Recent report from Hitwise says Facebook is the No.1 website in the US in terms of web traffic.

The report says

“The market share of visits to Facebook increased 185% last week as compared to the same week in 2009, while visits to Google increased 9% during the same time frame. Together Facebook.com and Google.com accounted for 14% of all US Internet visits last week.”

Does this mean Google is pushed to the No.2 spot ?

Lets see some interesting infographics of  both the companies from Pingdom & onlineschools.org.

The main advantage for Facebook is the 400 million user base which grew up to this level from 200 million in just one year. The other pulling factor are your friends. When your friends are in Facebook, why do you want to go anywhere else? There are a few downsides though. Although Mr.Zuckerberg expects a 70 percent revenue growth in 2010, Facebook became positive in cash flow only around last September. Facebook must also work hard to set right the huge privacy issues which they are having right now.

But on the other side Google dominates on the $ value. With around $24.5 billion and after making $6.5 billion profit in the past year, Google will only get better to dominate the market in online TV and film distribution, improving its “Chrome” browser and enhancing its core “Search” & “Advertisement” Business. Google has also jumped in to the mobile market with its Android mobile platform. It got better with the acquisition of Admob and with the introduction of the nexus phone as a competition to Apple.

Apple hit back on the announcement of iAds in the WWDC 2010 Keynote. Today Apple has revised its developer agreement almost banning the competing ads. Now, What will happen to Google’s Admob? This makes Google’s life even tougher. See this interesting infographic from Gigao.

Conclusion: Google has to fight with Facebook as well as Apple to stay afloat in this Technology WAR. Iam sure both Apple (World’s No1 Technology company) and Facebook (World’s No1 Website in terms of traffic and user base) will be given a good run for their money by Google. Apple and Facebook on the other hand are great technology companies and they will surely push Google to the limits.

Whatever be the result, we are the ultimate beneficiaries because we will be getting new technologies and great gadgets as these giants continue fight among themselves. Let this healthy war continue...

If you like this article please share it using the links below. Please feel free to post views in the comments section below. Thanks!

Will Steve Jobs release the much awaited iPhone 4G from his pocket today at the Apple WWDC?


Gizmodo is banned from attending the event. In April, tech blog Gizmodo.com $5,000 for a prototype of what’s believed to be Apple’s latest smartphone. An Apple employee lost the prototype in the  Silicon Valley bar. It was then captured and sold to Gizmodo. Was the iPhone lost or stolen? Did apple lose the prototype with purpose? is this a marketing gimmick ?

What else can we expect from the WWDC today?

what can we expect on the hardware side of the iphone ? I hope to see a better camera with auto-focus and a few magnetometer for sure.

will the Multi-Touch magic track-pad peripheral be released today ? The photos were leaked by Engadget earlier.

A front camera for video-conferencing is speculated but then i dont think it might be true due to the bandwidth problems.Iam sure the new iphone will have increased speed and memory which is definitely a requirement as the developers around the world are creating high-end applications which suck the memory in a big way.

All these are speculations. Apple is very good at keeping secrets. Lets wait and see what we get from apple today. But whatever we get will surely be great because Apple is a great technology company and Steve Jobs is a great leader.

Lets wish Apple & Steve Jobs a VERY GOOD LUCK!