AT&T Dumps Google for Yahoo Search
March 3, 2010
I was surprised to read that AT&T prefers Yahoo Search to Google Search. The story I saw was “AT&T Ditches Google For Yahoo Search on Motorola Backflip.” I found this passage interesting:
AT&T’s first Android phone won’t ship with Google Search. Instead, The Motorola Backflip‘s home screen will sport a Yahoo Search widget, and its browser will run Yahoo searches by default. Yep. I think that’s what they call a burn. It’ll be the first Android device of any kind with Yahoo as the main search engine, which makes sense: Android is Google’s platform, so Google Search is a natural fit. But Android’s also an open platform, which means that carriers can do with it what they please—including denying its creator a chunk of valuable search revenue.
So the love birds are unhappy in the nest? I had heard that AT&T was grousing about having to spend money for Google AdWords as it whips it attorneys to find ways to make the non-telco Google heel like a well trained poodle. Then AT&T indicated that it would sell the Android phones. Now as a way of showing who is still the boss, those phones will use Yahoo Search as the default search engine.
Horrors. I assert that there will be more to this saga.
Stephen E Arnold, March 3, 2010
Nope, not paid. Because I mention AT&T, I must report a freebie to the FCC. I am now reporting: “I wrote this item for free.”
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