View Your Website’s Hits From The Vista Sidebar
Webmasters and site owners like to keep a close eye on their daily visitor totals and unique users. A simple way to do this, so it is always in plain view is to install a neat gadget called MetriServe Web Analytics.
This gadget is completely free for daily statistics, but they do offer a paid service for more in-depth reporting, if you so desire. The gadget can be downloaded here. MetriServe also offers a widget for the Mac OS if you are running Tiger or Leopard.
Operating System War: Market Share Facts
Technology pundits and journalists are constantly raving about how Apple is gaining market share in the Operating System world. I thought I should put this matter in perspective. Apple has gained an extremely small bit of market share, about 1.28% to be exact, since last year. Microsoft is so dominant in this sector, they really don’t have any room to grow in this market.
Actual figures and data are provided by Global Market Share Statistics, and you can view their website here. The figures represent data accumulated from January 1, 2008 to September 1, 2008.
- 91.20% Windows
- 7.68% Mac
- 0.74% Linux
- 0.18% iPhone
- 0.04% PlayStation
Below is the break down into specific versions of the Operating Systems.
- 69.49% Windows XP
- 17.85% Windows Vista
- 5.44% Mac Intel
- 2.42% Mac OS
- 1.93% Windows 2000
- 0.74% Linux
- 0.72% Windows NT
- 0.38% Windows 98
- 0.22% Windows ME
- 0.18% iPhone
