Information Madness

Google beats Facebook as this year’s most visited site in the world. As per a new study, Facebook was a close second. More than one hundred and fifty three million viewers clicked on Google branded pages while Facebook had one hundred and thirty eight million viewers. Yahoo came third with one hundred and thirty million visitors each month.

This study is based on data collected between January and end October of this year. It includes visits from home and work computers. It involved a sample from a global panel of over two hundred thousand people. Although Google has pipped Facebook as the most popular web brand, Google + network has come far behind Facebook in the ranking of the most popular social networks and blogs.

Google + came eighth in the list of popular social networks with eight million monthly visitors. YouTube was identified as the most popular destination for online videos. YouTube had one hundred and seven million visitors per month. MSN and YouTube came at fourth and fifth place.

Research by Comscore has revealed that twelve to seventeen year olds spent thirty per cent less time using web based eMail.  EMail use in the eighteen to twenty four age group also dropped by about twenty one per cent. Email use in the twenty five to thirty four age group dropped by about one per cent.

Microsoft came in sixth with more than eighty three thousand monthly users, followed by AOL Media Network and Wikipedia. Apple and Ask Search network came at ninth and tenth places.