USA: Facebook overtakes Google
Facebook is currently the most-visited website in the United States. This marks the first time the social network has had more visitors than the search engine Google.
This has been reported by various American media. The increased number of visitors is mainly due to the various online games that Facebook has recently started offering on its website. The game Farmville, for example, is played by more than 83 million people worldwide. Facebook could make a lot of money with these games, as the majority of users have no problem reaching into their wallets to buy various features for Farmville.
Facebook's market share based on pageviews increased by 185 percent last week compared to the same week in 2009, when the market share increased by only 9 percent. This increase is responsible for the fact that Facebook now accounts for 7.07 percent of all internet traffic in the USA. Google, on the other hand, "only" accounts for 7.03 percent. The figures only refer to the companies' home websites; Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps are not counted.
Facebook has been more popular than Google on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but its popularity has never lasted longer than two days at most. Google launched its new Google Buzz service just last month, which is intended to compete with Facebook.
Facebook's market share based on pageviews increased by 185 percent last week compared to the same week in 2009, when the market share increased by only 9 percent. This increase is responsible for the fact that Facebook now accounts for 7.07 percent of all internet traffic in the USA. Google, on the other hand, "only" accounts for 7.03 percent. The figures only refer to the companies' home websites; Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps are not counted.
Facebook has been more popular than Google on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but its popularity has never lasted longer than two days at most. Google launched its new Google Buzz service just last month, which is intended to compete with Facebook.
