How do Mozilla make profit ?

[SH64]

Just a simple question popped into my mind recently ..
- How do Mozilla (or any other corp for that matter) makes profit out of their open-source browser (Firefox) . we just get the browser & enjoy .. use plug-ins .. etc & pay nothing. how the company can make money out of their free internet browser ?

[Bearclaw]

Their associated with the mob.

[SH64]

Their associated with the mob.
:fkr:

oh & They're

[hirantha]

yes interesting, how do they make money? ... do we see any advertising in their browser? yes i think the search tool bar with especially yahoo and ebay get them enough dough. i cant think of anything else.

[SH64]

yes interesting, how do they make money? ... do we see any advertising in their browser? yes i think the search tool bar with especially yahoo and ebay get them enough dough. i cant think of anything else.
But the toolbar is optional (i dont have it installed) .. & i dont have any kind of advertising in my ff right now :confused:

[Shamrock]

I think they are funded by somebody like Sun, or Netscape.

[hirantha]

I think they are funded by somebody like Sun, or Netscape.
wow thats conspiracy.

i thought every time you install FireFox you get that search field, not exactly a tool bar just a search area with options to select where you want to search.

[crainger]

They sell stickers.

[evox]

Investers?

[stncttr908]

I'm pretty sure (not positive) that they get a cut for every Google search conducted with Firefox, etc.

[nekrosoft13]

Just a simple question popped into my mind recently ..
- How do Mozilla (or any other corp for that matter) makes profit out of their open-source browser (Firefox) . we just get the browser & enjoy .. use plug-ins .. etc & pay nothing. how the company can make money out of their free internet browser ?

they code by day, and stand on the corner by night

[crainger]

they code by day, and stand on the corner by night

So that's what i do wrong. I code by night and stand on the corner by day. So those bus drivers were trying to pick me up, just not in the way I hoped.

[SH64]

I'm pretty sure (not positive) that they get a cut for every Google search conducted with Firefox, etc.
That would explain alot if its the case. i do so many google seaches everyday & some of them with ff.

[stncttr908]

That would explain alot if its the case. i do so many google seaches everyday & some of them with ff.
I think that goes for the Firefox Google start page as well. You can see when you make a search that there is a client variable passed as "Firefox" in the URL.

[Rakeesh]

I'm pretty sure (not positive) that they get a cut for every Google search conducted with Firefox, etc.

This is exactly where it comes from. Last I checked, somewhere around 80% of their income is from google searches using that search box in the upper right corner. They get paid each time you do a search from that.

[K007]

Good question..i use the google bar search almost every day and i love it..glad that it is helping both google and mozilla ><

[SH64]

Good question..i use the google bar search almost every day and i love it..glad that it is helping both google and mozilla ><
Yep i'll try making most of my searches through that google bar from now on. Mozilla deserves the help for their awesome frequently updated browser!

[fche]

Google pays them a ton of money to be the default start page / search engine. That simple.

[FastRedPonyCar]

I read an article with the firefox ceo being interviewed and she said that not only google but yahoo and a few other companies pay them tremendous amounts of money to add their search engine into the top right corner of the browser.

If you click the google G, you'll see who all has paid them. It's just that google pays them the most to be the default provider.

Some companies are actually including firefox as the default browser app now rather than IE so they're paying mozilla for this too.

They're also attempting to standardize firefox as THE browser in japan and china too I think. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir but it's only a matter of time before they take o'er the world.

[crainger]

I still Internet Explorer 3. It was and IS the best.