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December 25, 2011 06:05 am GMT

Why Hasnt Safari Skyrocketed Like Chrome Has?

Apple_SafariThe past few days, there's been a lot of talk about web browsers. The report that Google will be paying Mozilla close to one billion dollars over the next three years to ensure that their search engine remains the default for Firefox is fascinating for a few reasons. The biggest is that Google now makes a Firefox competitor, Chrome. And it got me thinking about Safari.Remember Safari?While Chrome has skyrocketed from 0 percent market share in August 2008 to over 25 percent last month, Apple's web browser lingerssomewherebetween 5 and 8 percent, depending on what numbers you look at. While its growth seemed to stall out in late 2008/early 2009, Safari has been growing again since then. But it has been at a very slow, methodical pace compared to the Google browser.

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