It’s pretty amusing watching everyone misinterpret the recently released Hitwise data. Claims of “MySpace Bigger than Yahoo!” sure make for good headlines, but only if “good” means “attention grabbing” not “based in reality.”
MySpace Media Safety Campaign Launches
News Corp. launched a major media campaign today hoping that young people on MySpace will stop doing stupid things that gets the company sued. Well, that’s not how they put it.
MySpace Hits #1
Despite safety warnings, lawsuits, campaigns against, and proposed legislation to limit its reach, MySpace.com has surpassed Yahoo! Mail as the most visited website in the United States, according to Hitwise.
MySpace To Add New Age Restrictions
MySpace is expected to announce today the addition of new restrictions limiting the ways adults contact younger members. Though coming just days after a lawsuit was filed by a 14-year-old girl, MySpace says the restrictions have been in the works for some time.
MySpace Prepares To Invade Europe
Look out, world – MySpace is expanding. The social networking site has outlined plans to move into Europe.
European Expansion for MySpace
MySpace.com, the online social network, is often a topic I include in presentations and workshops about social media and social computing.
Girl Sues MySpace After Sexual Assault
A teenage girl and her mother have filed suit against MySpace.com after the 14-year-old was sexually assaulted by a man who lied about his age on his profile. The outcome of the suit could have large implications for how much liability website operators face for events occurring offline.
Google, Yahoo, And MSN To Vie For MySpace
MySpace, the dominant social networking site, would like to partner with one of the Web’s leading search engine companies. So said Peter Chermin, the chief operating officer of News Corp., which owns MySpace.
Job Searches Through MySpace
MySpace is, without question, the dominant social networking site on the Web. That could soon change, however.
Bebo: The Other MySpace
MySpace.com has been the buzzword on the Internet and in the media since News Corp. bought parent company Intermix last August (and also because of the rampant sexual predation associated with it).
But Bebo.com, another social networking site has lit up the UK and Ireland and is close to matching MySpace’s success.