Facebook Overtakes Yahoo: Now the Second Most Visited Site in U.S.

After being overtaken by Google in the later part of 2008, Yahoo now is passed by Facebook. During the last year Facebook doubled its traffic, while Yahoo remained largely stationary. 133 million unique visitors in Jan 2010.

From Mashable:

Facebook is now larger than Yahoo in the U.S.

Yahoo for years was the world’s most popular website — its ubiquitous portal has dominated the web since the 90s. Two years ago however, Google (Google) vaulted past Yahoo and became the Internet’s most popular destination. Last month, it became Facebook’s (Facebook) turn to knock Yahoo down another peg.

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