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Splum · 02-12-2006, 02:07 PM

Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/...g_online_space

WTF?! 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google?! Fucking impressive.

Downtime · 02-12-2006, 02:09 PM

it won't last, IMO. google has more longevity than myspace, but who knows we'll see. interestin article

Deputy Chief Command · 02-12-2006, 02:10 PM

hmm, myspace sucks

Relish XXX · 02-12-2006, 02:12 PM

Yeah more like News Group are saying that it has 2 and a half times the traffic to push their share price up. That story was written by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer - Associated Press who are part owned by News Group.

Trax · 02-12-2006, 02:12 PM

maybe pageviews or something
but not traffic
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...yspace.com#top

RayBonga · 02-12-2006, 02:12 PM

Myspace has a great power google never understood:

free pussy

Relish XXX · 02-12-2006, 02:14 PM

Is it easy to get laid using myspace?

Splum · 02-12-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Trax

maybe pageviews or something
but not traffic
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...yspace.com#top

Do you really think Alexa is a valid traffic ranking system? I mean sure mayeb in the general neighborhood but I think over the years its become much less relevent.

Splum · 02-12-2006, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relish XXX

Yeah more like News Group are saying that it has 2 and a half times the traffic to push their share price up. That story was written by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer - Associated Press who are part owned by News Group.

Lol you have got to be joking? Are you sure they own part of the Associated Press? I think they just own Fox news and some financial news agencies.

polish_aristocrat · 02-12-2006, 02:18 PM

huh?

is anyone outside the US using MySpace? ( apart from Franck )

warlock5 · 02-12-2006, 02:22 PM

They own alot, but I don't think they own any of the AP. Here are a few companies they own: 20th Century Fox, FOX, FX, Speed Channel, National Geographic Channel, DirectTV, The Sun, The Times, a ton of Austrailian Newspapers, New York Post, HarperCollins Publishers, ign.com (thats gamespy and all that),

http://www.newscorp.com/operations/

warlock5 · 02-12-2006, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

huh?

is anyone outside the US using MySpace? ( apart from Franck )

Yeah, some countries are a little weak, but a bunch of countries like the UK and Germany have a strong user base, and on top of that the growth is increasing rapidly in other countries. By December you won't be asking that question.

I look at MySpace kind of like AIM or ICQ. Thats what people do with it, chat, share pictures, and meet new people. They aren't the next Google because its completely 100% different.

MrChips · 02-12-2006, 02:27 PM

"google has more longevity than myspace"

Ha ha - I doubt it - youll see.

xomei · 02-12-2006, 02:34 PM

google fucking sucks at everything they do

Brujah · 02-12-2006, 02:36 PM

Now if they just add search results and a ppc model to it....

xomei · 02-12-2006, 02:36 PM

number fucking 20

Nookster · 02-12-2006, 02:56 PM

Alexa is the worlds best traffic ranking system on the net. Just ask any real webmaster. Alexa says traffic rank for Google is #3 while myspace falls at #7. >> Source << The info in that Yahoo! article is biased.

Splum · 02-12-2006, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nookster

Alexa is the worlds best traffic ranking system on the net. Just ask any real webmaster. Alexa says traffic rank for Google is #3 while myspace falls at #7. >> Source << The info in that Yahoo! article is biased.

Lol so I guess Alexa can magically count all non-IE-non-alexa-toolbar browsers now? MAGIC!

Relish XXX · 02-12-2006, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Splum

Lol so I guess Alexa can magically count all non-IE-non-alexa-toolbar browsers now? MAGIC!

The google toolbar also sends info to Alexa. read the small print when you install it.

Gottis · 02-12-2006, 07:41 PM

Alexa gives you an idea of the traffic a site gets. Not an exact number.

Gottis · 02-12-2006, 07:44 PM

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"This isn't their bedroom," said Rina Raphael, 23, a New York magazine publicist who prefers Friendster. "People don't want to spend tons of hours creating a home page."

Bullshit, of course they do. Look at any popular community in any country. Members design their own homepages and make them extremely personal. They all sit by the computer all day every day anyway - what's there to do but that and chat on icq/msn?

