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| How to add Google as a search provider in ie9 Posted: 28 Sep 2011 11:42 PM PDT  Interesting… I was recently setting up a new PC, and then installed IE9. So far, its all quite simple. Then I get the usual annoying setup wizard, that asks all the questions designed to confuse a novice computer user (do you want to activate web slice, etc). At the end, I expect to be taken to a web page, where I can select google as my default search engine… but google isn’t there! So whats microsoft up to? I quickly find many posts saying: hey, its easy, just go to: tools -> manage add-ons -> search providers -> find more search providers But the problem is that I’m taken to a microsoft page that gives me the following choices:
So where is google? It turns out that microsoft believes that if you don’t live in the USA, then you don’t want to use google as a search provider… But the solution is easy when you know how… Just navigate to: Then pick google on the left. I wonder how long this page will remain available, before Microsoft decide to make it “disappear”? Related posts:
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