More than 60% of mobile Web pageviews are to social networking sites, according to mobile metrics startup GroundTruth, a new firm that analyzes anonymous data contributed directly by U.S. carriers.
Mobile-specific social networking sites are more popular on the mobile Web. For instance, Mocospace is the no. 4 overall mobile site, according to GroundTruth. (MySpace and Facebook are nos. 1 and 2.)
The Top 10 Mobile Web Sites (Ranked by total Page Views), First week of 2010 (January 4-10, 2010)
- MySpace
- Mocospace
- FunForMobile
- AirG
- Yahoo!
- Cellufun
- Mbuzzy
- Myxer
In other news, Google yesterday pushed out an update to Nexus One that enables pinch-to-zoom functionality as well as their camera-based Web searching tool, Google Goggles, which performs image recognition. Also included were a few improvements to Google maps.
Nexus One users will receive a message on their phone’s notification bar when the update is ready for their phone. Users can click on the notification and download the update.
