Google Chrome is 3rd Most Used Brower

morestar · #1 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 08:45 AM

According to Matt Cuttss Google Analytics account for his site, Chrome is the 3rd most used browser visiting his website.

FireFox takes the lead at 49.48%, IE at 29.44% and Chrome at 8.97%.

Now the usage of Chrome seems small compared to FireFox but higher than Safari and Opera and only after less than a year of usage.

I started using Chrome after it was released and have zero problems with it and totally enjoy it's features. I also find it renders the websites I develop just as I expect them to be rendered and it truly loads faster.

Are you using Chrome? Is anyone ONLY using Chrome?

Here is the original article:
Chrome Market Share: One Year Later

forumer12 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 03:30 PM

It may be the 3rd most used browser of visitors to his site but it is definitely not very popular on the internet as a whole. IE is by far the most popular browser for internet users.

morestar · #3 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by forumer12

It may be the 3rd most used browser of visitors to his site but it is definitely not very popular on the internet as a whole. IE is by far the most popular browser for internet users.

well that's a given if you read the article but surely NOT the point...

the point is usage of google chrome is climbing. I personally don't feel it's the best browser or anything, i still like firefox the most (for now) but it is fun to use and interesting as well sometimes...

scgalvin · #4 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 05:13 PM

I hate to say it but I used IE for a long time, even after i knew about Firefox. After I started using Firefox for awhile I cant believe that I used IE for sooooo long. I tried Chrome and while its OK I still like Firefox more, but hey give it sometime and maybe I will be hooked on Chrome and wish I switched sooner.

Christiaan · #5 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 05:31 PM

I my humble opinion, it is more important to know WHO uses WHAT.

In my experience, people looking for things to buy or find out about normal live things who visit a site to find it, most likely use IE. They would never have heard about FireFox and Chrome.
They think it has something to do with souped up cars. And Opera? that is were you go to.

Yes, FireFox, Chrome, Opera etc. are great.
I would think they are mainly used by people who visit this site.

SemAdvance · #6 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 05:41 PM

I have over 60 sites online and the majority of people still use IE with close to 85%

Firefox is 2nd at 10 to 15%

Chrome.......I wont humiliate Matt again, but the numbers are so low they are not worth repeating.

I think that is one of Googles biggest flaws....they want to control so much they often fail at controlling anything.

Their core search business is hurting and being attacked from all sides, and they are worrying about browsers and cellphone os. Schmidt seems to be an out of touch CEO who cannot bring the children who own the company to focus....

nthampi · #7 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 06:33 PM

Totally misleading. It may be true for Matt Cutts's site, but not for the internet. In fact, only Matt & his two cousins use Chrome

Truthfully, Chrome has some good features and in my experience, is better than FireFox. It is just matter of time that Chrome will push FireFox behind. But, it will take years to catch up with IE.

deepsand · #8 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 08:15 PM

Chrome?

Even car manufacturers stopping using chrome!

Clint1 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forumer12

It may be the 3rd most used browser of visitors to his site but it is definitely not very popular on the internet as a whole. IE is by far the most popular browser for internet users.

Indeed. You have to look at from where stats info is coming. It stands to reason that most that visit his blog are big G supporters and are going to "live by G" and use all of their products. Chrome has an infinitesimal share of the overall browser use, about 2%. My site stats show IE 65%, FF 23%, "Other" at 4% and Chrome at 2.5%. (Mozilla, Safari, Opera; at 2.2%, 1.8% and 1.7%).

deepsand · #10 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 12:49 AM

There are many pitfalls in blindly accepting any browser usage stats, including technical issues caused by the browser and/or its add-ons.

For example, I use Cool Previews on FF for certain tasks; and, I turn it on & off as needed. Even so, while it's on, it is inflating the hit counts for those pages which have links on the page(s) that I'm viewing. And, there are users who leave this add-on on at all times.

Usage share of web browsers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

notsoold · #11 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 06:08 AM

I downloaded Chrome and used it for a few days. I did not see any advantage by using it. So I switched back to my old browser. Also the stat for my site shows a little percentage of visitors using Chrome.

acwebguru · #12 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 06:46 AM

I think Chrome is getting undue attention simply because it is a product of Google. Though it is undoubtedly faster than opera, it is as powerful and it does not have enough features like Firefox. Its popularity is increasing just because Google is promoting it shameless and because some believe that what Google will launch will always good and better than other product or service available in the market.

