Chrome Market Share Leapfrogs Opera on Day 1
Chrome Market Share Leapfrogs Opera on Day 1
Posted 09/05/2008 at 7:22am
| by Paul Lilly
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If Microsoft and Mozilla were content to shrug off Google's Chrome browser as just another also-ran, they might want to reconsider their position. Chrome still has a ways to go before it poses a legitimate threat to either of the market leaders, but its off to a damn good start, surpassing Opera in market share right off the bat. Net Applications' Market Share statistics site shows Chrome peaking at 1.48 percent the day after release, and as high as 1.73 percent yesterday. By comparison, Opera sits at .71 percent for the month of August, the highest it's been all year.
So what's the big deal? That remains to be seen, but Google's muscle in the online community should be obvious. For all of Chrome's potential, it's a beta release that so far doesn't support extensions and isn't yet as polished as other established browers, at least not yet. And while Opera isn't nearly the opponent that either Firefox or Internet Explorer is, many would consider it a niche favorite.
Is Chrome's initial success a sign of more to come, or will the initial buzz wear off?
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Lord Omega
October 23, 2008 at 7:37pm
When will they make it for Linux... I do not want to use a cheap WINE based knock-off e_e
DRAGONWEEZEL
September 05, 2008 at 12:13pm
Passing a Kia Sephia over a mountain pass. Come on people. A kid on a skateboard can do that w/ a few good kicks behind a semi. I don't know 1 person who uses Opera. NOT 1. I just surveyed all my co workers. more than 1/2 don't even know that there is more than IE. These are college educated folk too!
It's just a proof of concept. No matter what google does, people will try it out. How better to find out what the market wants than releasing a free beta that is guaranteed to get a mil or two dls? Hell even MS had a following like that once. It sure doesn't mean they are sticking w/ it. It's way to early to tell whether the chrome will stay around or if it's just cheap paint on a plastic toy.
THERE ARE ONLY 11 TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD. Those that think binary jokes are funny, those that don't, and those that don't know binary
silverblack
September 05, 2008 at 12:41pm
"I don't know 1 person who uses Opera. NOT 1."
Do you know anyone with a Wii? (plus the internet download for it?)
etsugua
September 05, 2008 at 8:58am
Is it just me, or does the Chrome logo look like it fell off of GLaDOS from Portal?
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