Google Takes the Browser Market by Storm
September 4th, 2008 by Justin Ryan
The buzz in every tech circle this week has been the release of Google's long-awaited Chrome browser. Dubbed everything from a warning shot at Mircosoft to a sure-fire Firefox killer, Chrome has captured the attention of nearly everyone with a software fetish — and it's beginning to show.
According to numbers released by Net Applications and corroborated by StatCounter, Chrome seized an astounding 1% of the browser market within its first twenty-four hours — a remarkable feat to be sure. While it doesn't begin to touch on Firefox's phenomenal numbers, a 1% share within a day of release is nothing to sneeze at. Indeed, for some it's something to cry about, as the new kid blazed past some longtime contenders on the chart, including Opera which holds a mere 0.74% of the market more than a decade after its initial release.
Hourly numbers for Chrome, which has topped out at just over 1.5%, are available from Net Applications' Market Share site.
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But isn't it skewed ?
On September 6th, 2008 astinsan says:
I think the majority of the share is a false positive. Most will be people checking it out because of all the coverage bloggers, podcasts and some tv news (I think I saw something about it..more like heard.. background noise)
What was apples browser share when they launched the windows version of safari (with adjustments for platforms not supported). I know it is going to be skewed also because of apples flag of important update to itunes.
Wouldn't a real share be over a period of time?
Not that I am upset. Webkit has been getting a bad wrap out there from others using it and not supporting development. I hope google won't do the same as some of the others.
Just my thoughts.
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all hyped
On September 7th, 2008 alakesh says:
People are trying out chrome just like any other google product that comes up.. Moreover i did not find anything in google chrome that could convince me to start using it against firefox. Everything is hyped.
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