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Could Facebook Be Bigger Than Google?
WebProNews Feed —
... Henry Blodget is referring to some data from analsyst Ross Sandler of RBC who illustrates that Facebook is even driving 19% of Google sessions (up from 9% a year ago). Now that's some interesting stuff. ...
Could Facebook could surpass Google? Not with Twitter around
Between the Lines —
... An analyst report this morning predicts that Facebook - which has been reporting impressive growth numbers - could surpass Google in traffic within the next 2-3 years. That’s a prediction that could use a few asterisks. The report - issued by analyst Ross Sandler of RBC and reported on Silicon Alley Insider - notes that Google and Facebook are actually more like buddies these days. After all, the number of Google sessions generated via Facebook has nearly doubled - from 9 percent last year to 19 percent. Among Sandler’s key points: Facebook is actually positive and ...
RBC Analyst Issues Note on Facebook’s Threat to Google
Inside Facebook —
RBC Capital Markets analyst Ross Sandler issued a 15-page note analyzing the different reasons Facebook poses a threat to Google this morning.
Henry Blodget over at SAI has all the pertinent slides (as usual), and here are the highlights:
1) Sandler says by RBC projections Facebook could surpass Google in worldwide uniques by 2011-2012:
2) Sandler says Facebook is driving 19% of Google uniques, up from 9% a year ago. (Personally I’m a little confused by what exactly he means by “drive” here, because the data ...
Can Facebook Kill Google?
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
So far this week, we’ve wondered if Google cares about social, after an analyst said that Google is ignoring social search because they’re jealous of social networks. But now they may have something new to fear from Facebook, the most popular social network worldwide: imminent death.
Or at least that’s what Henry Blodget says after a presentation by Ross Sandler of RBC. Although Facebook’s traffic to Google has more than doubled in the last year (19% of Google sessions come from FB, up from 9% last year), Facebook’s ...
A Brief History of Google Killers
Technologizer —
... be impossible to launch a search engine that’s very good starting on day one, let alone one that’s better than Google. Also, quantity of pages indexed isn’t the principal measure of a search engine’s quality.
Facebook
What is it? The world’s most popular social network.
Who called it a potential Google killer? Lots of people, based on the potential for it to sell targed advertising, its rapid growth, and the resources at its disposal.
How’s it doing at ...
