Comments on: Bebo Is More Popular Than Google In The UK http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070920/bebo-is-more-popular-than-google-in-the-uk/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:07:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ciaran http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070920/bebo-is-more-popular-than-google-in-the-uk/#comment-8451 Ciaran Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:01:39 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070920/bebo-is-more-popular-than-google-in-the-uk/#comment-8451 <p>An interesting post, but the truth is that whilst Bebo is more popular than Google it still gets a lot of its traffic from the search giant.</p> <p>This report from Hitwise shows that <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-hopkins/2007/01/ebay_bebo_games_and_weather_to.html" rel="nofollow">bebo is one of the top search terms in the UK</a>, whilst <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-hopkins/2007/08/youtube_replace_searches_for_f.html" rel="nofollow">searches for YouTube have replaced searches for 'funny videos'</a>; it seems like Google is still acting as the UK's internet address bar in that people use it even when they know exactly what site they want.</p> An interesting post, but the truth is that whilst Bebo is more popular than Google it still gets a lot of its traffic from the search giant.

This report from Hitwise shows that bebo is one of the top search terms in the UK, whilst searches for YouTube have replaced searches for ‘funny videos’; it seems like Google is still acting as the UK’s internet address bar in that people use it even when they know exactly what site they want.

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