Techcrunch reported Google Takes Partial Ownership Of Maxthon Browser.
I don't remember if Maxthon (original name:MyIE 2 ,Blog) was the first Chinese IE-base browser that supports multiple tabs,but I know Maxthon used to be a must-have software for senior netizens in 2003 and 2004.However,after more IE-base browsers were poured into the market in 2005,Maxthon's share began to decline.But it still is a giant in China internet.
According to the latest Web Browsers Share Report published by CNZZ(a renowned Chinese Web statistic),Maxthon beat all his rivals,clocked up 7.7% of the total visitors.
You may surprise why only this mere percentage (7.7%) could make Maxthon the NO.1 IE-base browser,the reason is simple - 83.6% of the market was occupied by original IE6 ! As there are about 1.4 billion population in China, approximately 160 million internet users,so even 7.7% means a great amount.
I doubt the saying "Maxthon-originated searches may account for up to 25% of total Baidu traffic, according to one source."But it doesn't matter,and I don't have any evidents.This information indicated that if this "cooperation" goes with a swing,Maxthon default search engine will be switched to Google(.cn).
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