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Google+ vs. Facebook – Equipoise or a Cyber War

August 8, 2011 - Last Modified: August 8, 2011 by Ahmad Wali

Google VS Facebook

Google+, the budding new social website, has created a buzz in social network since its launch. By far, it is considered as the biggest attempt of Google to conquer the world of social media and social network. The majority of us are yearning for its invites but Google has kept it exclusive. Nowadays, it is the “topic” of most heated debates in social network regarding its features and impacts on other major social media websites.

Google+ vs. Facebook

Google was the solo flicker of the internet world before Facebook showed up. No one ever challenged the cyber don but Facebook challenged the popularity of Google in social-networking space. As some connoisseurs say that Google has launched Google+ in early July to change the social-networking game. Google and Facebook are braced to challenge each other for a battle to get the title of social media king.

Google ever remained less controversial while the Facebook’s biggest flaw is its privacy practices that are lashed out several times for being confusing and ever changing. Facebook’s privacy control features ever remain difficult to understand and navigate. However, it managed to survive and grow successfully. Right now, there are two schools of thoughts; few may give an edge to Facebook for being pioneer in social media and few internet gurus’ point out the large number of Google users across its multiple products. The verdict is up to you that who deserve to be the king of the social-networking arena however we see few distinct differences.

Tug of War!

Since the inception of Facebook, there is nothing less than a tug of war between Facebook and Google. Facebook has swallowed the chunk of Google’s revenue by snatching a bigger share of online advertisements. Social media marketing is nothing else than taking advantage of new and improved features for personal as well as business use. Google+ was claimed to have better features and to combat the impact, Facebook teamed up with Skype to offer an integrating service that allows users to video call to their friends on Facebook’s page. Google+ does not have any such feature; let’s see how Google takes it. As Google also plans to launch the video chat feature.

Search Facility!

Searching is a feature where we cannot compare both portals as Google is a leader who directs people to find out the highly relevant results. Facebook is a platform that can be used to enhance the online presence and social media interaction. However, the question arises whether Google+ posts can boost the search rankings of a website or not. Let’s wait and watch that Google+ effectively works on the same guidelines as laid by Facebook and Facebook maintains to hold its superior social media tag.

Users, Employees & Revenues!

When it comes to the numbers war, Facebook is nowhere Google. Google has a clear edge in the form of a billion unique visitors worldwide, while Facebook accounts for 700+ million users. However, the statistics claim a huge lead in time spent per person that is 6 hours vs. 1 hour and 20 minutes. Same is the case with revenues, Google as a public company shares its data each quarter while Facebook is a private held company so the figures are less clear. According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook had $1.86 billion in ad revenue last year and Google reported $29.3 billion in overall revenues. Google reported 24,400 employees last year whereas Facebook does not release this data.

The Conflict

The cyber conflict between the two internet heavyweights is neither hyped up nor overrated. Google is considerably larger than Facebook in revenue, but Facebook appears to be expanding and growing rapidly. Google is justified to launch the counter attack strategy. We should not forget that most of the Facebook’s traffic is generated by Google. Competition is tough but one thing is sure that there is no other way to achieve and maintain the position. No one has reached at a single verdict, but all are anticipating the results as per one’s information.

Bottom Line!

There are several things that will decide the result of the affray, whether Google+ can challenge Facebook in the social media arena or not. Google is well positioned with more customer satisfaction, but Facebook is growing much faster. There are several users who still do not understand the interface of Facebook, so they don’t have any else choice, than to move on.

Who is the winner? Let’s not decide it but leave it on the social media users who use social-networking sites and get the benefit from either of two companies or the both.

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Ahmad Wali is an Entrepreneur Blogger and SEO Expert with over 8 years of experience running his blog network E-Wali. I help small businesses, entrepreneurs, webmasters, and individuals to develop their online presence.

