Google vs Facebook Rumbles On?

Long time readers of the FirstFound Blog and Optimise will know that web users are in the middle of a battle for Internet supremacy. On one side is the search giant Google, facing off against social networking leviathan Facebook.

Over the past few months, Facebook has overtaken Google as the most visited site in the world, with their fan pages and messaging functions competing with search and Gmail. But news outlets are reporting that Google is looking to encroach on Facebook’s turf with their own brand new social media site.

Google has been undertaking a research campaign to find out just how sites like Facebook, MySpace and Bebo operate – and the next step will be a survey launched from Google’s Dublin offices. Apparently surfers will be offered 60 Euros to tell the search market leaders just how social media affects their lives.

And the end result? Google Me – a brand new social networking site that will attempt to lure Facebook’s expanding userbase back into the Google fold.

Will it work? Only time will tell, but Google will be hoping to avoid the criticisms that have cropped up surrounding their controversial StreetView service.

In the meantime, you’ll be able to find FirstFound on leading social networking sites Twitter and Facebook – but expect us to give you all the information you need on Google Me as it becomes available.

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