Google Getting Cozy With Maxthon Browser, Gets Minority Stakes

You said, “Unlike Firefox, Maxthon has a global footprint with bulk of its users in China and Europe. ”

I’d argue that Firefox has a very significant global footprint. We ship Firefox simultaneously in 40 languages and roughly half of our users are outside of the US. I don’t know of any other software product, much less a browser, that beats that global focus and reach.

It appears that Maxthon is doing well in China. That’s a tough market and they’ve clearly had some success.

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Asa- Maxthon is doing great in Chine because its a Chinese company, and Chinese people in general are patriotic and prefer their own products over global or western ones. Other than this the company raised angel funding from Morten Lund, he is the same guy who angel funded Skype, when they were turned down by half the VC´s in Europe. The guy has a neck of picking up winners and knows a thing or two about marketing as well. He was one of the reasons for Skype’s huge user base(mostly European) within such a short amount of time.

I still think that Maxthon has a better and immensely loyal following in Europe and China, as compared to any other browser.

Bilal, I’ll grant you that Maxthon has a loyal following in China. Where’s your evidence that they have any following in Europe? Is Maxthon beating Firefox’s 25% share in Europe? I haven’t seen anything that would suggest it’s even a large enough percentage of the European market to be measurable.

Still, you failed to respond to my initial question.

You said, “Unlike Firefox, Maxthon has a global footprint…. �?

How is Maxthon’s global footprint unlike Firefox’s (and presumably superior to Firefox’s if I’m reading the sentence as you intended it to be read)? Firefox’s global footprint dwarfs Maxthon’s. Can you cite some study that says otherwise?

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