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A Changing Of The Silicon Valley Guard?

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Hitwise runs the numbers and notes that for the first time ever last week Facebook passed Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to become the most visited website in the U.S. It’s not as though Google has stopped growing; it’s just that Facebook is growing at a much faster clip. The caveats: It’s only one research organization, one metric (market share of all direct visits), and one week. But take a look at the trend.

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Mar 16, 2010 1:20 PM ET

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Posted In: Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research, Companies, Facebook, Google

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