As follow up to Stefan's previous article, let's compare Google and Facebook but not only as social networks but as whole companies on 3 key topics : Number of users, revenue and number of employees.
Users :
As of may 2011 google was the first to go over the 1 Billion of viewed pages (shortly followed by Microsoft webstites (905M)). Facebook ended up 3rd with 713.6M. In the US, their results were closer because as of may 2011, the score was of 155M for Google vs 140M for Facebook.
Revenue :
According to the Wall Stree Journal, Facebook Advertising revenue were of 1.86B$ in 2010 and should be near 4B$ this year. On the other site Google generated 29.3 B$ in revenue in 2010 (and not only from advertising !). Google is definitely ahead on this matter.
Employees :
According to the New Yorker, Facebook had about 2500 employees (2 times more than at the beginning of 2010). Google has now more than 24 000...
Work conditions and salaries are generous in both cases..
Salaries
Here’s a look at how median annual salary ranges for jobs at these two companies compare, according PayScale.com. Google pays more, overall.
Account Manager
Facebook: $33,876 - $66,027
Google: $43,999 - $111,572
Administrative Assistant
Facebook: $26,500 - $52,700
Google: $29, 368 - $62,584
Software Engineer
Facebook: $49,204 - $117,705
Google: $72,719 - $141,168
Sales Associate
Facebook: $26,100 - $59,300
Google: $23,977 - $66,899
Google employees also make more money out of the gate.
Median Starting Salaries
Google: $82,600
Facebook: $59,100
Percentage Above Market Pay for the IT Industry
Google: 23%
Facebook: 13%
Perks
Both Facebook and Google employees report being extremely satisfied at work. Perhaps both companies earn brownie points with their employees by providing cool perks.
Facebook
• Free beverages
• Flexible schedules
• Cell phones
Google
• Meals
• Daycare
• Pets at work
Even though Google + as a Social network still does not really stand up, as an overall company Google is definitely far ahead. The Challenge for Facebook will be to differentiate itself by entering new activities (e.g Music Market with partnerships with Spotify) and to keep innovate with a special focus on user privacy..
Sources: http://frenchweb.fr/google-vs-facebook-les-chiffres/
http://blogs.payscale.com/salary_report_kris_cowan/2011/07/facebook.html
Users :
As of may 2011 google was the first to go over the 1 Billion of viewed pages (shortly followed by Microsoft webstites (905M)). Facebook ended up 3rd with 713.6M. In the US, their results were closer because as of may 2011, the score was of 155M for Google vs 140M for Facebook.
Revenue :
According to the Wall Stree Journal, Facebook Advertising revenue were of 1.86B$ in 2010 and should be near 4B$ this year. On the other site Google generated 29.3 B$ in revenue in 2010 (and not only from advertising !). Google is definitely ahead on this matter.
Employees :
According to the New Yorker, Facebook had about 2500 employees (2 times more than at the beginning of 2010). Google has now more than 24 000...
Work conditions and salaries are generous in both cases..
Salaries
Here’s a look at how median annual salary ranges for jobs at these two companies compare, according PayScale.com. Google pays more, overall.
Account Manager
Facebook: $33,876 - $66,027
Google: $43,999 - $111,572
Administrative Assistant
Facebook: $26,500 - $52,700
Google: $29, 368 - $62,584
Software Engineer
Facebook: $49,204 - $117,705
Google: $72,719 - $141,168
Sales Associate
Facebook: $26,100 - $59,300
Google: $23,977 - $66,899
Google employees also make more money out of the gate.
Median Starting Salaries
Google: $82,600
Facebook: $59,100
Percentage Above Market Pay for the IT Industry
Google: 23%
Facebook: 13%
Perks
Both Facebook and Google employees report being extremely satisfied at work. Perhaps both companies earn brownie points with their employees by providing cool perks.
• Free beverages
• Flexible schedules
• Cell phones
• Meals
• Daycare
• Pets at work
Even though Google + as a Social network still does not really stand up, as an overall company Google is definitely far ahead. The Challenge for Facebook will be to differentiate itself by entering new activities (e.g Music Market with partnerships with Spotify) and to keep innovate with a special focus on user privacy..
Sources: http://frenchweb.fr/google-vs-facebook-les-chiffres/
http://blogs.payscale.com/salary_report_kris_cowan/2011/07/facebook.html
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