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    • drewfx
      drewfx last edited by

      The following from Opera's most recent quarterly report might help to answer the target audience question:

      http://www.operasoftware.com/company/investors/finance

      {quote]
      Opera’s key operational priorities in 2014 include
      continuing to (i) sign operator agreements for Opera’s
      existing and new products and services, including the
      Rocket Optimizer™ solution; (ii) grow revenues and users
      of Opera’s mobile consumer products, particularly on the
      Android and iOS smartphone platforms, and expand usage
      and monetization of Opera’s owned and operated
      properties; (iii) increase revenue from Mobile Publishers
      and Advertisers (Opera Publisher Partner members), by
      expanding Opera’s demand-side advertising reach and
      capabilities; (iv) grow Opera’s desktop user base,
      particularly in Russia/CIS; and (v) increase Opera’s overall
      profitability and margins.
      [/quote]

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      • drewfx
        drewfx last edited by

        More:

        [quote]
        Today, the vast majority of Opera´s desktop users are in
        the Russia/CIS region and in the emerging markets. Opera
        is particularly focused on growing users in regions where it
        already has a strong base of users, such as Russia.
        [/quote]

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        • lem729
          lem729 last edited by

          Interesting, drewfx. . They have a 40 percent revenue growth in 2014. (From 62 to 87 million in one year). Revenue for desktop, up 6 percent YoY. New Opera Mini coming for Ipad (that's interesting. They're not limiting Ipad to just their Coast browser.. For televisions connected to the internet, they claim they are "the leading distribution medium to deliver premium video content, including Opera Mediaworks’ technology to monetize content owners." Cost of goods sold went up 8.9 million to 16.1 million. Payroll and related expenses went up from 23.9 to 31.7 million. Profitability went up 18.4 million to 22.7. In terms of Coast for Opera, it's biggest in Russian, the US, and China.

          All in all, it sounds like 2014 was a pretty good year. And they have a lot of endeavors going on, internationally. Far more than just Russia. Is it time to buy the stock? 🙂 No wonder Discover is in 20 languages.

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          • stng
            stng last edited by

            BTW, Russia was one of the largest market of desktop-based Opera (when it approached up to ~30% market share in 2008/09)

            Todays statistics (percentage in Opera browsers group):

            Opera 12 - 52,95%

            Opera 11 - 3,60%

            =56.6%

            Opera 21 - 24,5%

            Opera 20 - 11,48%

            =36%

            Source: http://top.mail.ru/browsers?id=250&ago=1#sids=chrome,mob,firefox,opera,msie&percent=0

            • Mail.ru is a second popular web-site in Russian segment.

            The real Opera browser is still more popular than Opera's chromium's derivation in this region. Also, there is interesting fact that Yandexbrowser (yet another clone) is more popular than Opera Blink, but less popular than aging Presto.

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            • lem729
              lem729 last edited by

              On what is the market, an interesting interview on Chromium-Blink, the movement of Presto users to Blink with a focus on Opera TV.

              http://www.operasoftware.com/blog/opera-products/chromiumblink-opera-tv

              And something on the Opera TV browser, which brings the full world of browsing to your connected TV. It would seem that they have in mind long-term that this browser would be based on Chromium-Blink, not Presto.

              http://www.operasoftware.com/products/tv-browser

              That could be useful. I don't see that in the US on our Roku, Chromium, Apple TV products. Google TV tried to do that in a partnership, I think, with Sony (with a large keyboard) but it didn't take off.

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              • Deleted User
                Deleted User last edited by

                The real Opera browser is still more popular than Opera's chromium's derivation in this region. Also, there is interesting fact that Yandexbrowser (yet another clone) is more popular than Opera Blink, but less popular than aging Presto.

                This statistic will not hold much longer as the so-called "real" Opera browser becomes slow, unwieldy, insecure, out-dated and incompatible with most websites. I would certainly be hesitant to use it much longer. Its days are definitely coming to an end. Time for "real" Opera lovers to move on to the new Opera or find another browser and cut the whining.

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                • lem729
                  lem729 last edited by

                  Also, there is interesting fact that Yandexbrowser (yet another clone) is more popular than Opera Blink,[in Russia] but less popular than aging Presto.>
                  But then again, Yandex uses the Blink layout engine and is based on the Chromium open source project. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex_Browser)

                  If you add up the two blinkist camps 🙂 they, perhaps, surpass the Prestoists -- even in Russia.

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                  • drewfx
                    drewfx last edited by

                    Interesting, drewfx. . They have a 40 percent revenue growth in 2014. (From 62 to 87 million in one year). Revenue for desktop, up 6 percent YoY.

