March 17, 2010
By:
cristinalepore
Last week, Facebook ended a year of remarkable growth by overtaking Google’s popularity among US internet users. Last week’s industry data shows Facebook scored more visits on its home page than the search engine’s homepage.
Research firm Hitwise said that the two sites accounted for 14% of all US internet visits last week. Facebook’s home page recorded 7.07% of traffic and Google’s home page recorded 7.03%.
Although the difference is small, the implications are HUGE. This takeover is a sign that the web is becoming more sociable than searchable, and Facebook’s popularity is going to continue to grow rapidly. Do you agree? Do you think Facebook will soar ahead of Google.com in the coming months?
Wow, this is huge. I wonder how long Facebook will keep that lead?
It’s interesting how steady google’s line is, i’d like to see how they compare on a wider scale and even to see how they stack up now.