Clint1 · #13 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepsand

For example, I use Cool Previews on FF for certain tasks; and, I turn it on & off as needed. Even so, while it's on, it is inflating the hit counts for those pages which have links on the page(s) that I'm viewing. And, there are users who leave this add-on on at all times.

I had never heard of that before. I checked it out and that's got to be one of the coolest extensions I've seen.

Quote:

Usage share of web browsers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Those stats are almost spot-on with mine, the only major difference is Safari where mine is roughly 2.3% lower (1.7 vs 4.07%).

kgun · #14 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by morestar

I started using Chrome after it was released and have zero problems with it and totally enjoy it's features. I also find it renders the websites I develop just as I expect them to be rendered and it truly loads faster.

Doesn't Chrome like FF, IE, Opera and Safari have its own sub forum? Look here: http://www.webproworld.com/browsers/
What about open source code and security?
As long as the source code is open I will personally never rank that as the best browser for the surfer or online shopper.
Open source code for web browsing software is too me comparable to telling potential thieves everything about your security system.
As far as I can see, Opera 10.00's treatment of security sertificates is stricter than ever.

Clint1 · #15 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgun

What about open source code and security?
As long as the source code is open I will personally never rank that as the best browser for the surfer or online shopper.
Open source code for web browsing software is too me comparable to telling potential thieves everything about your security system.

That's a good point and something definitely worth thinking about. When or if FF overtakes IE, you know it's going to be open season on it by the hackers because they have the source code to learn all about how exploit it!

innominds · #16 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 10:49 AM

Based on statistics, Firefox seems to be in number one position but in reality I doubt it.
Most PC users think that IE is the only web browser available .
So what is the position of Google Chrome then?

morestar · #17 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 11:13 AM

well i think it will take some time for Chrome to beat out FireFox at the very least.

same here, i continued using IE way after FireFox came out and once I started using FF I was shocked as to why I didn't start using it earlier.

And it's true, FF has many more features than both IE and Chrome and for me at least, I have a much better time doing all i need to do on the web...

The main thing I really like about Chrome is how fast it loads pages and how fast it loads when I execute it...

But with respect to taking over the market? I don't even think Google wants to take over the market with their browser cause they've added very little features to Chrome.

If a browser is to be at all comparable to FireFox it at least has to offer the same features or more...Chrome is slim and quick which is needed sometimes...

morestar · #18 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgun

Doesn't Chrome like FF, IE, Opera and Safari have its own sub forum?

My apologies kgun, I couldn't find that subby...thanks for the heads up...

deepsand · #19 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by innominds

Based on statistics, Firefox seems to be in number one position but in reality I doubt it.

Only certain statistics, statistics that are not representative of the whole, as noted above by several members.

Clint1 · #20 (**permalink**) 09-04-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by innominds

Based on statistics, Firefox seems to be in number one position but in reality I doubt it.

Stats where? Maybe at FireFox forums, but not anywhere else. As we've been saying, it's a distant 2nd to IE.

deepsand · #21 (**permalink**) 09-04-2009, 01:10 AM

No matter where they look, some see what they want to see.

Peter · #22 (**permalink**) 09-04-2009, 05:31 AM

Just like Android has swept in a new revolution in mobile phones?

Seriously this sort of statistic proves that some sectors of professionals are out of touch with reality. Reality at the moment is most people use Windows, most get IE as default, those using Firefox and Chrome are the technical vocal minority with or without an axe to grind with Microsoft. As a web developer or designer, should remember whatever personal views, the masses are the target for your clients. Which is why most SEO is done for the monolithic Google. Whos advantage in Web search is just the same as MS advantage in desktops.

When windows 7 gets released, their may be a big shift in Europe on windows 7 platforms.

Clint1 · #23 (**permalink**) 09-04-2009, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fizi

chrome is going to take up IE in coming future.

See post #17 above.

