A Browser Phase Change Underway
September 7, 2011
“Google Chrome Share Hits 13.5%, Apple Safari Tops 8%” through July, announces eWeek.com. The figures represent growth for both Chrome and Safari. In relation, of course, both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox decreased in market share; both are still ahead of those newer browsers from Google and Apple.
Writer Clint Boulton points to some factors for the shift. In the case of Chrome, for example, Google has been aggressively marketing the product. Safari’s success seems to have much to do with the rise of the iPad. Boulton summarizes:
No one is claiming users will overthrow IE or Firefox en masse, but Chrome and Safari’s gains at the expense of the market incumbents make for an interesting story line provided they can continue to ascend.
We have some questions about this story line, regarding Chrome in particular: How will Google monetize this customer base? What will happen when telecommunications companies whip up their own versions of Android? What if the Google-Oracle legal battle goes against Google?
Another point is that Microsoft and Firefox have fallen into the “opera” orchestra pit. Getting out may be difficult.
We have no answers, unfortunately. Not yet.
Cynthia Murrell, September 7, 2011
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