Adobe Systems has agreed to distribute Google’s browser toolbar with some of its products, starting immediately with downloads of the Macromedia Shockwave Player. During the Shockwave Player’s ...

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Adobe Systems Inc. late Wednesday said it signed a multiyear agreement with Internet search giant Google Inc. to distribute the Google Toolbar with various Adobe products.

Software and search heavyweightsAdobe andGoogle joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe’s downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player.

Adobe Systems said on Wednesday that Google had agreed to pay the multimedia software maker a "significant" amount to distribute Google's Web search software over several years. In a statement, Adobe ...