It's got an enormous way to go just to overtake FF, and FF has an enormous way to go to overtake IE. I don't see that happening. Unless websites ban pre IE8 and a potential "IE9" is so bad no one can use it....and the same thing happens with FF. Not very likely. Remember Chrome is only about ~2%.

There's yet to be a browser for Windows faster than IE because IE is integrated into the shell.

innominds · #24 (**permalink**) 09-04-2009, 10:51 AM

May be if Chrome can offer add-on features, then it will come close to Firefox (atleast per stats).

deepsand · #25 (**permalink**) 09-04-2009, 09:11 PM

In order to seriously challenge IE, one must adequately penetrate the base of institutional users.

Given that such 1) have needs substantially different from personal users, and 2) rely heavily on MS products, in which they have a substantial investment, is it really realistic to expect that any alternative browser will overtake IE in the foreseeable future?

donotaskwhoiam · #26 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 02:19 AM

I use Chrome the most now. And When I need to use an extension of Firefox, I launch Firefox and copy the URL into it.

Chrome is faster, I like the feeling like getting a new PC.

deepsand · #27 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by donotaskwhoiam

When I need to use an extension of Firefox, I launch Firefox and copy the URL into it.

What?

Clint1 · #28 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by deepsand

What?

ROTFLMAO.

I believe what he means is if he's on a webpage that requires the use of a FF extension, he has to start FF then copy/paste the URL from the Chrome page to the FF address bar, then use the extension.

(And thanks for.....you know what.

)

donotaskwhoiam · #29 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clint1

ROTFLMAO.

I believe what he means is if he's on a webpage that requires the use of a FF extension, he has to start FF then copy/paste the URL from the Chrome page to the FF address bar, then use the extension.

(And thanks for.....you know what.

)

Yeah. That is what I wanted to express. Thanks for your explanation and sorry for my English.

deepsand · #30 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:26 AM

But, Chrome is not going to advise as to when a FF extension might be useful.

Futhermore, merely navigating to a URL will not install an extension.

So, the question remains - what have FF extensions to do with Chrome?

Clint1 · #31 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:30 AM

No reason to apologize.

English is a hard language to learn with all its antonyms, homonyms, homophones (what???), synonyms, etc., and with its strange different pronunciations of works like bomb, tomb, comb, all spelled the same except for the one beginning letter, yet each pronounced totally differently.

Clint1 · #32 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepsand

But, Chrome is not going to advise as to when a FF extension might be useful.

Futhermore, merely navigating to a URL will not install an extension.

So, the question remains - what have FF extensions to do with Chrome?

I'll give it another shot

.......

He likes to use Chrome. He's at a webpage in Chrome and lets say he wants to download an embedded video, or, he wants to use that Cool Previews extension to look at links because the page has hundreds of links. So he copies the URL from Chrome, opens FF, pastes the URL into the FF address bar, now he can download the embedded video with the extension in FF. Howz that?

deepsand · #33 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:43 AM

You should try Russian, with its "hard" and "soft" consonants, which, when written, uses 2 Cyrillic characters as "modifiers." They have names, but no pronunciation's!

Additionally, the singular and plural tenses are used to distinguish formal from informal speech.

deepsand · #34 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clint1

I'll give it another shot

.......

He likes to use Chrome. He's at a webpage in Chrome and lets say he wants to download an embedded video, or, he wants to use that Cool Previews extension to look at links because the page has hundreds of links. So he copies the URL from Chrome, opens FF, pastes the URL into the FF address bar, now he can download the embedded video with the extension in FF. Howz that?

Went right over my head 'till now.

Clint1 · #35 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepsand

Went right over my head 'till now.

That happens to me a lot.

mingscians · #36 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 06:24 AM

Yahoo said IE is the number 1 and Chrome is just 4th with Safari as third. US use IE because it is integrated with Windows

earnest · #37 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 07:30 AM

Another lies, damn lies and statistics debate here

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepsand

Additionally, the singular and plural tenses are used to distinguish formal from informal speech.