                    Revenue for desktop is up, but not for the reason we might hope:

                    [quote]
                    In March 2014, the number of Desktop users was
                    approximately 51 million, down 7% versus 1Q13. Revenue
                    was up 6% in the 1Q14 compared to 1Q13, with lower
                    search revenue offset by higher licensing revenue,
                    including the licensing of the Rocket Optimizer
                    video/media optimization technology to a major Internet
                    company.
                    [/quote]

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                    • lem729
                      lem729 last edited by

                      Well, one wouldn't expect an increase when PC sales drop 8 percent world-wide as consumers move to tablets. http://www.vg247.com/2013/10/10/pc-hardware-sales-drop-worldwide-as-tablets-continue-to-rise-report-finds/

                      That's the reason Opera has diverted energy into the mobile and tablet market, as, I would guess, have its competitors. What's important is the higher revenue figure keeping the activity financially stable. . . For first quarter, 2014, Opera says in their latest report, as regards desktop consumers, "in line with expectations." For the last three quarters -- from 3rd quarter 2013, to 1st quarter 2014 -- the desktop user figure is stable at 51 million.

                      Two of Opera's four revenue growth drivers are Mobile consumers, and Desktop users and usage. So I think the desktop browser is still important to Opera's plans, though obviously the mobile market is also.

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                      • funksoulbro
                        funksoulbro last edited by

                        Its target audience doesn't seem to be anyone in particular. Chropera is just Chrome with fewer features. That's why the only people here saying how awesome it is are the same 3 or 4 fanboys who say that in every thread like this one - and there have been tons of those. That's probably why it's progressed so slowly - absolutely nothing of value has been added to it in 12 months. Not one thing. I expect them to announce that they're discontinuing it soon. It's a complete waste of time and resources and their desktop market share is shrinking and will continue to do so.

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                        • Deleted User
                          Deleted User last edited by

                          It's a complete waste of time and resources and their desktop market share is shrinking and will continue to do so.

                          It is a waste of time and resources develop something not compatible with new technologies, with a bunch of features that is not everyone who uses. Why Chrome is the most used if it does not have a single feature that Presto has? Because it more SIMPLE to use it!

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                          • Deleted User
                            Deleted User last edited by

                            Its target audience doesn't seem to be anyone in particular. Chropera is just Chrome with fewer features. That's why the only people here saying how awesome it is are the same 3 or 4 fanboys who say that in every thread like this one - and there have been tons of those. That's probably why it's progressed so slowly - absolutely nothing of value has been added to it in 12 months. Not one thing. I expect them to announce that they're discontinuing it soon. It's a complete waste of time and resources and their desktop market share is shrinking and will continue to do so.

                            funksoulbro: Just go away. Find a browser you like and stop trying to undermine this forum.

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                            • drewfx
                              drewfx last edited by

                              I'm not a fan of the direction things seem to be going in, but actually it's not a waste of time for them as long as the desktop revenues exceed the costs of development/support/etc.

                              And given that they are essentially building on top of an existing engine, those costs may not pressure the revenue for quite some time, even with declining desktop revenue.

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                              • alreadybanned
                                alreadybanned last edited by

                                Interesting, drewfx. . They have a 40 percent revenue growth in 2014. (From 62 to 87 million in one year). Revenue for desktop, up 6 percent YoY.

                                Revenue for desktop is up, but not for the reason we might hope:
                                [quote]
                                In March 2014, the number of Desktop users was
                                approximately 51 million, down 7% versus 1Q13. Revenue
                                was up 6% in the 1Q14 compared to 1Q13, with lower
                                search revenue offset by higher licensing revenue,
                                including the licensing of the Rocket Optimizer
                                video/media optimization technology to a major Internet
                                company.
                                [/quote]

                                Yep, posted similar stats myself only to be met with the usual rhetoric.

                                @lem729
                                I agree that mobile is where Opera is moving towards but the way they are going about it is all wrong in my opinion. They are essentially looking for new fish in a sea they never could swim in and doing so by running the risk of losing many of it's core users. Opera should realize their situation of being a niche browser and work towards appeasing their niche market while seeking other avenues for income generation. This of course would be a slower and more deliberate approach and one those who think in quarterly terms would not want to hear. Actually, Jon said something to that affect if I remember correctly.

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                                • blackbird71
                                  blackbird71 last edited by

                                  ... I agree that mobile is where Opera is moving towards but the way they are going about it is all wrong in my opinion. They are essentially looking for new fish in a sea they never could swim in and doing so by running the risk of losing many of it's core users. Opera should realize their situation of being a niche browser and work towards appeasing their niche market while seeking other avenues for income generation. This of course would be a slower and more deliberate approach and one those who think in quarterly terms would not want to hear. Actually, Jon said something to that affect if I remember correctly.

                                  Meaning no disrespect, but your, mine, Jon's, nor any number of other users' opinions simply don't matter regarding whether Opera is right or wrong in what they're going about doing. What matters is the opinion of that portion of the stockholders who vote to determine the composition of Opera ASA's board of directors, and the opinions of that board as interpreted by company management and its development staff. The stockholders are the ones with skin in the game, and they determine the course of the company via which directorate and management teams are put in place based on their votes... whether those stockholders correctly grasp the nuances of the "business" or not when voting. The rest of us are simply bystanders whose opinions are worth exactly the value of those electrons inconvenienced by posting them, whether those opinions turn out to be right or wrong.

