Last week facebook beat google as the most visited domain in the U.S. Facebook had accounted for 7.07% of all U.S visits, Google had 7.03%. This is very good for facebook but the article discusses how it isnt very relative due to the fact that the two companies' businesses are different. They arent competing websites and they both hold different enviroments. Google has a few properties and revenue streams besides google.com. It also has Gmail and youtube. Youtube itself had over 2% so if youtube and google were combined they would far surpass facebook.
Although they are not competition, I was surprised when I found this article. Google is such a powerful search engine that everyone uses. I am aware that facebook is also a very popular social networking site but I never thought it would beat google for the most visited domain for that week. This may not be that big of a deal for google but it can lead to many more opportunites for facebook. Since facebook is so popular currently, this can lead into an increase in advertising opportunities. Many companies can reach their target market through this site so I'm sure in the future there will be more advertisements.
work cited:
Marshall, Jack. "Facebook Visits Surpass Google, But What Does It Really Mean? - ClickZ." ClickZ - News and Expert Advice for the Digital Marketer since 1997 - ClickZ. 16 Mar. 2010. Web. 16 Mar. 2010.
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