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Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-no-mac-version dept.

holy_calamity writes "After launching in a blaze of publicity that even warmed Slashdot, Google's browser grabbed a 3% share of the market, but has been slipping ever since, and now accounts for 1.5%. Google has also stopped promoting the browser on its search page. Assuming they wanted it to grab a significant share of the browser market, have they dropped the ball, or is this part of the plan?" On Slashdot, Chrome is still the #4 browser (after FF, IE, and Safari) but it was ahead of Safari for a few days, hitting almost 10% of our traffic.

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  1. Now we know by ndansmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we know how long Slashdot users can stand to browse the internet without AdBlock.

  2. Re:I thought it was in beta by sulfur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google products coming out of beta? I'll be playing Duke Nukem Forever long time before it happens.

  3. Excellent news by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean I don't have to add it to the list of browsers and platforms I already test with?

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  4. Re:Beta browser fails to grow after initial hype by Phroggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell personally I'm shocked they beat 1% of people, I'm stunned that 1% of people cared enough to download a new browser.

    Google could put a "Sell all my data to China and format my hard drive" button on their home page, and thousands of people would click it.

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  5. Re:I know why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm sill using Chrome

    Didn't you forgot an H somewhere? ;)

  6. Re:Loyal Users by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 2, Funny

    And, unfortunately for Chrome, fans of Firefox and Opera are violently loyal customers. Even if Chrome supported addons I would have a hard time giving up my Opera.

    Fixed that for you.

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  7. Re:Just don't need another browser by hldn · · Score: 3, Funny

    id actually forgotten there were ads on the internet.

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  8. Re:I know why... by InsaneProcessor · · Score: 4, Funny

    "linux program methodology" would be no backwards compatibility when upgrading the platform thus to guarantee everything being broken with one improvement.

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