Facebook ousts Google in US popularity

March 18, 2010 |

Facebook has become the most visited website in the United States as millions of people turn to the social networking site to play online games.

The social networking site has seen phenomenal growth around the world and for the first time surpassed Google.com for a whole week in the US last week, according to the web analytics firm Hitwise.

The milestone indicates how important a gateway to the web social networks, in particular Facebook, are becoming.

Facebook has more than 400 million regular users worldwide, about half of whom visit the site every day to check their updates, post photos and, increasingly, play online social games.

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