Facebook passes Google in surfers' time

[SecularMotion]

Source: Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.

In August, people spent a total of 41.1 million minutes on Facebook, comScore said, about 9.9 percent of their Web-surfing minutes for the month. That just barely surpassed the 39.8 million minutes, or 9.6 percent, people spent on all of Google Inc.'s sites combined, including YouTube, the free Gmail e-mail program, Google news and other content sites.

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[onehandle]

1. Ugh. Facebook is a plague. nt

[Aramchek]

2. the numbers are likely skewed on this because many people just leave their Facebook page open

when they aren't even using it.

and since Facebook auto-refreshes, it could claim a lot more active minutes than Google,
since Google doesn't auto-refresh. Your only active minutes on Google are when you are actually using it.

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. I deleted my account

Facebook is a waste of time

[AsahinaKimi]

6. I did also because

It takes up too much time. Plus the fact, of that bug they had a few months back where everyones personal information was there for everyone to see. If I wanted to give out my email address to the world, thats the place to do it.

[soleiri]

4. I have a new found love for Facebook

I learned today, from her facebook profile, that a candidate for City Council in my city likes:

Being Conservative
Glenn Beck
I hate it when I wake up in the morning and Barack Obama is President.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PRESS 1 TO HEAR A MESSAGE IN ENGLISH... WE ARE IN AMERICA, LEARN THE LANGUAGE
Air 1 Radio

and her activities include:
if you cant afford to take care of your children.... STOP HAVING THEM!!!!!!!

dearlordpleasenopleaseno.

[Booster]

5. I agree with Betty White - Facebook is a total waste of time.

[MindPilot]

7. Still no comparison to the time spent arguing

on DU.

<insert broadbrush flamebait comment here>

[qanda]

8. I enjoy Facebook but sometimes it's all a bit too much

The drama, the sappiness, the apps (except FarmVille of course-- LOL). I do love being back in touch with some people that I haven't seen in ages but some people were in my past for a reason.

[DumpDavisHogg]

9. Facebook = a glorified Free Republic

I quit Facebook because I was sick of rich reich-wingers there whining. All they do is whine.

Also, Facebook refuses to delete a site that tries to solicit Obama's assassination.

Facebook is the Free Republic of the new decade.

[ManiacJoe]

10. As it should be.

If a search site is done correctly, you do not need to spend much time there to find what you want.