Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor

Written on May 09, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 11 people have commented

Today, Davaid Wantanabe announced that Yahoo has acquired the rights to his popular Inquisitor for Safari.
Congrats to David, and a big “what the heck?” to Yahoo. I honestly can’t imagine what Yahoo would want with a plugin for Safari.
It has long been a Safari-only plugin so with the acquisition of it on Yahoo’s end, I’m [...]

Inquisitor alters search results with affiliate links…users go mad

Written on January 09, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 26 people have commented

Sigh. One of my favorite add-ons for Safari, Inquisitor, has unfortunately been removed from my computer.
As reported by TUAW, Inquisitor alters search results to insert the developers affiliate links higher up in the rankings. According to the developer, the affiliate links will gradually move further down the results the more you search for a term [...]

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