browsers allow you to visit websites around the world.
internet in recent days has seen the emergence of new versions of Web browsers from the hand of Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Opera, which show that the war to control this market is intensifying.
The browser is the gateway to the world of web.
is an important product because it is through it is accessed the Web sites and, depending on what every Internet use, the browsing experience can be a joy or a nightmare.
Not all pages are equal to or enjoyed with the same intensity in these programs.
Today, in addition, competition is stronger than ever. According to StatCounter , Microsoft's Internet Explorer remains the leader with a 45.41% market share, followed by Mozilla Firefox with 29.96% and 17.11% Chrome, according to figures this month.
But his superiority has diminished considerably. Two years ago the market was over 60% against 31% of Firefox and a tiny 1.8% of the newly released Chrome. In 24 months, Internet Explorer has lost more than 15% market share at the expense of its rivals, particularly Google Chrome.
Free, but with gains
Internet Explorer remains the leader, but has lost market share.
But why companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple spend huge sums of money in developing browsers that are free?
Although at first glance may not seem so, browsers are a major source of revenue for companies that develop and, especially, for the Internet giant.
For companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft, these programs represent a gateway to all their products.
Windows is preinstalled on Interner Explorer and this is their competitive advantage in the market, and Mac OS X does the same with Safari.
The main strategy of Chrome and Internet Explorer browser is in use as main house service: Google in the case of the first and Bing on the second.
This will ensure that users will come to your pages, spend time in them and generate advertising revenue.
added more than six million downloads of its new browser in 24 hours.
Google extends its Chrome arms beyond. The company is a major source of income for Mozilla (the nonprofit organization behind Firefox) and Opera (the company responsible for the form of the same name).
Google agreed to pay two million-dollar deals to be used as the primary search engine in both browsers.
The browser also has an open source version of its browser, called Chromium, which has allowed the release of other alternative programs like RockMelt, integrating Facebook, Twitter and Google browsing experience and give more visits to the engine search.
Mozilla, meanwhile, is an organization that despite not being for profit generates more than $ 100 million profit a year through its agreements with third parties.
"Most earnings continue to be generated by Mozilla search functionality included in the Mozilla Firefox product through organizations such as Google, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and a handful of other companies," the organization said in a report public.
Opera, a browser market with little room but it is considered as the most innovative of all, also said that its revenue from agreements with third parties for licensing to be the official form on some cell phones and their integration some Adobe products. The battle will
But mobile browser war is beginning to abandon the desktop computers to focus on mobile phones.
Google's browser has seen strong growth since it launched in late 2008.
More and more people use mobile devices to access the web, and companies are taking their battle there.
operating system Android, Google, are using a browser that shares certain features of Chrome, but is not named as such. That, however, does not mean that in the near future do not include it as the program default. Android
But you can also use Opera and Firefox, which both companies expand their land.
As IOS, the operating system of the iPhone and iPad "is concerned, Safari is the default browser, which explains its modest but steady growth. Opera also has a version for Apple devices, but only Firefox has an application to synchronize bookmarks and history.
Mobile Internet Explorer is the default program for Windows phones plans Opera 7 and only one version of your browser for this system. In addition, the European browser is present in BlackBerry and Nokia phones.
The future of navigation seems to be focusing on the cellular field. According to StatCounter , visits to web sites from mobile phones increased from 0.8% market share in March 2009 to 4.60% in March 2011.
The gateway to the network and the key representing the browsers continue his battle.
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