Facebook valuation exceeds eBay and Yahoo
Facebook received an investment of 500 million dollars (374 million euros) of Goldman Sachs and a Russian investment company in a deal that puts the value of the network over companies like eBay, Yahoo and Time Warner , reported the newspaper "The New York Times."According to sources close to the transaction, Goldman Sachs invested $ 450 million (337.3 million euros) in Facebook and Digital Sky Technologies company another $ 50 million (37.4 million), bringing the value of Facebook now stands at 50,000 million dollars (37.471 million euros), the newspaper said.
The new investment expands the power of Facebook, it is time for some serious competition to the information giants like Google.
With this investment, Facebook has the potential to attract a valuable workforce employed in the competition, develop new products and to acquire other companies without a listing, the paper said.
New investment in Facebook comes to light at a time when the Commission of U.S. Securities (SEC, in English) has launched an investigation to determine if there have been irregularities in the purchase of shares in major Internet enterprise, including Facebook and Twitter, said "The New York Times."
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Facebook gets more visitors than Google
Google is the "King of the Internet", a symbol of the World Wide Web, the site number of eg in Alexa rankings, top search engine and a benchmark for internet and technology , but what happens when a social network for Most users who are almost addictive makes its appearance, This network is certainly Facebook and as we all know is the number one social network internet, the second site in many rankings and some call it "a fraud" but whatever Facebook received more visits than Google in 2010 in the United States , this means that there is someone able to give battle to the "Giant of Internet" and may steal the throne some day, but it is something that only time will tell, What do you think of this constant battle between Google and Facebook?
Facebook in 2010 became the most visited website in the United States. Impressive growth, if we consider that a year ago he finished in third place, behind mail.yahoo.com. What other conclusions can we draw from the data? Microsoft is now recovering. While mail.live.com fell some places, msn.com grew and we can see in tenth place with Bing, another great rival of Google. But clearly not everyone grows up and not going to surprise a lot of the sites whose traffic has declined, Yahoo and MySpace, companies that are making news every day by internal problems and uncertainty about their future.As a curiosity and to make it very clear that both Facebook and Google are spreading “the cake ": the network was in the first place, but if we combined all the Google services search engine company would not have given the place of honor. And yet, you want to know what are the two most searched terms over the year in Google? So, first word is "Facebook" and secondly "Facebook Login". Do you think that parity will be maintained over a few years and think that Facebook will continue to grow at these levels?
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More traffic from Facebook and Google
The online edition of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that, according to which, Facebook has surpassed Google as the main source of traffic for several major portals.
Data from Compete Inc., a company that deals with web analytics and the portals to which they refer are giants the likes of Yahoo and MSN.
In the analysis performed by Compete, that in December 2009, 13% of traffic on Yahoo, MSN and AOL was created by Facebook, while Google was around 7%.
It seems in fact that more people surf the Net mainly based on recommendations from their circle of friends. This phenomenon is certainly not a surprise, but what is surprising to have such a capacity.
These data are certainly to be taken into account by all those who for years have always moved in order to optimize pages and content for search engines, ignoring the disruptive impact of various social services.
The approach purely oriented Search Engine Optimization, in many cases, certainly proves short-sighted if not supported by robust business social media optimization.
This does not mean of course that the field of search is dead, since for most areas is still the main driver of traffic. It 'a fact though that most people spend on average 5% of their time performing network searches and 95% on other sites. Among these other sites Facebook is certainly one of the most frequented by surfers.
Google, as usual, is not looked on. The launch of services like Google Buzz and acquisitions such as that made last week by Aardvark will represent a huge company in Mountain View do not miss this large slice of the online market.
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How to change the color of Facebook using Google Chrome ?
Hi guys and welcome to Internet Freaks!!!
Today we have for you a fantastic new guide on how to change the style ofFacebook WITHOUT subscribe to any group without inviting their friends! I will explain the steps in a simple and clear so as not to create confusion. Here we go:
- If you have not already, download Google Chrome! If you're wondering whatGoogle Chrome, the answer is very simple: a browser (eg Internet Explorer,Firefox, Opera) alternative for surfing the Internet. The peculiarity of this browser is that it is much faster than others.
- Once downloaded, the browser we can do is go HERE and click Install.
- On the window that appears click Install. If no box appears at the bottom left check if there is a warning and if there is click on Continue;
- Now comes the fun part! First click on "Customize and control Google Chrome". It is located in the upper right of your browser. In practice what is icon wrench.
- After you click "Customize and control Google Chrome", click Extensions.
- Now there has appeared a new page. If you look hard enough you should find an equal to this icon:
- Once you find the icon gaze shifted to the right and click on Options.
- Now there must be pop a new page like this:
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- To change the appearance of Facebook just surf a bit on this page, choose the model that we like and click save. Now our Facebook will be completely different!
Simple true! If you do not understand please ask commenting this post. I will always be at your disposal to clarify any doubts. For other guides or to find the latest news from the world 's High-Tech visit the homepage. See you soon!
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