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Research company Hitwise found that Christmas Day was indeed merry for Facebook, as one in every 22 online visits was to the social networking site, the busiest day it has ever experienced, the BBC reports. That made for a stunning 69% rise over 2007, and gave Facebook a 4.65% market share, second only to the giant called Google, and ahead of YouTube. Robin Goad from Hitwise speculated that people were using Facebook to contact friends… Read More

The popularity of online video has surged in the UK over the last year. According to Hitwise, an Internet monitoring company, between February 2007 andFebruary 2008, visits to the 25 top-rated video sites rose by a staggering 178%. That means video sites accounted for over 2% of all UK Internet visits last month.   YouTube was by far the most popular, with its US and UK sites accounting for 69.31% of all UK video site visits. Research… Read More