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Facebook Surpasses Google For Users' Online Time

Posted by Soulskill on from the guess-they-should-make-their-searches-take-longer dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "When it comes to our time online, socializing beats searching. According to new data from researchers at comScore Inc., Facebook has moved ahead of Google for the first time in Web users' minutes. In August, people spent more than 41 million minutes on Facebook, compared to just under 40 million for all of Google's sites combined. Yahoo came in third, with 37.7 million minutes."

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  1. Right, because Google is *instant* now. by tha_mink · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, duh. Now that there's Google Instant, you don't *have* to spend any time on google.

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  2. Really? by Thyamine · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why did it take so long? I don't spend that much time on Facebook, but I know I spend more time than I do searching. I mean, how do you linger for any real length of time in Google? You search and look through the results. Sometimes you look through a few pages, maybe re-work the search a few times, but in the end most of the time spent is on that page you are searching for a link for. Unless this is counting gmail and things like that.

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    1. Re:Really? by jgagnon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is for all of Google's services, not just their search home page. I keep a browser window with Gmail open nearly all day, every day.

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    2. Re:Really? by AnonymousClown · · Score: 4, Funny

      I mean, how do you linger for any real length of time in Google?

      I take it you've never googled "Christina Hendricks" and clicked on "Images"?

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  3. Facebook? Try Farmville. by cusco · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to find the bastard who wrote Farmville and sue him for 'estrangement of affections'. It's quite incredible how much time my wife spends on the damn game.

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  4. Yahoo 3rd??? by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who the #%&$ still uses yahoo?

  5. Is that an achievement for Google or Facebook? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Google prides itself on wasting less of our time, while Facebook prides itself on wasting more of it.

    I wanna see how many ads per minute each service gets from their users, and how much resources a minute is worth on both of them.

    Then this milestone might even mean something. By itself, it doesn't.

  6. Re:Differences. by XanC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are these the people who Google for "facebook login" and then proceed to assume that whatever they find is Facebook? The comments here are pure gold.

  7. Not really Socializing by InsaneSpider · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Its not really socializing if they are spending hours playing farmville or mafia wars. I think thats where most of the time goes. Although I will admit that I leave my facebook profile open when I leave for work, so I wonder if they count inactive uses or not.

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