Tag: "MySpace"
MySpace 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 | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – June 2011
It’s that time of the month again where we collate our Social Media Statistics for the most popular social networking websites in Australia – June 2011. Please note I used checkfacebook.com for the Facebook stats, and for all other sites I use the Google Adplanner tool, which allows you to view Australian unique visitor stats […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Tools
There are many Social Media tools out there that help you monitor multiple social media sites from a single interface. We have been looking at various free tools and wanted to post a list of what we have found useful. 1. Social Mention www.socialmention.com Social Mention is a search engine that index multiple social media […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia, May 2011
So we have had a busy May and it’s now time to collate our monthly Social Media statistics wrap up of what’s happening in Australia. For your information you can find all the statistics we are collating on our Social Media Stats page. Of course – should you have any of your own stats you […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia, April 2011
Ok so it’s that time of the month again to have a look at the most popular Social Media and Networking websites in Australia. For your information you can find all the monthly statistics I am collating on my Social Media Statistics page. Also, should you be interested – you can check out the figures […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – March 2011
Earlier in the year I reported the Australian Social Media statistics for January, detailing the largest and most popular social networking sites and the amount of traffic they are attracting. I thought it would be a good idea to do this again and every month moving forward. As per my previous article – I think […]
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 […]
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