Posts from tech sites a-plenty showing their preliminary numbers for Chrome have been multiplying like Tribbles in my Google Reader now that Google is including its new browser in their analytics. Most tech sites I’ve seen have a similar Chrome share to SearchViews – around 6% of browsers used to visit. SearchEnglineLand has the highest Chrome bling at a whopping 10% – looks like they are regular geek magnets.
So can we deduce from this that after a mere week on the market Chrome is on its way to being the number 2 or even 1 browser by year end? Uh, no. Let’s face it, the audience for SearchViews and SearchEngineLand and most of the sites I (and probably you) track are search industry focused. What’s interesting about SearchEngineLand’s post is that the Chrome % gets lower and lower as the blogs get less tech and search focused. Of course by that reckoning the higher Chrome % you have the greater your GQ, or Geek Quotient.
Another good point raised by Reprise Media Managing Partner Peter Hershberg this morning is that many people are installing and trying Chrome this week. Some of them will keep using it and may even make it their default browser but many will pine for the beloved home button or like me, miss the cool plug-ins available for Firefox. The true test for Chrome will be the numbers a month from now.
Perfect pic to accompany the post. I think Chrome has some serious potential but definitely needs work before even getting close to #1.