Facebook Tops Google (GOOG) On Chirstmas Day For First Time
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Facebook beat out Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in total site traffic for the first time on Christmas Day in the U.S.
The social networking site benefitted from users logging in to send Christmas messages to friends, while adding photos and setting up social events.
The web traffic measurement company Hitwise said that the Facebook was able to overtake the search engine after coming in second place last Christmas. Hitwise stated earlier in the month that Facebook was the top search item for 2009 among Americans.
Facebook needed the good news following weeks of scrutiny over its new privacy settings which has abolished regional networks. The company stated that the region networks, like China, were becoming so massive that they were no longer specific enough to be a legitimate network and the privacy of users was being compromised.
Also privacy advocates were criticizing Facebook for "nudging" users to give up more information that could later be found via search engines.
"Any suggestion that we are trying to trick them into something would work against any goal that we have," a Facebook spokesman said.
Facebook is considered one of the top potential companies to become public in 2010.
The social networking site benefitted from users logging in to send Christmas messages to friends, while adding photos and setting up social events.
The web traffic measurement company Hitwise said that the Facebook was able to overtake the search engine after coming in second place last Christmas. Hitwise stated earlier in the month that Facebook was the top search item for 2009 among Americans.
Facebook needed the good news following weeks of scrutiny over its new privacy settings which has abolished regional networks. The company stated that the region networks, like China, were becoming so massive that they were no longer specific enough to be a legitimate network and the privacy of users was being compromised.
Also privacy advocates were criticizing Facebook for "nudging" users to give up more information that could later be found via search engines.
"Any suggestion that we are trying to trick them into something would work against any goal that we have," a Facebook spokesman said.
Facebook is considered one of the top potential companies to become public in 2010.
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