Everyday thousands of searches are carried out on Google, everyday thousands of people update their status on Facebook. Facebook connects lives of people and Google connects the world. I wonder if they both link up together then how they could completely change the internet. Our lives are incomplete without both of these sites. I don't want you to imagine a life without Google search and status 'likes', so don't. Both these sites are completely different from each other if you think about their content and motives, but for an international site rankings, like Alexa, they compete on the same ground.
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| The long race for #1 spot in Alexa Image courtesy of Rosen Georgiev/FreeDigitalPhotos.net |
From last many years Google has been on top of the Alexa rankings. The reason is obvious- largest traffic. Alexa rank depends on traffic and backlinks. Google got both of them more than any other site. It just became a natural phenomenon like 'Sun rises in the east' and 'Google is world's top site'.
Just a few days back, Facebook with its increasing number of users overtook Google to take the #1 spot in Alexa rankings. Then came the first Facebook commercial when it reached a milestone of billion monthly users.
But well, it didn't last very long. After a few days, Google is now back to #1 rankings in Alexa. But this quick action and reaction changes suggest that in terms of traffic, Google and Facebook are the largest and top notch competitors of each other. The race for the top spot would continue and maybe in future, Facebook can get another chance to get on top. As for now... Alexa Rank #1 goes to Google again.
