Google hits record setting 1bn visitors

Google has been entitled with being the first online operation to attract more than a billion visitors in a single month.Slightly more than a billion people went to Google websites in May setting the record of being the first online operation to attract so many visitors throughout the world. Microsoft websites were closing in on the milestone with about 900,000 whereas Facebook had the third most visited Web addresses. Facebook topped other online venues in terms of how long people lingered after they arrived.Unique visitors to Google’s websites rose 8.4% compared to May 2010. Microsoft‘s sites were number two with 905 million uniques, a 15% rise. Facebook‘s were up 30% to 714 million. AndYahoo had 689 million. Yahoo still has more monthly visitors in the U.S. than Google.