"Ross Sandler of RBC has done what every good analyst should do, which is say something interesting." What he has not done well, however, is analyze his data contextually. Just because Google and Facebook are both popular web sites does not mean that they're in a competitive relationship.

I do not go facebook to look for coding samples or help with code errors.

Likewise I do not make friends on Google, but I do google for long lost friends.

And for facebook to kill Google? How do you kill one that have no life?

I never met anyone who said "I want to be an analyst when I go up". Let's face it: forecasting one quarter ahead is already hard. Predicting where we will be in 3 years is voodoo magic. This article looks like linkbait to me. Just my 0.02 USD.