As far as the causes are concerned, however, the user is left in the dark, which makes fixing the error an almost unsolvable task especially because the error does not necessarily have to be caused by Chrome. The error message 'ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED', for example, informs you that the connection to the desired website has been closed. Even though the browser performs brilliantly, it is also prone to errors, which leave its users confronted with cryptic messages. The driving force behind the rapid rise was - in addition to excellent marketing campaigns (particularly also via its own search engine) - primarily the brand name Google itself. According to the web statistics portal W3Counter, Chrome's market share today is over 50 percent (as of June 2018). Despite the strong competition from Internet Explorer and Firefox, etc., the application was successful in the years to come. In 2008, Google released the first version of its own web browser Chrome.