                                  The sad reality is that there are not a lot of determinative privileges and perks that come with using a free web browser, no matter who creates it or in what direction they carry the design.

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    @blackbird71 you exaggerate too much with that "pleasing stockholders" talk...

                                    Some thoughts: if the stockholders want Opera to grow and get more revenue, they of course want Opera to get more users, and to have more users and keep them Opera must please them (the users). Also, some Opera employees are also stockholders...

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                                    • alreadybanned
                                      alreadybanned last edited by

                                      ... I agree that mobile is where Opera is moving towards but the way they are going about it is all wrong in my opinion. They are essentially looking for new fish in a sea they never could swim in and doing so by running the risk of losing many of it's core users. Opera should realize their situation of being a niche browser and work towards appeasing their niche market while seeking other avenues for income generation. This of course would be a slower and more deliberate approach and one those who think in quarterly terms would not want to hear. Actually, Jon said something to that affect if I remember correctly.

                                      Meaning no disrespect, but your, mine, Jon's, nor any number of other users' opinions simply don't matter regarding whether Opera is right or wrong in what they're going about doing. What matters is the opinion of that portion of the stockholders who vote to determine the composition of Opera ASA's board of directors, and the opinions of that board as interpreted by company management and its development staff. The stockholders are the ones with skin in the game, and they determine the course of the company via which directorate and management teams are put in place based on their votes... whether those stockholders correctly grasp the nuances of the "business" or not when voting. The rest of us are simply bystanders whose opinions are worth exactly the value of those electrons inconvenienced by posting them, whether those opinions turn out to be right or wrong.
                                      The sad reality is that there are not a lot of determinative privileges and perks that come with using a free web browser, no matter who creates it or in what direction they carry the design.

                                      None taken, I agree with you.

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                                      • lem729
                                        lem729 last edited by

                                        you exaggerate too much with that "pleasing stockholders" talk...
                                        Some thoughts: if the stockholders want Opera to grow and get more revenue, they of course want Opera to get more users, and to have more users and keep them Opera must please them (the users). Also, some Opera employees are also stockholders...

                                        I agree. No reason to think Opera doesn't want to please users. They also want to gain new users. And they care about what people think of their product. Now I did like the dark sweep of that line, blackbird71 "The rest of us are simply bystanders whose opinions are worth exactly the value of those electrons inconvenienced by posting them, whether those opinions turn out to be right or wrong," but it's not quite altogether 🙂 A company that took that position would be a pretty poor company. Opera obviously has to balance existing users, the cost to please them, prospective users, the tack to take to gain them, and maybe they have ideas about their product too, because one can care about the "art" of a product, the rightness of it, the consumer need that they can fill, even their reputation as an innovative company, etc. And they may be looking 1, 2, 3 years down the road too. Or more. And just because they're not choosing in the same way you would doesn't mean they're not doing all of that. It's rather a fine balance.

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                                        • blackbird71
                                          blackbird71 last edited by

                                          @blackbird71 you exaggerate too much with that "pleasing stockholders" talk...
                                          Some thoughts: if the stockholders want Opera to grow and get more revenue, they of course want Opera to get more users, and to have more users and keep them Opera must please them (the users). Also, some Opera employees are also stockholders...

                                          Well, we disagree. I think it's not an exaggeration. If the majority of voting stockholders aren't happy with where a company is headed, they can (and generally will) elect a different board having a different set of opinions on the direction of the company. That, of course, is not the same thing as saying the stockholders have in detail set the current course of the company's products... but it means that no publicly-held company can for very long persist in a direction that a majority of its stockholders do not support. In that sense, because they own the company, their opinion is determinative and meaningful. Usually, their opinion revolves around how well the company is doing financially, rather than necessarily just what the company happens to be doing in particular product lines (unless the products have raised notable or embarrassing controversy).

                                          All the rest of us who are not stockholders are free, certainly, to voice our opinions. But those opinions have no direct authority and individually carry little if any weight, particularly in the case of a "free" product. A company can readily elect to trade one set of customers for another with its product directions, particularly if they feel that such a change will prosper their operation, regardless of the previous-customer opinions that result.

                                          My point is that specific user opinions (criticisms or support) about the redesigned Opera carry no intrinsic weight of themselves, particularly if the company is intent on redirecting its product lines toward another, more profitable user base demographic. What will ultimately carry weight are the aggregate financials that result from the collective of user opinions out in the marketplace. A wise company will sift the specific user opinions it gets in order to obtain hints about what that ultimate marketplace opinion of their efforts might be, but each individual opinion itself carries little or no intrinsic authority or weight.

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                                          • funksoulbro
                                            funksoulbro last edited by

                                            [Off-topic comment removed. That's your second warning.]

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