Apple could earn $100 million if you download Safari ★
No that is not correct. But it will be, if you download it and use it as your primary browser.
In an interesting article from Daring Fireball, everything is explained well:
But the primary reason is simply money. Safari is a free download, but it’s already one of Apple’s most profitable software products.
It’s not widely publicized, but those integrated search bars in web browser toolbars are revenue generators. When you do a Google search from Safari’s toolbar, Google pays Apple a portion of the ad revenue from the resulting page. (Ever notice the “client=safari” string in the URL query?)
The same goes for Mozilla (and, I presume, just about every other mainstream browser.) According to this report by Ryan Naraine, for example, the Mozilla Foundation earned over $50 million in search engine ad revenue in 2005, mostly from Google.
My somewhat-informed understanding is that Apple is currently generating about $2 million per month from Safari’s Google integration. That’s $25 million per year. If Safari for Windows is even moderately successful, it’s easy to see how that might grow to $100 million per year or more.
There’ve been many attempts to finance app development with advertising; what’s interesting about web browser search engine deals is that browser developers earn money – a lot of it – for ads that users were going to see anyway, just by performing the same search without the built-in integration.
So when you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 you’re not helping Microsoft because Google isn’t really interested in giving them anything. Since Microsoft saw this oppurtunity, they released IE7(much before Apple released Safari) with a few cosmetic changes and a 100×50 pixel revenue generating search box. The smart people used Firefox and haven’t bothered to updgrade to IE7.
Hold it hold it hold it !!! ” Per Month ” ??? Dude ! It hasn’t even been one whole month since Apple launched safari for Windows ! In fact, The WWDC got over only a couple of weeks back. At least pay a read to the info you get !
Don’t say ” I was talking future there. 2 million as in after completing this month. The real figure stands at 0.79 million so far.
oho ! typing mistake - 10.79 million
Whenever someone talks about something even close to interesting on a blog it’s about the future. If I just give you information that already exists on Google it wont be anything unique.
Your another one of those people who thinks having a Mac is the be all and end all of everything. That’s completely stupid.
First of all you’re a fool if you think only the Windows version generates income for Apple.
Second, I don’t need to check my sources because I do not quote the bullshit most people post on sites like Orkut.
Third, this website isn’t for the Orkut or Myspace community.