Social network Facebook has overtaken search giant Google to become the most visited website in the US for the week ending 13 March.
Research from online analysts Hitwise showed Facebook accounted for 7.07% of internet visits in the US during that week. During the same week, Google commanded 7.03% of all internet visits, which made both websites accountable for 14% of all US internet visits.
While Google's proportion of visits has remained relatively steady over the last year, building from 6.46%, Facebook has seen an increase in share of internet visits from around a 2.48% share (the fifth most-visited site) in the week ending 14 March 2009, to last week's 7.07% share.
