Google Chrome Edges Firefox for Second Place in Internet Browser Battle

Google’s Chrome Web browser has leapfrogged Firefox to claim the number two slot in the browser battle, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter.

Chrome held 25.69 percent of the worldwide market in November 2011 compared with Firefox’s 25.23 percent. Internet Explorer remains the top browser globally with a 40.63 percent share of the market.

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12 comments on “Google Chrome Edges Firefox for Second Place in Internet Browser Battle

  1. Yebonoma says:

    Tried Chrome twice and didn’t like it either time. Firefox has much better customization options through third party add-ons. I would never surf the net anymore without AdBlock and NoScript running in my Firefox.

  2. Robert Lundy says:

    I find Chrome to be a superior browsing experience than firefox.

  3. Iohannes says:

    I switched to Chrome a couple months ago after Firefox became bloated in its memory usage on two of our older computers at home.

  4. Archer_of_the_Forest says:

    I used to use Firefox but I switched to Chrome a while back. Firefox gets to the point when you are adding those needed add-ons that it becomes slow and bloated in the memory usage department. I never was a big fan of it. Chrome has its draw backs, but it is simple and to the point.

  5. Emerson Champion says:

    #1 — Adblock is available, and there are also extensions that perform the same function as NoScript. See the [url=https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home?hl=en-US]Chrome Web Store[/url].

  6. Teatime2 says:

    Ditto on bloated Firefox. Chrome is much better.

  7. Don C says:

    Are any Chrome users worried about Google’s big brother tendencies?

  8. Archer_of_the_Forest says:

    Well, there is Google’s big brother tendencies, which is a concern. However, having looked at the Firefox and other web browsers programming codes, I don’t think they are much better in the privacy department. Firefox claims to be, but really? You have to have all these third party add ons to make it functional? How safe is that?

  9. Don C says:

    Archer, what about Firefox being non-profit and Google tracking every move for marketing?

  10. Archer_of_the_Forest says:

    You think non-profit websites and apps don’t track people? I would argue they do all the more, particularly those weird 3rd party add ons from who knows what hacker.

  11. Don C says:

    Archer, I’m sure you’re probably correct on this. However, I’m sticking with my instinct on this one.

  12. Archer_of_the_Forest says:

    I doubt either of them are really all that secure. If you want to be secure, stop using the internet.