Mozilla has announced that the Firefox Web browser has reached one billion downloads and some sources claim that Firefox has attained a solid 32 percent of the browser market. The methods used to calculate market share for web browsers though seems dubious and in some cases seem to betray a bias on the part of the organization gathering the statistics.
Of course, that depends on your source. Some research firms report Firefox with closer to a 50 percent share of the market and actually leading Internet Explorer. The problem lies in how and where the statistical information is gathered. Web sites can determine with some accuracy which browser is being used to connect with the site, but the validity of the statistics is tainted by the quantity and types of sites being monitored.
Gathering browser statistics from sites focused on Mac or Linux or advanced information security topics is much more likely to yield results showing Internet Explorer dropping off sharply. Internet Explorer is not available for the Mac or Linux OS and some cite security as their primary reason for not using Internet Explorer. Similarly, gathering statistics from more consumer-oriented sites is likely to yield higher Internet Explorer results because the majority of consumers are likely using the Windows operating system and the built-in Internet Explorer web browser.
More: http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/169520/
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Of course, that depends on your source. Some research firms report Firefox with closer to a 50 percent share of the market and actually leading Internet Explorer. The problem lies in how and where the statistical information is gathered. Web sites can determine with some accuracy which browser is being used to connect with the site, but the validity of the statistics is tainted by the quantity and types of sites being monitored.
Gathering browser statistics from sites focused on Mac or Linux or advanced information security topics is much more likely to yield results showing Internet Explorer dropping off sharply. Internet Explorer is not available for the Mac or Linux OS and some cite security as their primary reason for not using Internet Explorer. Similarly, gathering statistics from more consumer-oriented sites is likely to yield higher Internet Explorer results because the majority of consumers are likely using the Windows operating system and the built-in Internet Explorer web browser.
More: http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed/169520/
