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Surprise: Chrome’s Users Coming From IE

Started by Duncan Riley · 10 months ago

In an unexpected effect, Google’s Chrome browser appears to be grabbing users primarily from Internet Explorer — and driving others toward Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
As Chrome started building up a userbase last week, American tracking company Net Applications foun ... Continue reading »

12 comments

  • Wap Advertising

    8 months ago

    By losing the browser war, Microsoft is only going to head southwards.
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  • Daniel J. Pritchett

    10 months ago

    Makes sense, OSS/Mozilla/FF has always been a hard sell to laymen. How do you explain to people that a dominant company's browser (IE) is actually *not* a good role model for the Net economy? You counter with an equally successful Google!
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  • ryansv

    10 months ago

    My father called me up the day after Google Chrome was released to tell me about it. He only uses IE, even though Firefox is installed and used by the rest of the family. He said that he trusted the browser because it was from Google, a company that he trusts, so he decided to try it. He was happy that the browser was very simple, because he mostly uses the internet to browse for news or search craigslist.

    These are the people who are switching from IE to Chrome.
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  • Frankenstein

    10 months ago

    You're right - Google is teaching us to think out of the box called Microsoft.
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  • wisher86

    10 months ago

    I'm surprised. Maybe the link in the Google homepage was noticed by a lot of people. Also my parents and my brother after have visited Google homepage asked me what is Chrome.
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  • madams

    10 months ago

    Looks like Google removed the Chrome download link from their home page now.

    There have been reports that the % of Chrome visits to websites have slowed.

    Maybe the lack of the link is the cause.

    Michael Adams
    www.chromevoice.com
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  • GabeMac

    9 months ago

    Thanks for this post. I think it is interesting that other commenters say it was the trust in Gogle that made thier family switch. I talked about this item on my tech show and referenced you. Thanks again!

    Here's the show
    http://tinyurl.com/66aw92
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  • Win At Poker

    9 months ago

    Absolutely rocks in every way. Google has once again proven that it has what is needed to deliver great products. it’s a decent browser…download time may be a dash slower than other browsers but the app load time, smooth rendering, space utilization etc are great.
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  • Racing School

    8 months ago

    I'm one of those who swapped from IE. I just hate the security settings and the constant prompting of downloading Microsoft Apps.
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  • Mike

    7 months ago

    I am glad that i switched from IE to my brand new chrome. It rocks :)
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  • Dating Advice | Dating TIps

    5 months ago

    Microsoft won't lose against chrome.. not yet.. too many pages support it! You'd have to get all the dating site users to switch over, the search engine users, the social network users, etc!
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  • SEO

    4 months ago

    This is what make us to think to come out of the Big Box called as Microsoft.. n i guess it's the right time to push yourself ahead instead of sticking yourself to just one thing...
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