It's Microsofts program, Microsofts search engine.

If a user wants it to be changed, they can read the help.

[This documentation is preliminary and subject to change.]

Change or choose a search provider in Internet Explorer

You can choose which search provider you would like to use when you search for information on the Internet. You can change the provider temporarily (for a single search or until you close Internet Explorer) and you can change the default search provider (the provider that is used automatically when you search in Internet Explorer).

To change the search provider temporarily (this session only)

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click the arrow to the right of the Toolbar Search box (Picture of the Toolbar Search box).
  3. Click the search provider would like to use.
  4. Type the search term, and then press ENTER.

    That search provider will be used until you close Internet Explorer. When you restart Internet Explorer, your default search provider will be used.

To change the default search provider

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click the arrow to the right of the Toolbar Search box (Picture of the Toolbar Search box).
  3. Click Change Search Defaults.
  4. Click the search provider you would like to set as the default, and then click OK.

To add new search providers

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click the arrow to the right of the Toolbar Search box (Picture of the Toolbar Search box).
  3. Click Find Search Providers. This will open an online page with a selection of search providers you can add automatically to Internet Explorer.
  4. Click the search providers you would like to add. This opens the Add Search Provider dialog box.
  5. If you want the provider that you just added to be used by default when searching from the Address bar or Toolbar Search box, select the Make this my default search provider check box.
  6. Click Add Provider to add the provider and exit.

That html was taken STRAIGHT out of the IE7 help.