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I found and interesting article that makes me feel more comfortable about using the Google Search bar built into the Opera browser. Most people remember the record profits Mozilla made off of Google from their ad deal, well apparently Opera has struck a deal with Opera. So now everytime you use the Google Bar built into Opera, they earn some money as well.

Up until 2005, Opera was serving banner ads or subscriptions to their browser to help offset operations costs. Then, the company formed their partnership with Google, letting AdWords results in search monetize their browser. When the deal first went down, Opera expected to triple their userbase, and had enjoyed a 2-3% share of the browser market at the time.

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