Google's Chrome Browser isn't Going Unnoticed
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Even though it's only available in a Windows version so far, Google's open source Chrome browser is reaching a lot of people, according to data from Nielsen Online. Nielsen reports that between Sep. 1st and Sep. 7th, more than 1.9 million unique visitors in the U.S. visited the "Thank You" page for the Chrome browser. The data lines up with similar findings from NetApplications, which has found that Chrome has about one percent of browser share--ahead of Opera. Which browser does Chrome not appear to be taking share from, though? That would be Safari.
Safari has actually gained slightly in market share since Chrome arrived, since Mac users can't run it natively at this point. However, as we reported earlier, Codeweavers has devised a way to run Chrome on Mac OS X and Linux.
Nielsen's data on Chrome showed that 73 percent of the visitors to the Chrome "Thank You" page were male, and that nearly 1.4 percent of all U.S. users who went online during the week from home or work visited the page (which typically indicates a download). If that isn't evidence of how much Google love there is out there, I don't know what is.
Nielsen has posted some interesting statistics and charts (PDF) on the interest in Chrome, including metrics of how much buzz it's drawn in the blogosphere. I think some of the early users of Chrome are using it to try it and because it's a novelty. Probably some of them will switch back to the browsers they were using, but as Chrome arrives for the Mac and Linux--and possibly on mobile devices--it may very well have a bright future.
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