signor_john - 6:11 pm on Nov 29, 2008 (gmt 0)

With firefox being the browser of choice

Not for my users. About 65 percent are using IE, followed by 23 percent for Firefox.

Chrome is at roughly 1 percent, but it's worth noting that:

1) Chrome is technically in beta, and...

2) Chrome isn't about browsing; it's about making "cloud" applications faster, more reliable, and free of unnecessary browser trim.

Anyway, what do Chrome, Google applications, and "crapware" have to do with Google's share of the U.S. search market? The key takeaway in this thread is pretty simple: Google increased its share of the U.S. search market, while Yahoo and Microsoft lost market share. You can rant all you want about Google's "shlocky crap" or rail against Matt Cutts, but that doesn't change the numbers or what those numbers tell us about the search market.