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한국인Features & Capabilities
User Growth & Download Statistics
- By:
- Yahoo!
- Daily users:
- 5,119 -46
- Rating:
- 4.00 (78)
- Version:
- 1.0.1resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25
- Version code:
- 5726540
- Creation date:
- 2015-10-21
- Risk:
- High risk impact Low risk likelihood
- Permissions:
- storage
- *://*.yahoo.com/*
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- cookies
- storage
- Content scripts matches:
- *.yahoo.com
- *.yahoo.com
- Size:
- 18.45KB
- URLs:
- Privacy policy
- Full description:
- See detailed description
- Source:
- Firefox Add-ons Store
- Data ingested on:
- 2026-06-19
- Compare stats and ranking:
- Yahoo Search Addon vs Switch Default Search
- Yahoo Search Addon vs Search and New Tab by Yahoo
- Yahoo Search Addon vs Custom Search Tool
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User Reviews
Reviews are mixed: several users praise and find the add-on helpful, but multiple reports criticize search quality and functionality (including redirect errors). The add-on appears to have a very small user base. Overall: liked by some, but reliability and search performance are common concerns. Pros
- Multiple users express positive sentiment—several reviews say they like it or call it excellent.
- Some users find the add-on helpful and easy to use (positive, straightforward Yahoo search integration).
Cons
- Search quality/functionality criticized—reviewers say it’s worse than Google or ‘not a good search engine’.
- Search failures/bug reports — users report it stops working or shows redirect errors.
- Small/limited user base noted (few users), suggesting low adoption and limited community feedback.
Recent reviews
by MK*****, 2025-09-18
The search is somehow worse than Google
Also, Firefox has a thing called Search Shortcuts, which lets you use keywords (like @google) to search using a certain search engine, deleting the word from the URL bar in the process. For some reason, this can't be turned off and you can't change/remove the default keywords.
With this extension, the keyword is just "yahoo". So you can't begin a search with the word "yahoo".
by Sa*****, 2025-08-09
Why?
by Id*****, 2025-06-16
Is Yahoo Search Addon Safe?
Risk impact
Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.
Yahoo Search Addon requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Request access to the following domains: yahoo.com
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.
Yahoo Search Addon has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
Risk likelihood analysis details
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