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Facebook, the social network which began in a Harvard dorm room, was the website British people used the most. Credit: PA

Facebook and the BBC have topped the list of websites the British visit the most, new research has found.

The social networking giant was chosen by 32% of women quizzed by Nominet, the company behind the .uk domain, while 26% of men put the BBC website into the number one position.

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Top five favourite websites:

  • Facebook 25%

  • BBC 20%

  • Amazon 9%

  • Gmail 5%

  • Yahoo 5%

Almost half of those quizzed (46%) said the best thing about the web was finding quick answers to questions, while a quarter (25%) said that what they liked the most was finding old friends.

Some 24% of people said the used the web the most to look up something that caused them to worry.

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the world wide web, called for a "global constitution" to protect the web. Credit: PA

For young people aged 18 to 24, the search for a job was higher up the list - with 28% of them citing "finding a job" as the best thing the web has given them.

The poll was commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the world wide web, with inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee calling for an online Magna Carta to protect the neutrality of the technology.

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Lesley Cowley, chief executive of Nominet, explained: