Facebook Tops MySpace as Social Sites Globalize

The social networking arms race has gone global. According to a recent report form online metrics firm comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, Bebo and Hi5 have collectively seen their traffic rise by 25 percent over the last year.

Of course, the popularity contest is usually dominated by talk of Facebook vs. MySpace. In April, Facebook overtook MySpace to become the world's largest social network. The new report shows the Facebook posted 153 percent growth in unique visitors from June 2007 to June 2008. In that same period, MySpace grew just 3 percent.

In June, Facebook logged 132.1 million unique visitors, compared to MySpace's 117.6. ... Go to source