So we’re probably a little behind everyone else posting about this, but the buzz around the sale of Facebook is amazing. The idea thatÂ? Facebook is looking to be purchased for $2B just doesn’t seem logical. MySpace.com obviously set the bar, but the site generates more traffic, has an obvious niche (music), and sold for about $590M. The next “big thing” is obviously going to sell for more, and Facebook could be a good fit for the right company with its student userbaseÂ? - in BusinessweekÂ? Viacom is being suggested as a possible purchaser. The article suggests that Facebook is the seventh-most heavily trafficked site on the Internet according to comScore, although the people at AlexaÂ? seem to have different numbers. Whatever happens, it’ll be interesting to see how this might affect other similar websites, like Friendster, another site that is rumoured to be up for sale.

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