Analysts expect Facebook's global users to surpass Google's in 2011

Sina Technology News Beijing time on March 19 morning news, according to foreign media reports, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Market (rbcapital Markets) analyst Ross Sandler said on Wednesday, for example, according to the current development speed, the number of Facebook users worldwide is expected to surpass Google by the end of 2011.

According to a conservative estimate, Facebook's annual growth rate is 85%, while Google's growth rate is 20%, so Facebook's global users will surpass Google by the end of 2011 or early 2012.

Currently, Facebook and Google are basically complementary. In January this year, Google brought 64% of its independent access traffic to Facebook, up from 51% in the same period last year. At the same time, Facebook brought 19% of independent access traffic to Google, up from 9% in the same period last year.

Facebook also helped Google expand its market share. The access traffic from Facebook to Google is 1.5 times that of Microsoft and 3.5 times that of Yahoo. Sandler said that if Facebook surpassed Google by the end of 2011, the harmonious relationship between the two sides will be broken. (Li Ming)