Opera Software has announced that its Opera Mobile and Opera Mini internet browsers will now use Google as their default search engine.
Previously, it was Google’s rival search engine Yahoo! who was the default search engine on these two mobile applications.
Now, it seems like Google has successfully snatched away this deal from Yahoo.
However, you must know that Google is already the default search engine in the desktop version of Opera internet browser for several years now.
According to Opera, the change is applicable to all markets except for Russia and the former Soviet Republics.
Jon von Tetzchner, chief executive of Opera spoke about this deal with Google saying, “Google and Opera have established a valuable relationship over the years and we look forward to continued collaboration on mobile products. With 2008 poised to be the year the mobile Web goes mainstream, Google and Opera are extending this collaboration to give our users immediate access to the quality and convenience of Google’s search results.”