Mozilla extends Firefox agreement with Google

29th August 2008

Mozilla has extended its agreement with Google over the default search settings in Firefox by a further three years, it has been announced.

According to Mozilla chairperson Mitchell Baker's blog, the contract will now see Google remain Firefox's default search engine until November 2011 instead of November 2008.

He touted the financial benefits of the new agreement, with John Lilly, chief executive of Mozilla, also telling TechCrunch that the company was "very happy" with the deal and that it "makes sure that Mozilla will be sustainable and thrive for quite a long time to come".

According to TechCrunch, the deal was worth in the region of 85 per cent of Mozilla's revenues - £57 million (£31.2 million) - in 2006.

In related news, Mozilla Labs recently unveiled an innovative new Firefox application that enables the creation of mashups without previous knowledge of web programming.