Sorry, Google: Facebook Most-Visited Site in US

Social network eats up 8.9% of US visits
Posted Dec 31, 2010 8:02 AM CST
Sorry, Google: Facebook Most-Visited Site in US
In this file photo taken April 21, 2010, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers an address in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)

Facebook knocked Google from its cushy No. 1 slot this year, becoming the most-visited website in the US, Reuters reports. Between January and November, Facebook saw 8.9% of all US visits; Google.com saw 7.2%. If you count all of Google’s properties, like YouTube and Gmail, however, Google takes 9.9%, surpassing Facebook. Yahoo’s properties came in third, with 8.1%. Google was king in 2009 and 2008; MySpace was on top in 2007.
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