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10 most-visited websites of 2011

Google and Facebook reign among this year's top websites.

Bing is more accurate than Google, report shows. Does it matter?

Bing and Yahoo are more successful at generating solid search results than Google, one firm says.

How Twitter is upending British privacy laws

While extreme gag orders, or 'super injunctions,' often keep the British press from airing the private details of celebrities' court cases, they haven't yet been able to quiet the Twitterati.

Why Facebook enjoys explosive growth - despite its many stumbles

Facebook's staggering growth rolls over critics on issues from ease of use to user privacy.

Google admits Facebook is the most popular website in the world

Or is it? In tallying the most popular sites in the world, Google gave Facebook the number one slot, but left one very important site off the list.

Facebook more popular than Google? For one week, it hit first place.

For the week ending March 16, Facebook pulled in more traffic in America than Google. But could Facebook ever really knock Google off its perch?

Twitter traffic gets major boost from Google

Twitter has benefited from the 2009 launch of Google's real-time search function, one new study shows.

Bing: Google gets some real competition

Microsoft's search engine, Bing, does a few things better than the giant.

Google tweaks real estate listings on Google Maps

When Google makes a move in the real estate space, everyone watches for clues that might signal the sleeping giant is hungry for a bigger piece of the real estate pie.

Horizon highlights – 'It's electric!' edition

Twitter’s secret: the law of unintended consequences

How 'tweet nothings' became a $250 million cultural phenomenon

Palin conquers the Internet