Facebook is now the Second Most Popular Website in the U.S.

Well, we knew this was going to happen. With a high user engagement and a massive userbase build up, Facebook has just slipped pass through Yahoo to become the no.2 most popular website in the U.S.

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Facebook is now the Second Most Popular Website in the U.S.

Google Makes Mobile Search Suggestion Location Aware

The Google Mobile Blog has just posted a short note announcing a new feature of its search suggestion on Google.com for mobile phones.

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Google Gets 72% of Searches in December 2009 (Hitwise)

Following up Nielsen search market share data, Hitwise has also released their search metrics for December 2009. And just like Nielsen’s stats, Google is also leading the pack, getting 72.5% of all searches conducted in the U.S.

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Google Gets 72% of Searches in December 2009 (Hitwise)

Haiti Earthquake : Online Resources & Donations

The earthquake in Haiti, which rocked the capital city of Port Au Prince over the week, has been devastating to the already impovershed country, its people, and its already unstable government. According to the latest news accounts, over 100,000 are expected to have died during the quake or over the past 48 hours with the after effects of disease, dehydration and starvation. The government and its infrastructure was also demoslihed, as the Haitian Presidential Palace is in ruins and a displaced President is now trying to govern an almost non existant government

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Facebook Beats Google : Most Visited Site on Christmas

In what could be a preview of an impending battle between Facebook and Google in the coming days, Facebook has beaten Google as the most visited website on both Christmas Even and Christmas Day, says a tweet from Hitwise’s Twitter account. It was the first time that Facebook become the number one site during Christmas Day. Last year it was Google as the most visited site with Facebook closely following behind

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What’s Next for New Media in 2010 – New Media Minute

What’s the next big thing in new media? To answer that question, Daisy Whitney of the New Media Minute turned to Bill Tancer, author of of Click and the research guru at online audience measurement firm Hitwise. He shared some exclusive insight for New Media Minute viewers into where the online trendsetters who made Facebook, YouTube and Flickr popular way back when are now hanging out on the Web

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What’s Next for New Media in 2010 – New Media Minute