# Search Start

> Make Yahoo your default search engine with SearchStart.co and enjoy hassle-free browsing with every search.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-start](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-start)

## Overview

- **ID:** `search-start`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Search Start
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-14
- **First published:** 2025-07-11
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-start/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-start/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-start/privacy/)

## Description

Search Start makes browsing easier by setting Yahoo as your default search engine in Firefox. Experience quicker searches and smooth browsing with instant, relevant results every time you search.

Review our Privacy Policy to see how we use your data: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/b19031b0b0fe865030b0c2a017309e76ab54284cfb80c2cab7539375c9a51bfb/https%3A//searchstart.co/privacypolicy-ff" rel="nofollow">https://searchstart.co/privacypolicy-ff</a>

Terms of Service: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/0479e66a49fbe9a1ccfe36bb9dcb35ed3bdde318caec61c62fcdeed60c3cc4aa/https%3A//searchstart.co/termsofservice" rel="nofollow">https://searchstart.co/termsofservice</a>

Yahoo is a registered trademark of Apollo Global Management, Inc

## Rankings

- #147,171 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-start)