People Are Still Using Google to Find their Social Accounts, Study Reveals

Americans still use Google to find their favorite social networks, according to a report by Experian. Facebook, YouTube, and "Facebook login" topped the list of popular search terms on Google and other search engines in 2012.

Americans still use Google to find their favorite social networks, according to a report by Experian. Facebook, YouTube, and “Facebook login” topped the list of popular search terms on Google and other search engines in 2012.

Social media terms made up 6.03 percent of hitwise’s top 50 searches, the study revealed — a 44-percent increase since 2011.  Facebook alone accounted for 5.84 percent of all searches in the United States, counting variations like “facebook login” and “facebook.com.”

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