Young · 02-12-2006, 08:15 PM

The negative press MySpace has recieving of late is adding more fuel to its fire.

TexasDreams · 02-12-2006, 08:28 PM

The Internet has a rising star whose name isn't Google. Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc., and it quickly eclipsed Friendster as the top social-networking site where users build larger and larger circles of friends.

POP QUIZ : Could YOUR hosting company handle that kind of traffic?

xenigo · 02-12-2006, 08:47 PM

I wrote a note to that writer.

Anick,
The article you wrote was well done, with one exception.

?In Middletown, Conn., police suspect that as many as seven teenage girls recently were fondled or had consensual sex with men they met on MySpace who turned out to be older than they claimed.?

There?s a larger problem, and one that I haven?t seen touched on in the recent articles published about MySpace. If you dig deeper, you will find a much more troubling problem of young underage girls who are stating ages older than they are. Such as 14 year olds stating their age as 26 years old. The problem with the way this article has been written, is that it artificially puts society on edge and inflates the danger people automatically associate with interacting with others online. It also puts a false assumption in the heads of readers about men online.

The problem is that these types of articles present a ?scare factor? that exists solely for the purposes of generating attention, and ratings in the media. Perhaps it should be said that when you put 54 million people together, such as on Myspace, you will inevitably have bad things that happen ? along with the good. This is how society works, in real life or online. There are a lot of wonderful people online, and there are a few bad apples as well. This does NOT mean that people should be afraid of meeting people online, but by putting a spin on an article talking about how young girls are being absued, that?s exactly what otherwise uninformed people come to assume.

I see articles and stories constantly published discussing the dangers of meeting people from online. The dangers of meeting people online are real, but not more so than the dangers of meeting people in real life. I think it would only be fair if within these articles, there could be some kind of clarity that puts a positive spin on online social interaction.

I?m just tired of people I meet online being afraid of meeting in real life because they?ve read a few too many negative news articles. I do realize this ?negative spin? sells the news, but I believe media companies should understand how publishing negative news can make people paranoid in a way that does not benefit anyone.

-Noah

DeloreanRider99 · 02-12-2006, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RayBonga

Myspace has a great power google never understood:

free pussy

LOL

fetishblog · 02-12-2006, 09:08 PM

myspace = gay

SmokeyTheBear · 02-12-2006, 09:30 PM

that doesnt sound like an unreasonable number.. people go to google to find something and leave.. i might use it 50-100 times a day a few seconds at a time = less than a half hour.. just to change your profile and fix shit especially with the erros and shit takes about an hour on myspace, then if your looking around for people and at profiles, you might spend upwards of 2 hours a day more if your a myspace junkie .. because its all page based it means surfing time=traffic..

reed_4 · 02-12-2006, 09:33 PM

Just wait and see, Google is gonna be buying MySpace.

fxprophet · 02-12-2006, 09:34 PM

myspace is simply a pedofiles takeout menu. I think its short lived.

Persignup Dustin · 02-12-2006, 09:37 PM

That's CRAZY. Altho I only think Myspace will fall if something that can top it comes out. I mean, EVERYBODY is on that bitch fo sho...

Niklas · 02-12-2006, 09:52 PM

I dont understand how it got so popular? I tried making a profile and I hate that site.

je_rome · 02-12-2006, 11:50 PM

that report is preposterous! myspace may be at par with google but that will last for not more than 3 months.

watch out! google shall return, and return with a vengeance

Young · 02-12-2006, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fxprophet

myspace is simply a pedofiles takeout menu. I think its short lived.

58 Million users hardly says "short lived"...unless you expect all 50 million to jump ship at the same time.

moron.

J$tyle$ · 02-13-2006, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Young

58 Million users hardly says "short lived"...unless you expect all 50 million to jump ship at the same time.

moron.

LOL

well said

datatank · 02-13-2006, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TexasDreams

POP QUIZ : Could YOUR hosting company handle that kind of traffic?

Nope could yours?