Deepsand, I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about here.

deepsand · #38 (**permalink**) 09-07-2009, 05:13 PM

Russian Language: Formal vs. Informal - Follow-up, relationship intimacy, linguistic behaviour

earnest · #39 (**permalink**) 09-08-2009, 03:30 AM

Well, technically, these are not tenses that distinguish, but rather second person plural versus singular. Apart from that, they don't exactly define formal versus informal (although I see what you mean) but the degree of familiarity. It's not specific to Russian only too - that can be found in say German and French as well, whereas for the English language it's a past stage.

Sorry if I'm being annoying with my picking at things, but it's kinda what's in my domain of interests.

deepsand · #40 (**permalink**) 09-08-2009, 10:34 PM

Technically, you are correct with regards to the use of the word "tense."

In Russian, the degree of familiarity defines whether one uses the "formal" or "informal." In fact, such degree of familiarity is not determined by the relationship between the speaker and the party being addressed alone, but by the setting as well.

I.e., the relationship between the speaker and the audience in excess of the party being addressed, or that of the party being addressed and the totality of the audience, is also a consideration. Thus, for example, when addressing a teacher in a classroom setting, one who the speaker is sufficiently familiar with to use the informal "you" in a private setting, one would still use the formal.

And, you are correct in that many other languages also have such feature. I mention it only because, as you note, such is no longer the case in the common usage of English. I once stumbled on a nicely done work on Wikipedia which covered this subject, and included a table of the various languages & how such was handled. I tried to find it before making my post here, but failed. Perhaps you've seen it.

Lastly, I am far from annoyed. To the contrary, I am delighted to find another who understands the matter, even if their understanding exceeds that of my own, which is here limited, with respect to personal usage, to English and Russian.

3dmagicaldesigns · #41 (**permalink**) 09-08-2009, 11:14 PM

I think Google chrome has all the potential to become one if not the best browser online but I think the Google Developers are missing to give it the user friendly touch they give to other Google tools like maps, gmail, etc.

deepsand · #42 (**permalink**) 09-08-2009, 11:49 PM

While bundling Chrome with machines targeted at personal users might yield great strides might there, how is that going to get it onto the machines of institutional users? See http://www.webproworld.com/google-di...tml#post463160 .

morestar · #43 (**permalink**) 09-09-2009, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepsand

Chrome?

Even car manufacturers stopping using chrome!

well of course they did, it's out of date now but wait for Google's new line, it's going to come out pretty soon and I've heard it's not only faster but you're gona LOVE the new engine ; )

innominds · #44 (**permalink**) 09-09-2009, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morestar

the new engine ; )

Are you referring to Google Chrome or Google Caffeine?

deepsand · #45 (**permalink**) 09-09-2009, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morestar

well of course they did, it's out of date now but wait for Google's new line, it's going to come out pretty soon and I've heard it's not only faster but you're gona LOVE the new engine ; )

Be that as it may, how does that get Chrome on the machines of institutional users?

marystiffen · #46 (**permalink**) 09-12-2009, 08:15 AM

Yes, thats true. I've also noticed that google chrome is used in great numbers. After firefox and ie it comes for using.

Clint1 · #47 (**permalink**) 09-12-2009, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marystiffen

Yes, thats true. I've also noticed that google chrome is used in great numbers. After firefox and ie it comes for using.

I have to ask.......where exactly do you see it in "great numbers"? It's only about 2-3%, depending on where you look. Usage share of web browsers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kgun · #48 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clint1

That happens to me a lot.

Then, you may still be confused, but on a higher level

Quote:

Originally Posted by deepsand

Be that as it may, how does that get Chrome on the machines of institutional users?

That is the big question.

My simple answer: Mr. market must prefer another browser in the future.

Note: Mr. Market does not always choose the best solution.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clint1

I have to ask.......where exactly do you see it in "great numbers"? It's only about 2-3%, depending on where you look.

There is a great

difference between absolute and relative numbers.

2 % of a large number is large in absolute terms.

How large is infinite?

morestar · #49 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innominds

Are you referring to Google Chrome or Google Caffeine?

well what i mean is eventually Google will release a new version of Chrome and it's only going to get better.

deepsand · #50 (**permalink**) 09-13-2009, 12:25 PM

Okay; so, it gets better. Then what?

History is replete with examples of the better having failed to gain acceptance.

How can/will Chrome avoid such a fate?

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