According to the Experian Hitwise report made ??on the basis of all USA search engines, Facebook was the most frequently used word in search queries and the most visited site in 2011.
In addition, 4 search queries out of top 10 are connected with Facebook. This is the third year in a row,when the largest social network leads in search queries worldwide. In 2011 it has 3.1% of web search queries.
Top Ten Search Queries of 2011:
- YouTube
- Facebook Login
- Craigslist
- Facebook.com
- Yahoo
- eBay
- www.facebook.com
- Mapquest
- Yahoo.com
Request “Facebook.com” climbed in 2011 by one position and ended up in the top five. Together «Facebook» and «Facebook.com» occupy 3.48% of all searches in the U.S., reflecting annual growth of popularity in the third.
Pretty impressive results, but much more significant achievement of the largest social network is that in this year, Facebook again is a leader in web traffic. From January to November 2011 Facebook pages attracted 10.29% of all Internet visits in the United States.
