[Mycroft] Mycroft: New Feedback from Peter Pills

Matthew A. McGuigan mmcguigan at webnugget.com
Thu Jan 1 13:34:47 EST 2004


Dean Wilson wrote:

>notes at mozdev.org wrote:
>  
>
>>http://mycroft.mozdev.org/requests.html#c546
>>IxQuick, a  meta- search engine which can easily be embedded in a
>>homepage, so perhaps a happy tool for the Mozillions out there.
>>    
>>
>
>
>If a search engine allows sponsered links which are presented as search
>results but with an additional bit of text indicating them as sponsered
>should these be shown in the sidebar in mozilla?
>
>My feeling is yes as its the sites choice as to how it makes money but i
>thought i should check.
>
>Heres an example of what i mean.
>http://ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?cat=web&cmd=process_search&language=english&query=mozilla&sourceid=mozilla-search
>
>Should the first two be shown in the sidebar?
>
>  Dean
>  
>
Dean,

There is already an ixquick plugin.  Has been there since June 26, 
2002.  I normally don't display sponsored links in the sidebar results, 
but it is entirely up to you.

Regards,

Mat


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