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Facebook has overtaken the search giant Google to become the most visited website in America. The social-networking website became the most visited website for the week ending March 13, 2010, according to the online analyst Hitwise.
It received 7.97 per cent of all internet traffic while Google was just behind with 7.03 per cent. Facebook was first started by a group of students at Harvard University just four years ago and now boasts more than 400million users worldwide.
It reached the Number 1 ranking on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day as users rushed to their computers to communicate online with friends and family.
The market share of visits to Facebook increased 185 per cent last week as compared to the same week in 2009.
Visits to Google increased nine per cent during the same time frame.
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