Facebook: Most Popular Search Term & Most Visited Website in 2010

Facebook is the most-visited website in the US in 2010, according to a new end-of-year report from Experian Hitwise. Not only this but Facebook was also the most searched keyword of the year. In fact, Hitwise says four of the top ten most popular search terms in 2010 involved search for Facebook.

According to Hitwise, Facebook accounted for 8.93% of all US website visits while Google, which was the most-visited site in 2009, dropped to second this year with 7.19% of all visits. Three Yahoo sites placed in the top ten and together they accounted for 8.12% of all US website visits. Bing cracked the top ten for the first time, while MSN.com jumped from ninth in 2009 to sixth this year.