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Netscape, Safari gain at Mozilla's expense

FireFox Stumbles Again, Netscape and Safari Continue Growth Reports NetApplications
Monday October 10, 9:01 am ET
NetApplications Releases September 2005 Browser Activity

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2005--NetApplications, a provider of Web-based applications that measure, monitor and market Web sites for the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME), today announced its monthly Web site traffic analysis. In September, Netscape Navigator and Apple's Safari continued their modest gains for the second straight month, while FireFox lost market share for the second time in 2005.

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"Opera made news last month when it announced that it will offer its browser for free, without advertising in what appeared to be a response to the wild adoption rate of FireFox," Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president of marketing and strategic relationships for NetApplications. "FireFox, Safari, Netscape and now Opera are jockeying for position and implementing aggressive marketing maneuvers which is setting the stage for a very exciting month in October and throughout the remainder of 2005."

September Browser Market Share:

Microsoft Internet Explorer - 86.87%
FireFox - 7.55%
Safari - 2.39%
Netscape - 2.16%
Opera - 0.51%
Other - 0.51%

August Browser Market Share:

Microsoft Internet Explorer - 86.31%
FireFox - 8.27%
Safari - 2.20%
Netscape - 2.02%
Opera - 0.62%
Mozilla - 0.51%
Other - 0.08%

Additional stats are available at http://marketshare.hitslink.com.