Everyone would like to browse faster and faster. Google has started a new venture to help people around the globe to browse faster than ever before. They have done this by launching their own public DNS resolver called Google Public DNS. Till now there was only one popular DNS service Open DNS. OpenDNS services are normally used by ISPs to block certain websites, load websites faster and provide more security. But most often it ends up in certain configuration problems. We earlier covered a method to remove OpenDNS hijacking from Firefox. Though it useful to have a DNS service, it would redirect our typos and searches to their website. This was the problem associated with OpenDNS. A simple typo will take us to the OpenDNS search result page. Since the Public DNS service is from Google, the URL typos would get re-directed to Google search results. And this is something what we need. Google servers are faster and they are able to provide effective malware warning* on websites. So here is a comparison between Google Public DNS and OpenDNS in configuration.

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I usually search Google from the URL box of Firefox. So yesterday when I typed analytics for opening Google analytics directly from Firefox address bar, surprisingly it redirected me to a new page hosted by OpenDNS. OpenDNS aims at speeding up internet by improving DNS response and to provide security against phishing and other scams. But if enabled, in most cases it becomes a real headache by blocking proxies, advertising websites and redirecting Google search feature on Firefox URL box to their advertising page. There are few methods to remove OpenDNS hijack from Firefox address bar .

Remove OpenDNS from Firefox using addon.

Download I am feeling lucky addon and fix OpenDNS redirect on Firefox .

Remove OpenDNS redirection in Firefox manually .

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit enter . Now search for keyword.URL in filter and double click on the entry . Change it to http://www.google.com/search?q= and click OK .

You can removing OpenDNS website restrictions by getting a free account on their website and configuring settings .Dynamic IP users can get their desktop application for auto configuration .

Update: Google launched Public DNS service, which is similar to OpenDNS service.