Google: Arms Dealing in Weapons of Mass Destruction

Been thinking about the various fights against Microsoft over the years.

Apple went to war head on and failed. Linux tried “free” but their efforts were unfocused and uncoordinated.

Google took a different tactic. It’s seeded a revolution by handing out weapons of mass destruction to everyday people.

Rather than fight the war itself, Google took the role of “arms dealer” and started giving away weapons of mass destruction for free.

Those weapons?

Gmail, Google Docs, Google Analytics, Google Maps, Adwords and Adsense, Google Voice, Android, the Chrome browser, the Chrome OS…and others.

When you think about it this way…Google isn’t fighting anyone…and Microsoft is literally fighting everyone…very clever.

I never count Microsoft out, but one has to wonder how can they compete when everyday people have such powerful alternatives…or should I say weapons?

What a year this has been; Chrome went from browser to OS.

Wow.

Catching up to myself a bit. Last year I was psyched on Chrome as a browser. Then I found myself in the world of Social Games working for Zynga. Made FarmVille along the way and now with the first long weekend in a long time, I thought I would get back into some of the things I used to do.

What a year it has been. Chrome is now an OS.

Reading back to some of the articles, we could all see it coming.

Can’t wait to catch up on everything.

Chrome Browser Shows 4.62% Growth In Market Share on www.chromevoice.com

(see chart below)

Looks like the world is jumping on the reports of the Google Chrome browser’s small market share drop over the last week.

The news was the opposite for “The Chrome Voice”.

Here at www.chromebrowser.com, we saw an increase of 4.62% for Chrome.

Sure we’re a small site with a very targeted topic, but the change has been significant. 

Since last week, the numbers actually show an increase for both Chrome and Safari, but a loss for IE, Firefox, Opera, Mozilla and Seamonkey.

Since I last measured on 9/17/08, here’s how things have changed:

• Chrome usage rose from 45.69% to 50.31%
   
• Firefox usage fell from 34.01% to 33.07%
   
• IE usage fell from 15.74% to 12.23%
   
• Safari usage rose from 2.03% to 2.66%
   
• Opera usage fell from 1.52% to 1.41%
   
• Both Mozilla and Seamonkey dropped from 0.51% to 0.16%
   

The 9/23/08 stats for www.chromevoice.com are:

1.	Chrome		50.31%
2.	Firefox		33.07%
3.	Internet Explorer		12.23%
4.	Safari		2.66%
5.	Opera		1.41%
6.	Mozilla		0.16%
7.	SeaMonkey		0.16%

 

It will be interesting to watch both the trend here at www.chromebrowser.com and the larger trends tracked by others world wide.

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