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Linux usage share on client devices has surpassed 1% for the first time in our tracking.  Linux has been successful primarily as a server operating system, but client usage share has not kept pace with server share  Linux has reached this important milestone on the client as Linux-based systems have become more functional, easier to use, and pre-installed on computers from vendors like Dell.

Net Market Share from Net Applications has been tracking the usage market share for IE8 since its release, and currently provides daily tracking.

Although the iPhone has a commanding lead in mobile browsing share, Android and BlackBerry are rapidly gaining market share.  This does not mean that iPhone web browsing is shrinking, because the overall market is growing rapidly.

Android has garnered over 6% of mobile web browsing since its release in October.

For these and other Net Market Share Statistics, go to netmarketshare.com.

Net Market Share from Net Applications has a new major report group separating mobile internet usage market share from desktop.

We are now reporting on all major smart device platforms, browsers and search engines.  For the first 2 weeks in March 2009, these reports will be available free of charge.

The Windows 7 beta releases in January have led to a spike in usage share.  Similar to Windows Vista, Windows 7 usage share is showing a pattern of being much higher on weekends than on weekdays.  In contrast, Windows XP has an inverse trend line.  XP's share is higher on weekdays due to Microsoft's relatively high business vs. residential share of Windows XP.

Net Applications Operating Systems Usage Market Share shows Mac market share trends in swing states may well predict the coming election.

There is a correlation between Mac usage and party affiliation. Mac users are more likely to be democrats, as we showed in January.

Today marks the beginning of the HitsLink Platinum. We are very excited to be releasing this new level of service to our Partners and clients. HitsLink Platinum development has led to HitsLink features such as:

There's a new contender in the browser wars, and this is no lightweight. Google has entered the fray with Chrome, its concept of an open-source browser. At first, many will think Google’s Chrome is targeting Microsoft Internet Explorer, along with Firefox from Mozilla, Apple’s Safari and Opera. But, if you probe into Google’s own story behind Chrome, they seem to be positioning it to transform the very way we use a computer.  And, the real target is the very core of Microsoft – Windows and Office:

Net Applications is updating our branding. We call it our "Back in Black" campaign, representing our desire to help our Partners and Customers improve profitability.

Net Applications Global Internet Usage Market Share shows Cuil (pronounced cool) making an early impact versus Google in a key relevancy metric. Cuil is a new search engine created by former Google engineers (http://www.cuil.com). It was released to the public on 7/28. Net Applications has usage share numbers starting the next day. Cuil was able to reach .26% share on the first day we started tracking. However, there have been widespread reports of outages and problems with its search results.

Are they kidding?

Yahoo is reportedly going to try running Google AdSense ads alongside their own natural search results. Let me say that again - Yahoo is going to use Google to try to better monetize their own search engine.

Net Applications has released several updates to our Internet Usage MarketShare site effective today. The updates include:

Aliso Viejo, CA based Net Applications announces January 2008 Internet Usage Market Share. In an analysis of the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo (we'll call it MicroHoo), how does the merged company stack up against Google?