Facebook is the hottest Internet company to hit the stock market since Google went public in 2004. The Silicon Valley companies, located seven miles apart, also happen to be locked in a bitter battle for Web surfers' allegiance and online advertisers' money. The duel is likely to intensify now that the IPO has provided Facebook Inc's social network with the means to pay for efforts to battle Google Inc's dominant search engine. Here's the two rivals stack up, based on the latest available data:
ANNUAL REVENUE:
Google - $38 billion
Facebook - $3.7 billion
ADVERTISING REVENUE:
Google - $36.5 billion
Facebook - $3.2 billion
ANNUAL NET INCOME:
Google - $9.7 billion
Facebook - $668 million.
SOCIAL NETWORKING USERS:
Facebook - more than 900 million
Google - more than 170 million
EMPLOYEES (as of March 31):
Google - 33,100
Facebook - 3,500
CEO:
Google - Co-founder Larry Page
Facebook - Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg
AMOUNT RAISED IN IPO:
Google - $1.67 billion
Facebook - $16 billion
