Brett_Tabke - 6:16 pm on Nov 20, 2010 (gmt 0)

Mashable:

According to data from analysis and intelligence firm Hitwise, Facebook’s year-over-year growth has been phenomenal. We reported in June that the social network was set to eclipse Google in web traffic; now, Hitwise is showing that in the past week, Facebook.com saw 3% more web visits and almost five times more pageviews than Google.com. By these metrics, Facebook is by far the single most popular website in the United States. Still, other sources with other measurements and criteria show some variance. The company has been growing at a breakneck pace all year. It announced that its network had reached the extraordinary milestone of 500 million members in July. And at Web. 2.0 Summit this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the audience that half of those members visit Facebook on a daily basis.

[mashable.com...]