorry for typo, Microsoft of course is the largest software co, Google #2^^

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:27:41 +0000

There is no power struggle between Google and Yahoo. The very concept in 2007 is a joke. Market share numbers alone reveal that (surprise lol) Google has won hands-down. Microsoft has kept Yahoo in business which is what last year’s “strategic partnership” was all about. Since that agreement and major cash payment to Yahoo, all of Yahoo’s important programs (except search) like IM are licensed from Microsoft; there’s little question that Microsoft will end up buying Yahoo ~ it’s just a matter of time. Google isn’t any angel but Yahoo’s behavior this past year make them look like one. Here’s the thing I like about Google most beside the fact that they’re the largest and most powerful software company on earth by market capitalization alone ~ (1) unlike anyone else, they have Microsoft’s respect (some would say fear lol); (2) unlike Yahoo or Microsoft, Google puts their TOS / EULA’s in plain language that even you and I can read ~ heck, 99.9% of ppl using Windows can’t even understand the what each of 3,000+ programs in Windows Vista Ultimate/Enterprise DO. XP wasn’t much better in the verbiage catagory. Microsoft and its baby clone Yahoo don’t want you to understand this stuff because if you did… well, you fill in the rest of that sentence from your own experience with Windows. Maybe you adore Windows and think Microsoft actually cares even the tiniest bit about you ~ fine, can you understand their TOS / EULA’s? My husband’s a corporate attorney and even he can’t. This to me is not a good sign of honorable intentions on Yahoo and Microsoft’s part. The one major difference between Yahoo and Microsoft is that Yahoo lies right to your face ~ at least Microsoft is shrewd enough to obfuscate the truth.