Chrome Browser Usage Artificially Boosted, Says Microsoft

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Chrome Browser Usage Artificially Boosted, Says Microsoft

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @02:11AM from the depends-who's-counting dept.

bonch writes "Chrome was recently called the world's no.1 browser, but Microsoft is accusing the source, StatCounter, of using flawed methodology. When a user enters a search in Chrome, the browser preloads an invisible tab not shown to the user, and these were being counted by StatCounter. Net Applications, another usage tracking group, ignores these invisible tabs and reports IE at 54%, Firefox at 20.20%, and Chrome at 18.85%." Whereas the saturation of MSIE is totally organic, right?

5 of 272 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

It really does not matter... by hackula · 2012-05-23 02:18 · Score: 5, Funny

...Lynx rules all the browsers anyway.
Re:Wait a second by MyLongNickName · 2012-05-23 02:25 · Score: 5, Insightful

What's an "invisible tab?" I don't want to read the article, but I don't understand how it inflates the actual number of chrome users
I think you said it all right there...

--
See my journal for slashdot ID's by year. Mine created in 2005. http://slashdot.org/journal/289875/slashdot-ids-by-year
Re:I thought this was already refuted? by Moheeheeko · 2012-05-23 02:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Wait one fucking second
"bonch wites"
Theres our problem.
Re:Google has this habit by Xest · 2012-05-23 02:32 · Score: 5, Funny

That's nothing, Facebook has this habit of paying people to troll Google on Slashdot!
Re:I thought this was already refuted? by cpu6502 · 2012-05-23 02:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

Do you think Microsoft cares? They just want to spin the story to cover-up IE's downfall, and don't care if they have to LIE about StatCounter's methodology (claiming they count preloads, when they don't).

--
My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"