Thursday, March 18, 2010

FT.com / Technology - Facebook becomes bigger hit than Google

Sign of the times

Social networking website Facebook has capped a year of phenomenal growth by overtaking Google’s popularity among US internet users, with industry data showing it has scored more visits on its home page than the search engine.

In a sign that the web is becoming more sociable than searchable, research firm Hitwise said that the two sites accounted for 14 per cent of all US internet visits last week. Facebook’s home page recorded 7.07 per cent of traffic and Google’s 7.03 per cent.

FT.com / Technology - Facebook becomes bigger hit than Google

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