MICROSOFT'S SHARE OF BROWSER MARKET CONTINUES TO RISE: NOW MORE THAN 87%.WebSideStory, Inc. (www.websidestory.com), the leading provider of real-time Internet intelligence for e-business, has reported that Microsoft's global browser usage share continues to rise, but at a slower pace. As of Feb. 21, 2001, the worldwide usage share of Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. was 87.71 percent, up from only 86.08 percent on June 18, 2000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. WebSideStory's StatMarket (www.statmarket.com), the recognized authority on global Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f trends. Netscape's global usage share, meanwhile, was 12.01 percent on Feb. 21, down from 13.90 percent in June. Usage share is the percentage of people worldwide that are using a particular browser. Since Feb. 8, 1999, Microsoft's browser usage share has soared from 64.60 percent, while Netscape's share has dropped from 33.43 percent. Most of that shift in market share occurred in 1999 and early 2000. Netscape is owned by AOL-Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ). StatMarket is the recognized authority on global Internet user trends and a leading resource for Web application development professionals. It provides market-penetration data on browsers, screen resolutions, operating systems, screen colors, plug-ins, search referrers, ISPs, and more. StatMarket publishes data gathered from more than 50 million Internet surfers a day to more than 150,000 sites worldwide that use WebSideStory's HitBox Enterprise (www.hitboxenterprise.com) and other HitBox Web audience analysis services. With StatMarket, Internet professionals can save thousands of dollars in man-hour costs by ignoring obsolete or rarely used browsers, operating systems, etc. It also helps ensures that they are supporting appropriate variations in browser technology to optimize their sites or software for enough of their target market. |
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