Four Design Links: November 19, 2009
It's time for Four Design Links, a curated collection of stories we've been reading this week.
1. Facebook Now Accounts For 1 In 4 Internet Pageviews(?)
Database marketing firm Drake Direct claims that Facebook represents 1 in 4 pageviews in the US. By comparison, Google gets 1 in 12 pageviews using the same dataset.
The data sounds questionable, but it made me think. These days, I probably visit Facebook at least as much as Google. I wonder how that traffic breaks down in terms of Facebook applications vs. socializing? How much of those numbers are games, for instance?
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