<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="unity-shopping">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="unity-dash-intro"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="unity-dash-intro#dash-home"/>

    <desc>Online results make the Dash more useful and help fund Ubuntu 
    development.</desc>

    <revision version="14.04" date="2014-04-03" status="review"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jeremy Bicha</name>
      <email>jbicha@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
       <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
       <email>ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Why are there shopping links in the Dash?</title>

<p>In addition to helping you find apps or files on your computer, the 
<gui>Dash</gui> can also show you related online results for your searches. 
Online sources include Amazon.com and dozens of other online sources.</p>

<p>When you purchase music or products from these sources, Canonical 
receives a small portion of the profits in exchange for directing more 
business to these stores. Canonical, the company that created and 
continues to support the Ubuntu project, then uses this money to make 
Ubuntu better.</p>

<p>By default, the inclusion of online search results is turned off.</p>

<section id="enable-shopping">
  <title>Turn on online search results</title>

  <p>If you want to receive online search suggestions, you can 
  enable this feature through the <gui>Security &amp; Privacy</gui> system setting.</p>

<steps>

  <item><p>Click the <gui>system menu</gui> at the far right of the <gui>menu bar</gui> and 
  select <gui>System Settings</gui>.</p></item>

  <item><p>Open <gui>Security &amp; Privacy</gui> and select the <gui>Search</gui> tab.</p></item>

  <item><p>Switch on <gui>Include online search results</gui>.</p></item>


</steps>
</section>

</page>
