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Oh, bah, Onceupon! To get back to the subject at hand: any fianchetto takes at least two moves, but gains influence on a desirable diagonal. Hence, there's a tempo lost but a potentially powerful diagonal gained. That seems to be the whole consideration at hand. And it depends a lot on what the opponent does. I would suggest that fianchettoing has no inbuilt advantages or disadvantages. Like any other option, it may work out, or won't, depending. That being said, as long as you keep the extra tempo in mind, it might prove useful.
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Damn those folk who edit their posts 
Anyway, a fianchettoed Bishop is normally a strong Bishop as it controls a long diagonal. Try to keep it, as it may easily become a target.
There. Now back to my headache... 
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Unless the opposing bishop is also fianchettoed on the same long diagonal. In that case the KB one is usually stronger than the QB one since the short castled king will be supporting the KB, but a piece would be required to support the QB (unless the QB was supported by a long castled king.)
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