Every week we take Internet marketing questions from friends, acquaintances and client business partners and unravel them at the end of these enewsletters. Is there something you would like to know about the weirdly wonderful world of websites? Ask us here and we shall answer.

Question: Which browsers should I be paying attention to?

Answer: According to Wikipedia, as of October, 2009, the top browsers by usage are:

• Internet Explorer (64.64%)
• Mozilla Firefox (25.30%)
• Safari (4.30%)
• Google Chrome (3.19%)
• Opera (1.50%)

Those figures, of course, do not delve into the sordid world of version numbers. And, as you may well know, comparing Firefox 3.5 to Internet Explorer 6.0 is like comparing a pristine, freshly picked Navel orange to a moldy, old, half-eaten Gala apple.

That said, you should still be watching Internet Explorer 6.0.

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Every week we take Internet marketing questions from friends, acquaintances and client business partners and unravel them at the end of these enewsletters. Is there something you would like to know about the weirdly wonderful world of websites? Ask us here and we shall answer.

Question: What is Google Website Optimizer?

Answer: Per Google's dry summation:

Google Website Optimizer is a free A/B testing and multivariate testing application that helps online marketers and webmasters increase visitor conversion rates and overall visitor satisfaction by continually testing different combinations of website content. But, if you're a website owner or an Internet marketer with "mad scientist" tendencies…

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