
Firefox, made by Mozilla now serves 20 percent of the browser market.
Google and Mozilla have renewed a deal that will last until November 2011, extending the agreement by three years.
John Lilly, chief executive of Mozilla, added: "We're very, very happy about our relationship with Google and this makes sure that Mozilla will be sustainable and thrive for quite a long time to come."
The deal which is 85 per cent of Mozilla's total revenues is in the ballpark figure of $57 million.
Google stands to benefit from the browser's growth. Firefox users are more likely to use Google Search and are thus more likely to see — and click on — Google ads. Firefox also sports a Google toolbar.
In a related news, Internet Explorer, which remains the dominant browser, just released IE8 this week.
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