FACEBOOK TOPS GOOGLE IN WEBSITE HITS

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Facebook stole the thunder from Google last year as the most-visited website in the United States, according to a new study from Internet research firm Experian Hitwise.

The social-networking juggernaut's www.facebook.com was the top-visited website for the first time and accounted for 8.93 per cent of all US visits between January and November 2010, Experian Hitwise said.

Google, the world's Internet search leader, slid to second place.

Google.com drew 7.19 per cent of visits, followed by Yahoo! Mail (3.52 per cent), Yahoo! (3.30 per cent) and YouTube (2.65 per cent).

Facebook led arch-rival Google in the number of hits per month since March.

However, taking into account all of Google's websites, such as YouTube and Gmail, the Mountain View, California-based company drew 9.85 per cent of the US visits, ahead of Facebook's 8.93 per cent and the 8.12 per cent garnered by Yahoo! sites, an Experian Hitwise spokesman said on Friday.

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