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Google+ becomes the fastest growing social network

Google+ becomes the fastest growing social network

Since its launch in late June, Google+ has attracted 25 million unique global visitors. That ascent has far outpaced the growth of MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook, prompting many observers to wonder if Google’s new social network will eventually overtake Facebook in popularity. Although the unique visitor count slowed at the end of July, the network’s global adoption of has been steadier. The biggest growth for Google+ has been seen in the United States, followed by India and Canada. “Visitors is technically what ComScore reports,” explained ComScore analyst Andrew Lipsman. “If someone…

1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World

1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World's Third Largest Website

On the Internet, size is everything. From May, 2008 to May, 2009, Facebook started knocking off established sites and moving up in the comScore rankings. MySpace, Amazon, eBay, AOL – one by one they fell to the exponential growth that Mark Zuckerberg’s social network was experiencing. When Facebook shot passed Wikipedia 18 months ago, many wondered if they would make it into the distant top tier where the three Internet giants roamed. Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! were still miles ahead of Facebook with more than double the monthly unique visitors. Top Tier, you officially have a new member….

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