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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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<link type="guide" xref="unity-dash-intro"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="unity-dash-intro#dash-home"/>
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<desc>Online results make the Dash more useful and help fund Ubuntu
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<revision version="14.04" date="2014-04-03" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Jeremy Bicha</name>
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<email>jbicha@ubuntu.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
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<email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>Why are there shopping links in the Dash?</title>
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<p>In addition to helping you find apps or files on your computer, the
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<gui>Dash</gui> also shows you related online results for your searches.
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Online sources include Amazon.com and dozens of other online sources.</p>
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<p>When you purchase music or products from these sources, Canonical
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receives a small portion of the profits in exchange for directing more
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business to these stores. Canonical, the company that created and
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continues to support the Ubuntu project, then uses this money to make
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<section id="disable-shopping">
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<title>Turn off online search results</title>
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<p>If you don't want to receive online search suggestions, you can
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disable this feature.</p>
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<item><p>Click the icon at the far right of the <gui>menu bar</gui> and
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select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Open <gui>Security & Privacy</gui> and select the <gui>Search</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Switch off <gui>Include online search results</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p><link xref="shell-exit">Log out</link> and log back in for the
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change to take effect.</p></item>
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