Google Chrome Cracks 10 Percent Market Share
Google Chrome Cracks 10 Percent Market Share
Posted 02/02/2011 at 9:11am
| by Paul Lilly
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For the first time ever, Google's Chrome browser busted through the 10 percent global market share threshold in January, according to market research firm Net Applications.
Chrome's market share has been steadily rising every month, while both Internet Explorer and Firefox go in the wrong direction. According to Net Applications, Chrome's share of the browser market was 5.22 percent in January 2010, less than half of what it is now (10.7 percent). Compare that to Firefox, which has gone from a 24.43 percent share in January 2010 to 22.75 percent in January 2011.
Microsoft still owns the largest chunk of the market, but its share has fallen from 62.12 percent in the beginning of 2010 to 56 percent to start off 2011. As for the other browsers, Safari now claims a 6.3 percent share of the market and Opera remains steady at around 2.28 percent.
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essjay22
February 02, 2011 at 8:58pm
just click on the wrench and adjust the privacy settings as you like them. Check out MPC's 10 tips and tricks for Chrome, you will never use another browser.
bjoswald
February 02, 2011 at 2:58pm
Go Chrome or go home. The less stranglehold IE has on the Internet, the faster we can move on.
I use to be a huge Firefox fan. Hell, I still use it from time to time. But man, how times have changed. It use to be so fast, so light. But now I roll my eyes whenever I see an update about the 150th Firefox 4 beta. Talk about being late to the party.
Chrome, on the other hand, impresses me with every release, and I don't even know about them half the time. Sometimes I'll open my browser and find it to be a lot quicker. That's the kind of updates I wish more applications had. There's nothing like opening your favorite program and finding a surprise like that.
ShyLinuxGuy
February 02, 2011 at 10:33am
I have tried Google Chrome, and I like that it's fast. That's about it. Chrome, however, isn't designed too well for privacy, and I am a private person by nature.
leetNightshade
February 02, 2011 at 4:13pm
Chrome does have an incognito mode, have you ever tried that?
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