Facebook is the Internet's Most Searched & Visited Site Of 2011

New data from Hitwise shows that Facebook is the top-searched term in the U.S. for the third year in a row. It accounted for 3.1% of all searches, up 46% from last year. Four variations on 'Facebook' were also among the top 10 terms, accounting for 4.42% of all searches. 'Facebook login' was the third most-searched term of 2011, followed by 'craigslist' and 'facebook.com.' The search term 'www.facebook.com' came in eighth place after 'yahoo' and 'ebay.'

For the second year in a row, Facebook was also the top-visited Website on the Internet. Google.com came in second two years in a row even though it accounts for 11.98% of U.S. visits, whereas Facebook properties only make for 8.93% of U.S. visits.

The year 2011 has been huge for Facebook, with everything from the FTC settlement to frictionless sharing and the release of Timeline.