Category: MySpace
MySpace to Release Modern Redesign – Will you Use It?
MySpace is has been working hard on a new website redesign, and it looks rather modern and sophisticated. They have put together this promotional video showing off the new look and functionality. As you can see there is the login with Facebook and Twitter buttons, and the whole profile layouts have been totally redone, resembling […]
Read More | ShareMySpace sells for $35 million USD
MySpace has been sold for $35 million USD to US company – Specific Media (www.specificmedia.com) According to the press release MySpace is attracting 70 million users to the site, and 20 million of via a mobile devices. News Corporation purchased MySpace in 2005 for $580 million USD, so this has been a total failure that […]
Read More | ShareNews Corp ready to sell MySpace
News Corp bought MySpace in 2005 for $580 million, when the site was the most popular social network on the internet. At this time Facebook started to gain more traction and by 2008 was the clear leader in social networking. This equated to bad timing by News Corp, and a hugely successful product by Facebook […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – January 2011
With Australia day over lets look at the Social Media Statistics across Australia for January 2011 – which sites are most popular? what is the trend? and can we see any new trends/ players in the Australian market? I think the most important stat to note is the number of Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) per […]
Read More | ShareMySpace to lay off half their Staff
It has been reported that MySpace, will layoff half of its 1000 employees this week. The layoffs come as the social media site tries to restructure and overhaul the company in an attempt to save itself from poor financial situation. News Corporation had invested in MySapce to broaden its reach across the globe in the […]
Read More | ShareMySpace Rebrand, Why?
Ok so for sometime now MySpace has been going with a new ‘black’ sharp look on their website and in their branding. Today i logged into the App store and MySpace have released an upgraded version of their iOS application. What confused me was why would MySpace move away from their long standing and popular […]
Read More | ShareMySpace plans Relaunch to Boost user Involvement and Numbers
MySpace for a long time was Australia’s most popular social networking site, and still today is a prominent figure in the space. However in mid-2008 Facebook overtook MySpace as the No1 social networking site and has grown by a huge amount since then. Facebook now attracts around 8.7 million unique users in Australia compared to […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Mobile Internet Usage, July 2010
Almost half of Australian mobile phone users have own an internet-enabled phone, however only a third go on the internet regularly. Australian mobile internet phone ownership now sits at 43 per cent. 29 per cent regularly are using the internet to search, email, find maps and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn etc. […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft’s Head Of Sales Blames Social Media site for Low Online Ad Prices
Keith Lorizio head of Microsoft’s US sales has said that Facebook and other social networks are driving down the price of online ads, particularly on a Cost Per 1000 impressions basis. Social networks generally have high user usage and therefore a much larger number of page views to regular sites. These social media sites have […]
Read More | ShareMySpace to Update User Profiles
MySpace is testing a completely redesigned version of its user profile pages. MySpace’s vice president of online marketing, Sean Percival tweeted about the site redesign. Some of the updates include: – A new left-hand navigation menu: Profile navigation has been aligned into the left hand navigation menu below the profile picture. – More focus on […]
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