{"id":111082,"date":"2009-12-29T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T14:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/29\/it-was-a-facebook-christmas-site-hits-1-in-us-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T14:39:40","slug":"it-was-a-facebook-christmas-site-hits-1-in-us-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/111082","title":{"rendered":"It Was a Facebook Christmas; Site Hits #1 in US For First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/afd3a_facebook_tc50.jpg\">Christmas is a holiday that brings people together, so perhaps it should be no surprise that <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\">Facebook<\/a> has become a part of millions of peoples&#8217; Christmas experiences.  For the first time in its history, Facebook was the #1 most visited website in the United States on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year, according to traffic analyst firm <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Hitwise_US\">Hitwise<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s worth noting.  <a href=\"http:\/\/news.softpedia.com\/news\/Facebook-Second-Visited-Website-After-Google-this-Christmas-101340.shtml\">HitWise reported last year<\/a> that Facebook was #2 behind Google on Christmas.  People say that Facebook vs. Google will be the web&#8217;s biggest battle of coming years &#8211; but it looks like Facebook has already won the battle for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=a6d5ead9&amp;cb=17585\" ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=17585&amp;n=a6d5ead9' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2009, Google and Yahoo! Mail were both bigger than Facebook, Hitwise says.  Facebook was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidefacebook.com\/2009\/12\/15\/comscore-facebook-grew-5-6-in-the-us-last-month-hitwise-facebook-top-us-search-term\/\">the most popular search query of the last year<\/a> across all search engine use by US users, however.  It&#8217;s a social network&#8217;s world these days.<\/p>\n<p>One Christmas gift Facebook users may not have expected: December&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/why_facebook_changed_privacy_policies.php\">major shift<\/a> away from Facebook&#8217;s initial nature as a privacy-centric social network.  Apparently that didn&#8217;t slow people down from visiting the site on the holidays. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/it_was_a_facebook_christmas.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/o_OcWPVokQp4mWbUmzZ2ZWIyTok\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/afd3a_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/o_OcWPVokQp4mWbUmzZ2ZWIyTok\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/afd3a_di\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/afd3a_readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0c459_readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0c459_readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0c459_readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0c459_readwriteweb?i=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0c459_readwriteweb?i=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/84dca_readwriteweb?i=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=YK18asNTTBU:BBBV42jAEWM:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/84dca_readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/84dca_YK18asNTTBU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~3\/YK18asNTTBU\/it_was_a_facebook_christmas.php\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is a holiday that brings people together, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Facebook has become a part of millions of peoples&#8217; Christmas experiences. 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