Geek is a lifestyle

I recently tried pinging www.google.com while using openDNS and came to know that openDNS redirects all the google searches through it’s servers that is  google.navigation.opendns.com. That is, if you do any search from your Mozilla or IE toolbar while using openDNS it will be redirected through openDNS. I don’t know the reasons behind it and have no valid reasons except for the privacy for accusing it!

Anyways, for those who want to prevent the redirection:
For Firefox:
A: Type about:config in the address bar and press enter.
B: If you are on Firefox 3, click “I’ll be careful, I promise!”.
C:

Now type keyword.url in the Filter field and set the value as:
http://www.google.com/search?q=

If you want Firefox to do a “I am Feeling Lucky” style Google search, use this value for keyword.URL:
http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=

D:  Also make sure that the value of keyword.enabled is set to TRUE. That’s it - now any query you type in the Firefox Address bar will go to Google, not OpenDNS guide.

For Internet Explorer :
A: Open the registry editor (Start -> Run -> regedit) and navigate to the following key in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
B:
If Windows Live Search is your default search engine in Internet Explorer 7,
open {0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A} and set the value of URL as:
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}

In case of Google, open the corresponding key and set the value of URL as :
http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}