25 Dec 09 Facebook Replaces MySpace to Become the Most Searched Term of 2009

According to a study conducted by Experian Hitwise, it was found that Facebook is the most searched term for 2009. The online research firm has made a list of the top 300 search terms from January 2009 to November 2009.

MySpace, which was at number on in 2008 has slipped to 2nd position, whereas, Facebook which was number 10th in the list in 2008 has climbed up to number one slot in 2009. This has been a big leap for this social networking site.

This may be taken as an indication of growing popularity of Facebook, and falling importance of MySpace. Facebook received 0.67 percent of total searches in 2009, whereas, social networking sites and related terms had 2.48 percent share of top 300 searched terms in 2009.

Another major change was with the search volume of eBay. In 2008, it was 3rd most searched term on the Internet, whereas it has fallen to 8tt position in 2009. YouTube at number 4th was the new entry in the top 10 list. (See figure)

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