Did you Facebook on Christmas Day?

When you look at a list of top 10 websites in the world, or the U.S., which site do you expect to see on top? Google. Although Google still dominates the list most of the time, with 6.7 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2009, on Christmas day another site was on top: Facebook.
According to Hitwise, this was the first time that Facebook was the most-visited U.S. site. It’s logical: On Christmas day, everyone wanted to connect with their friends and family, which pushed the largest social networking site to the top.
But it’s still a testament to how huge Facebook really is; and it’s still growing. Add to that the fact that “Facebook” was the top search term in 2009, and its 350 million users, and it’s clear that Facebook is dominating the web in a way very few web services have done before.
| Top 10 most-searched terms | |
| 2009 | 2008 |
| myspace | |
| myspace | craigslist |
| craigslist | ebay |
| youtube | |
| yahoo mail | myspace.com |
| yahoo | |
| yahoo | youtube |
| ebay | yahoo mail |
| facebook login | yahoo.com |
| myspace.com | |
| Note: Data is based on the top 300 unfiltered search terms for January to November 2009. | |
| Source: Experian Hitwise
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thanks to Mashable Facebook The Most-Visited Site on Christmas by Stan Schroeder
twitter: @Hitwise_US Wednesday 30 Dec 00:41
Facebook was the most visited site in the US on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 1st time the site has been the #1 visited US site ever.











