For the first time, Chrome shift the position of Safari Apple in the United States (U.S.). The data was released research firm StatCounter showed, although only two years, Google’s browser is already begin performance gear.

“This is a good acquisition for Google because the browser is spelled out is still new but already can get a share of close to 10 per cent in the U.S. only within two years,” said Chief Executive StatCounter Aodahn Cullen in his report quoted by AFP and quoted, Tuesday (29 / 6 / 2010).

In the report StatCounter, Chrome percentage in the U.S. browser market share amounted to 8.97 percent, slightly exceeding the Safari which are below with the acquisition of 8.88 percent.

In addition to Chrome and Safari, the number two position is still entrenched Firefox with percentage 28.48 percent. At the top, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still dominate more than half of the U.S. browser market share, which amounted to 52 percent.

When viewed globally, Chrome still not getting the top three but with a slightly larger percentage, ie 9.44 percent.

Since the emergence of Chrome, Google and Apple are involved in the ‘war’ in the realm of the internet browser. Competition between them is also happening in the mobile arena, where Google’s Android and Apple’s sponsor iPhonenya.