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Facebook was Most Visited, Searched for Website in 2010

30.12.2010
Facebook was the most visited website in the United States in 2010, and the world's largest social network was also the year's most popular search term, according to . Facebook accounted for 8.93 percent of all US visits between January and November, the metrics firm said in its year-end round up. Google came in second with 7.19 percent of visits with Yahoo Mail, Yahoo and YouTube rounding out the top five.

Finding Facebook

The term "Facebook" accounted for 2.11 percent of searches overall in 2010. A total of four variations of Facebook such as "Facebook.com," "www.Facebook.com" and "Facebook login" were in Experian Hitwise's top 10 search terms in 2010 accounting for 3.48 percent of all US searches. Other popular search terms in 2010 were YouTube, Craigslist, MySpace and eBay.

Website vs. Web Property

Facebook may be the number one website, but it still hasn't beaten out Google as the top Web property. Google and its related sites such as Gmail, YouTube and Blogger accounted for 9.85 percent of all US visits. Facebook and its related properties were slightly behind the Googleverse at 9.83 percent of all visits.

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