While you were sleeping 2/16/2010

makeuseof.com is hot on Google Trends for small businesses…

“What Google Trends failed to do in providing greater breakdown of the demographics for various web searches – including regional, time frame and search term research within specific categories – Google Insights now offers. For anyone interested in creating an SEO campaign focused on the top Internet searches for their particular niche, this is the go-to tool of the day.” Source: Find Top Internet Searches In Your Niche With Google Insights

Facebook continues to think it’s Google…

“Not only is Facebook now the top source of traffic to Web portal sites, the company has also enjoyed a huge percentage gain in U.S. search market share from Dec 2009 to Jan 2010. While nowhere near the volume of Google searches, it’s clearly a growing activity on Facebook which also reflects Facebook’s new emphasis on search in their new homepage design.

According to comScore, Google still has nearly two-thirds of the U.S. search market, but dropped a fraction of a percent from 65.7% in Dec 2009 to 65.4% in Jan 2010 [source: Information Week]. While Google is still the leader in the search space, and Facebook only accounted for just under 400 million searches in January, that is a gain of 13% over December. If this trend continues, Google may have ample reason to fear Facebook. (Don’t forget Facebook’s supposed plans to launch their own email client, Titan.)” Source: Facebook Posts Phenomenal Growth In Search

Mashable has a ‘social faceoff’…

“Four months ago we asked you to vote in our Web Faceoff series for your preferred social network between the two current giants: Twitter versus Facebook. The results were pretty close, although Facebook edged out Twitter in a 48% to 40% victory. Now, there’s a whole new game in town.” Source: Social Faceoff: Google Buzz vs. Facebook vs. Twitter

Make it a good one!

“I love the man that can smile
in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and
grow brave by reflection.”

Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
American political theorist & writer