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Facebook became the most visited website of last week in the US, according to Hitwise, an online measurement service. The information is based on the amount of traffic generated.

According to Heather Dougherty, the research director at Hitwise, Facebook had 7.07% Web traffic, toppling Google’s 7.03%. Facebook has been nudging Google, taking Hitwise’s top spot many times, like on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Facebook has accounted for a bit more than 2% of U.S Web traffic in March 2009. Since the same time last year, Facebook has shown a 185% increase in Web traffic!

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