Latest Stats as at 4/2/2009. These figures cover the 15-day period 16/1/2009 to 31/1/2009. Notes: (i) There were no stats sent out two weeks ago for the period 1/1/2009 to 15/1/2009. However, the first figure inside the brackets (below) is the figure for this two week period. (ii) It's now clear that the figures for the last two weeks of December and the first two weeks of January are anomalies. There were far too many people on holidays, and far too many people trying out their new toys. The figures below are more similar to early December than to the Xmas period. (iii) Trends given below align quite closely with the official "big boys" measurements except you can read this report about two weeks earlier. Vista Market Share ================== For period 16th to 31st January 2009, figures based on visits:- XP 64.1 (was 64.7, 64.2, 66.2, 66.7, 68.9, 69.9, 68.6, 69.2, 70.4, 71.6) Vista 20.9 (was 22.0, 21.9, 19.6, 19.7, 18.0, 17.0, 17.9, 18.3, 17.5, 15.9) Other Windows 4.9 (was 3.3, 3.9, 4.3, 4.2, 4.7, 4.7, 5.3, 4.5, 4.5, 4.0, 4.5) Mac 7.9 (was 7.7, 7.3, 7.6, 7.3, 6.6, 6.6, 6.6, 6.1, 6.0, 6.3, 5.8) Linux 1.0 (was 1.2, 1.2, 0.9, 1.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.4) Others 1.2 (was 1.1, 1.5, 1.3, 1.1, 0.7, 0.8, 0.7, 0.7, 0.4, 0.7, 0.6) The XP percentage continues to fall. Vista has steadied off a little, perhaps that Christmas peak was people surfing from home on newer PCs. The "Other Windows" has risen after a Christmas dip, indicating there is still plenty of older machines in the workplace, especially Windows 2000. The Linux result excludes a few "heavy hitters" who are testing rather than browsing. The percentage for Linux remains low, and glowing claims by Linux advocates should be discounted. In the Others category, the iPhone is the market leader and is pulling ahead of the pack. The Blackberry, once the darling of the "on the go" set is in decline. Browser Breakup =============== Percentages for the period 16th to 31st January 2009. IE 66.2 (was 66.0, 63.5, 67,5, 68.7, 69.5, 69.4, 68.9, 69.9, 69.7, 70.5, 71.4) FF 24.2 (was 24.5, 26.2, 23.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.6, 22.9, 22.3, 22.5, 21.7, 21.3) Safari 6.1 (was 5.8, 5.9, 5.7, 5.6, 5.1, 5.0, 5.0, 4.8, 4.4, 4.8, 4.8) Chrome 1.1 (was 1,4, 1.2, 1.1, 0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 0.9, 0.7, 0.8) Opera 1.1 (was 0.9, 1.0, 0.8, 0.9, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1) All Others 1.3 (was 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.6, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4, 1.7, 1.6, 1.9, 1.7) The previous sharp fall in IE and jump in Firefox have gone away. Well deserved bad publicity for IE during December has subsided. Search Engines Share ==================== Breakup of visits coming via search engines for January 16th to 31st 2009:- Google 85.5 (was 82.8, 84.3, 85.6, 86.9, 85.8, 86.3, 87.0, 86.4, 87.8, 87.2) Yahoo 8.0 (was 10.1, 9.1, 7.9, 7.6, 7.6, 8.1, 7.5, 7.8, 6.8, 7.3, 7.3, 8.0) Microsoft 2.3 (was 2.6, 3.2, 3.0, 2.7, 3.1, 2.5, 2.0, 2.3, 1.7, 2.0, 3.3, 2.6) All others 4.1 (was 4.5, 3.3, 3.6, 2.7, 3.4, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.5, 5.0, 5.0) Previous figures showing a surge in Yahoo and an improvement in Microsoft should be ignored. The punters prefer Google by a very wide margin, and articles in the financial pages say Google is cornering all the advertising revenue. My earlier question "what has Yahoo done right?" is best answered with the word "nothing". Those designing web pages must put their prejudices aside and decide exactly Google how is doing what. Equally important is observing what Google is not doing. ============================== ==============================