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San Francisco -- Facebook is speedily taking over the world -- Google bumped after three years at the top. Facebook the most popular social-networking venue has now ranked as the most engaged website in the U.S., according to analytics firm Hitwise.
As the week ended March 13, 2010, Facebook has surpassed the previous most popular site, Google, in terms of overall traffic for the week, and this is the first time Google has not attained the top spot since 2007.
According to internet tracking firm Hitwise, Facebook accounted for 7.07 per cent of web visits, compared to Google's 7.03 per cent.
Facebook claimed 7.07% for all U.S. web traffic, whereas Google was at 7.03%. However, that was sufficient to knock Google out of the top spot for the first time since the week ending Sept. 15, 2007.
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