Facebook, aiming for global domination, is gaining quickly in Asia!!!

Can Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg create the first truly dominant global social network? It's a big ambition, but it's looking less implausible all the time. Previously, social networks were strong in one region primarily or in several, but never globally. Friendster couldn't catch on in Europe or South America. MySpace was much weaker in Asia than in the U.S.

Facebook, however, is well on its way to establishing dominance in several parts of the world. Already very strong in North America and Europe, Zuckerberg (pictured) looks set to take Asia, too. According to the folks over at Inside Facebook (which covers the social network ad nauseum), Facebook is making huge gains in Asia. Among the 30 Asian countries that Inside Facebook tracks, active Facebook users grew by 9.6 million from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, an increase of nearly 20%.

This growth is significant because Asia is the most populous region on Earth. It's also an economic dynamo, likely to provide much of the world's growth. So, a strong Asian position will likely translate into bigger revenues for Facebook. For the record, Google (GOOG), the most easy comparison to Facebook, has constantly struggled to gain market share in Asia, particularly in China and Japan.

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