MySpace, now number 1
Internet tracking firm Hitswise announced on July 11 that for the week ending July 8, 2006 MySpace.com ranked as the number 1 visited web site in America. My Space accounted for 4.46 percent of the US traffic. It moved past Yahoo mail for the first time and outpaced the home pages for Yahoo, Google and Microsoft Hotmail.
Is it time that you start using MySpace? If you are marketing to the youth of America the answer may be yes. MySpace is a social networking web site that teens of America love to hangout. Many musical acts have a MySpace profile to help promote their albums. Many put their tour schedules on MySpace to promote concerts.
MySpace has gotten bad press about Internet predators stalking teens on the site, but that can happen no matter where teens spend their time. When malls were the hangouts for teens, it was also the hangout for those who preyed on the teens.
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to help built up their Internet presence purchase the site for 580 million a year ago.
Getting a presence on MySpace is easy. Go to myspace.com and hit the sign up button. This brings up a signup page where you can enter your information for a free account.
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