Search
was still more important than being social
on the Web in 2011--but not by much.
Google edged out Facebook as the top
Internet destination this year, according
to data released today by market
researcher Nielsen. The Web giant logged
153.4 million average unique visitors per
month, compared with the social-
networking giant's 137.6 million.
Yahoo came in at No. 3 with 130.1 million
unique monthly visitors, while Microsoft's
MSN/WindowsLive/Bing and Google's
YouTube filled out the top 5.
While Google was tops in overall Web
properties, Facebook remained firmly
entrenched as No. 1 in social networks
and blogs with the aforementioned 137.6
million average unique visitors. Blogger
came in at a distance second with 45.7
million average monthly unique visitors,
and Twitter was third with 23.5 million.
Google+, Google's nascent social network,
came in at No. 8 with 8.2 million average
unique visitors per month, behind
WordPress.com MySpace, LinkedIn, and
Tumblr.
Also not a surprise, YouTube was the top
video destination on the Web, averaging
111 million unique visitors a month. Vevo
was a very distant second with 34 million
average unique monthly visitors, and at
No. 3 was Facebook with 29.8 million
average unique monthly visitors. Video-
streaming site Hulu came in at No. 8 with
12.4 million average unique monthly
visitors. Bringing up the bottom of the top
10 list was troubled video site Netflix,
with 7.4 million average unique monthly
visitors.
Nielsen also ranked smartphones, listing
Apple at the top with 29 percent of the
market, followed by HTC with 21 percent
and Research In Motion with 17 percent.
Rudz
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