Google Makes Opera Deal, But Not What You Were Expecting
Considering all the rumors lately that Google was buying Opera (or that Microsoft was junking Internet Explorer and buying Opera), they reality is almost tame. Opera has announced that Google will be the preferred search engine for its mobile browser.
“Google will be the default search partner for the mobile browsers: Opera Mobile and Opera Mini,” Opera Software ASA said in a statement. “Under the one-year contract, Opera will make Google Search a major part of the browsers home screen.”
Oh well, at least it wasn’t as comically disappointing as the Google-Sun announcement.
Comment by Stu | December 29, 2005
This deal is completely consistent with Opera’s direction to use search for revenue. Google could care less about buying Opera. It has Mozilla’s Firefox, the lead programmer for the product, and so forth.
Comment by Ohadi Langis | December 29, 2005