Archive for 2011-10-01
Again this month, Google+ social media referrals have dropped significantly. However, this trend may change since Google+ has been in a restricted field test and as of September 20th, Google
opened the service to the public. Facebook dominates this category, referring over
500 times the amount of Google+ referrals Mac usage share generally rises in September. This year, Mac share rose .42% to reach 6.45% of worldwide desktop usage and 13.7% in the United States.
Usage share of Safari on the desktop gained in correlation to the gain in Mac share, passing 5% for the first time.
Skipping XP support, Microsoft has been pushing Internet Explorer 9 and Windows 7 as the best browsing experience on Windows 7 because of IE9's use of hardware acceleration and its integration with the Windows 7 user interface. For the month of September, Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 hit 21% worldwide usage share.
As of the end of September, Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 reached 22.1% share worldwide and 31% in the United States. Share of worldwide browsing of Windows 7 also grew in September, passing 30% with 30.4% of worldwide browsing share
