Who has not been competing with Google in an attempt to be popular or at least catch up with search engine on the number of unique visitors. With the advent of social networks and the increasing popularity of Facebook, it would seem, it has become quite feasible.
However, the Internet search engine continues to retain the title of leader, though the competitors are and do breathe in the back. A networking site Facebook at this time, crept up quite close: it managed to increase the volume of Web traffic in the U.S. up to March this year. In addition, the network far ahead of all other sites in terms of user activity.
Facebook overtakes Google in popularity
According to Nielsen, Google Web traffic grew by 3% to $ 152.3 million visitors, an increase of Facebook was 3,8%, raising the number of users to 135.7 million. In third place – Yahoo with the volume of traffic on the 131.3 million page views, at the fourth site Microsoft Windows Live and Bing (119,3 million), and closes the top five with a number of YouTube hits in 105.2 million.
The largest increase showed the site of Apple, number of users who have grown on 7,7%, reaching 63 million people. Thus, the company was eighth in the popularity rating.
On average, users began to pursue on the Internet at 5,8% more than a month earlier, increasing the time online with 55 hours 22 minutes to 58 hours, 36 minutes.
Facebook has not only reduced the gap with the leader in number of unique visitors, but also increased the amount of time a user spent on the site. The average Facebook here for six hours 36 minutes, three times longer than the next company’s top ten – Yahoo. Google index was one o’clock 22 minutes.
However, for Google is good news – for example, a recent study comScore showed that in March, the company increased its U.S. market share to 65.7% compared with 65.4% in February. At this site Yahoo lost with 16,1% to 15,7%, while sites Microsoft, including Bing, increased from 13,6% to 13,9%.
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