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What do you want the Google Chrome team to focus on next?
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  • Oct
    16

    Google is going to take over the Internet, or at least it’s going to try. Here are 10 reasons why it seems like Google will take over Cyberspace:

    • It’s got faster searching

    • It’s branding is growing even more than it was in the past

    • People are ready for a better browser

    • Google knows that they can continue doing what they do because of the technology they’ve acquired

    • No one seems to be able to resist the lure of Googling themselves and others

    • The browser is moving its way toward an OS

    • A Google-branded life is coming

    • Google is great at wooing consumers and keeping them happy

    • No more lock-ups because a rogue tab or program caused a problem

    • It’s not afraid to borrow from its competitors

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  • Oct
    15

    Chrome is good, but it could be better. It needs more applications. Not that it doesn’t have any, but only that it could use a few more. Right now, the applications that Chrome runs don’t really run that much better than they do in any other browser, and Chrome needs something like that to help it move forward and take over more market share.

    Chrome needs to stop Flash from hogging up all your CPU resources. It also needs to run better with YouTube, because right now it runs way too slowly for a browser that’s supposed to be fast.

    In addition, it needs Flashblock, so that you can have a lot of tabs open and continue to do what you need to do with your computer without it slowing down and locking up because something you aren’t even paying attention to messed your computer up.

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  • Oct
    7

    Probably not. Sure, it works well. Sure, it’s fast and it’s supposed to be more secure. In spite of all that, though, IE has a pretty solid foundation. It’s generally seen as the browser of choice, even with Firefox and some other browsers on the scene.

    With that being the case, and with other options out there as well, it would be very difficult for one browser – especially a new one – to completely take over from IE. This is definitely true with IE having such a large market share and being so popular.

    All the bugs have been worked out of it, and the people who use it know that they don’t have to worry about that. But it still crashes, and it still runs slow, and it’s still got issues that just won’t ever completely go away. So there will definitely be some people who will make the switch and not come back.

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  • Oct
    6

    Usually when a new browser launches it’s basically garbage until all the bugs are worked out of it. This isn’t the case with Chrome, and the best thing about it is that it will be available for Mac and for iPhone very soon. The people who use those devices are excited about it, and they should be.

    Chrome is the best browser out there in a lot of ways, and it’s the best thing that’s come out in a long time. The browser is fast, and it’s secure. It works well and many of the concerns that are still seen with other browsers are not a problem with Chrome.

    While it’s still got a few little issues, anyone who downloads it will likely be very happy with the speed of it and the quality as well.

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  • Oct
    5

    Despite the security that you have available in Google Chrome, it’s still in beta, and that means that there are often problems with it that have yet to be ironed out.

    It’s based on an old version of WebKit, and by combining some flaws in that with a few bugs that were never worked out of Java, it’s possible to convince someone to download a Java application to their desktop. Once they do that, it will open without warning and that would make it very easy for someone to run any Java application that he or she wanted on someone else’s computer.

    Since Google talked about how secure Chrome is, this really makes the company look a bit bad. Beta issues, however, are usually quickly solved once they are discovered.

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  • Oct
    4

    If you want great browser security, Chrome might be the way to go. A lot of people still love Internet Explorer and Firefox, but Chrome has stronger levels of security, and a lot of people appreciate that and see the importance of it. Even though it’s still a beta release, the browser has so much to offer.

    The security is important, though, because it’s something that’s getting harder and harder to come by. Most browsers are able to be hacked into, and since that’s the case, there is no way to ensure that your information is safe.

    You have to find something that you feel the safest with from the choices that you have available, and Chrome is the best one to protect what you do on the Internet. It not only helps to protect your information, but it also works to let you browse without logging information, keeping your surfing private, as well.

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  • Oct
    3

    That’s a question that a lot of people are asking, but the answer isn’t that simple. Right now, with the launch of Chrome just a few weeks ago, the Page Rank Toolbar is suspiciously absent. It’s left many people wondering whether it’s gone for good, or whether it’s something that just hasn’t been added yet.

    The Chrome browser is beta, after all. There isn’t really any clear answer as to whether the Toolbar is coming back, but Google has said in the past that they would like to find a way to get rid of the Page Rank Indicator.

    There have been a lot of people weighing in on what they think about the Page Rank issue, but most of them seem to think that the Toolbar will be back because it’s got too much in it that shouldn’t be given up on. Whether the Page Rank Indicator comes back as well remains to be seen.

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  • Oct
    1

    There are probably a lot of things that you don’t know about Google Chrome. That’s ok, because there are a lot of other people that know even less about it. Some people haven’t even heard of the new browser at all. Here are three things that you might not have known about Chrome:

    • Each browser tab runs in its own process, so if one page is messed up it won’t completely trash the entire browser.

    • Right now, Chrome is beta and you can only get it for Windows. Later you’ll be able to get it for other operating systems.

    • There’s a private browsing window that you can use if you don’t want people to see what you’ve been looking at on the computer. It’s not saved in history and it doesn’t keep your cookies.

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  • Sep
    16

    Many internet users are groaning over another new browser to deal with, especially designers who may be feeling yet another browser to have to check and adapt to when designing is really just going to create more of a pain and be more time consuming.

    But, if you take a moment and give it some thought, Google is already very well known for leading the cutting edge as far as internet standards and although we may already have more browsers that we know what to do with, some of them have been quite lacking in how quickly they keep up with the web standards that are in place.

    With Google coming out of the gate with many of these standards already in place and surely more to come soon since this is only the beta version, some of the other browsers are going to have to step up their plans and develop better standards or get left behind.

    While Firefox may have a good foothold for now, they need to get their plugins issues remedied before Google begins unrolling a whole slew of new add-ins that quickly surpass and take over.  Who ever said that competition wasn’t a wonderful thing?

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  • Sep
    11

    Google Chrome has many features that will possibly have a great affect on SEO.  Many site owners and designers will need to incorporate these affects into the strategies they intend to implement and take full advantage of all the options that are available.  Read the rest of this entry »

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