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{ 18 Responses }

  1. Diana says:
    I also use both FB and Google+. I can't decide which is the better of the two. I don't use Google+ at all. I use FB more but I don't really care for it either. They're both the same to me.
  2. James Hyden says:
    Google now on the first rank, while facebook 2nd. But facebook make more money than google. Wow... i do some research on websitetraffic.com . But I dont think that is the accurate ammounts.
  3. Mike says:
    I think it would be a long time before Facebook is beaten. However the hacker group Anonymous has said they will hack Facebook on November 5th, and this kind of negative press could encourage people to make the switch.
    • Ahmad Wali says:
      Hey Mike thanks for sharing! It is quite surprising that someone claimed to hack facebook on November 5th!. I would love to read the funny article though.
  4. Mark says:
    This comment is a little unrelated, but this article got me thinking, Ahmad. I think Google will, ultimately, always be more of a "company" than Facebook. Why? Because Google controls search. Jumping into the social media market for Google with it's launch of Google + will be much easier than for Facebook to attempt jumping into search. Ultimately, the tug-of-war will just be between Google + and Facebook, not Google and Facebook...LOL! Great article. Mark
    • Ahmad Wali says:
      Thanks Mark! IMO, if we just compare Google+ with facebook that would be un-fair. Google is concerned because facebook is eating big part of advertisement revenue. I agree that Google as a whole is giant that even includes Youtube and blogger. Google+ is fairly small social network to compare with facebook at the moment standalone.
  5. Sonny says:
    By the way, Facebook will be having an Initial Public Offering and going public next year. But, who knows? Just like how the dotcom bubble burst, maybe, at that time, this whole "social media" craze will not be what it is today. On the other hand, maybe Google has just injected new life into it...
  6. Rahul says:
    I totally agree with you Wali. My perspective towards FB and Google is same. I guess Google has large market than Facebook.. But both have their own place. Its just matter of target market.
  7. Edgar says:
    This topic is really creating a buzz. I almost read a post about it everyday. This whole war going on between these 2 edges of the equation could be only good for us. I personally have nothing against Facebook, but i really like Google +
  8. Lyka Ricks says:
    I think there would be a Healthy Competition among Facebook and Google +. What matters is that it makes their consumers happy and fulfilled.
  9. Nick says:
    This is great when we have a competition. I guess that G+ will beat FB having so many items to join (I mean GMail, GBuzz, GDocs, Youtube etc). In my opinion, when G+'s business profile will work this will give another power push for G+ in this competition.
  10. Hung Hong says:
    I used both Google + & Facebook but prefer Google Plus
  11. Mohamed Osam says:
    Good perspective there Ahmed. I have to disagree in mainly one point you mentioned though. Facebook is NOT "growing much faster", statistics shows otherwise. Check Hesham’s post a couple of weeks ago on the matter, How long it took Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to reach 20 million users Having said that, any statisticians knows very well that the sampling period makes a big difference, and to your point, Facebook has been there for some time, so, despite the considerably slower growth in Facebook compared to G+, Facebook’s growth is still solid and I believe sustainable WITH a BIG IF. To me, that BIG IF is simply getting a better handle on their security and privacy issues. Check my post on Facebook’s security shared below.
    • Ahmad Wali says:
      Hello Osam, I agree with you. IMO, if you consider the G+ with facebook, it has already taken attention of all the people like us internet marketers, SEOs, and online consultants. Facebook is established, growing, everyone knows about fb and G+ is currently in beta phase, but the response it is receiving is worth mentioning.
  12. satrap says:
    From what I have sen so far, I truly believe Google+ is going to take facebook's place in no time. There is just something about Google products that makes them a success (at least most of the time).
    • Ahmad Wali says:
      Yes, I am also fan of Google products and G+ what I think is truly an alternative with more privacy options than facebook.
  13. Gera says:
    Hi Ahmad, I think that in this war (hate all type of wars) - but this type in particular, should benefit to the consumer, in other words, to users of G+ and Facebook. Monopolies aren’t good for searches or social sites. Time will tell who will have success, perhaps both!. Personally I prefer Google+ :) Cheers, Gera
    • Ahmad Wali says:
      You can say social war to reach every person easily to extend the market share and that's how businesses grow. The G+ perspective is vast as Google search engine will share results based on friends & family recommendations.On the other hand, facebook is purely limited to social network only.

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