Facebook edges out Google search site as No. 1 U.S. destination

More Internet users in the U.S. hit Facebook than Google’s home page this year, according to a research firm that tracks Web usage data, the first time the massive social networker has surpassed the search and information giant.

However, Experian Hitwise reported, Google kept the top spot when all its sites were folded together.

Counting from January through November, said Facebook accounted 8.93 percent of all U.S. Web visits . Google.com ranked second with 7.19 percent of visits, the company said. Then came Yahoo! Mail at 3.52 percent, Yahoo! at 3.30 percent and YouTube at 2.65 percent.

When all of Google’s sites were rolled up, they accounted for 9.85 percent of all U.S. visits, Experian said.

The company also tracks Web search data and came up with these Top 5 lists for 2010: