Google's Web browser, Chrome managed to become the number two market share holder of the largest Internet browser, Mozilla Firefox shifts. This is the first success of Chrome overtaking Firefox.

The top ranking is still held by Internet Explorer, Microsoft's browser. Although not popular among users, IE still remains the most widely used browser worldwide. This data is reported by the analysis firm StatCounter on Friday (11/02/2011).

Chrome was recorded could reach 25.69 percent share of world browser market, up dramatically from only 4.66 percent in November 2009. Firefox is thrown into the top three figures, the actual raihany only slightly adrift of Chrome, amounting to 25.23 percent. Meanwhile, the winner of Internet Explorer is still mighty, which stood at a market share of 40.63 percent.

StatCounter says research methods web browser they are doing is to monitor the quantity of use of browser used to access the web, rather than the number of downloads it. Which means, Chrome is not only more numerous are downloaded by users but also more frequently used to access the web, compared to Firefox.

Approach of Chrome to Internet Explorer validate the competition between Google and Microsoft in the world's information technology industry. In addition to competing in the realm of search engines, they both also compete in all areas, for example in the realm of the mobile operating system.