Xplicit · 02-13-2006, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by je_rome

that report is preposterous! myspace may be at par with google but that will last for not more than 3 months.

watch out! google shall return, and return with a vengeance

If you think myspace has only been tendy for 3 months you're WAY behind.

Mefo · 02-13-2006, 01:31 AM

Myspace is pretty much only big in the US, google is big all over the world

chadglni · 02-13-2006, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mefo

Myspace is pretty much only big in the US, google is big all over the world

Horse shit. Their are whores from every nook and cranny in the world on there now and it's only getting bigger.

fuzzylogic · 02-13-2006, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relish XXX

Yeah more like News Group are saying that it has 2 and a half times the traffic to push their share price up. That story was written by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer - Associated Press who are part owned by News Group.

nice

i see u see how the world works!

Sharky01276 · 02-13-2006, 04:47 AM

When ruper murdoch buys somthing for millions of dollers you know its going to be big. Its the amount of stuff it allows people to do which gets people attracted to it.

Barefootsies · 02-13-2006, 07:44 AM

A lot of interesting points of view. Many wrong, but hey. Not everyone can see the impact. MySpace, if they do not fix their code, and infrastructure will be their undoing. All the daily errors, and different shit you go through on there.

To get that many people to change the channel, you are going to either need a series of serious fuck ups, or someone who can do it better. Right now, there is nothing close. However, it would not suprise me if Google's tinfoil hats are working on some 'community" or "portal" right now.

Interesting read..

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/in...-33716,00.html

jacked · 02-13-2006, 07:45 AM

myspace is a fad it will die out just like friendster and facebook

PaulB IYP · 02-13-2006, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relish XXX

Is it easy to get laid using myspace?

myspace is thaaaaaaa bomb

Theo · 02-13-2006, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niklas

I dont understand how it got so popular? I tried making a profile and I hate that site.

trojans and got fined by ftc for that

sherie · 02-13-2006, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relish XXX

Is it easy to get laid using myspace?

For sure...my buddy Anthony scores left and right with chicks from MySpace...he is the ultimate MySpace whore! lol

WiredGuy · 02-13-2006, 06:01 PM

I bet Google is monetizing their traffic much better than Myspace is monetizing theirs.
WG

asdfqwer · 02-15-2006, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

I bet Google is monetizing their traffic much better than Myspace is monetizing theirs.
WG

True said

Jakke PNG · 02-15-2006, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Splum

Lol so I guess Alexa can magically count all non-IE-non-alexa-toolbar browsers now? MAGIC!

Yeah...and people believe those polls where 10000 people reflect the opinion of several hundred million people in that country.
I assume the % of alexa/google toolbar users is enough to give the numbers pretty good accuracy. Not exact, but pretty good.

opulence · 02-15-2006, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

that doesnt sound like an unreasonable number.. people go to google to find something and leave.. i might use it 50-100 times a day a few seconds at a time = less than a half hour.. just to change your profile and fix shit especially with the erros and shit takes about an hour on myspace, then if your looking around for people and at profiles, you might spend upwards of 2 hours a day more if your a myspace junkie .. because its all page based it means surfing time=traffic..

2 hours a day or more is a pretty broad scale... for more leverage to your point I'd of said 6 hours a day or more. People at work, at school or sitting on their ass at home, can spend their entire day on myspace, and be clicking out their ass the whole time.

jjjay · 02-15-2006, 06:31 AM

myspace is great if you want to spend all your time online surrounded by irritating teenagers

02-12-2006, 02:07 PM	#1
Splum Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 6,195	Myspace beats Google?! Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/...g_online_space WTF?! 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google?! Fucking impressive.

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Downtime Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: America. Posts: 7,320	it won't last, IMO. google has more longevity than myspace, but who knows we'll see. interestin article __________________ #27024067

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Relish XXX Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: www.adultlabel.com Posts: 4,904	Yeah more like News Group are saying that it has 2 and a half times the traffic to push their share price up. That story was written by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer - Associated Press who are part owned by News Group. __________________

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xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	I wrote a note to that writer. Anick, The article you wrote was well done, with one exception. ?In Middletown, Conn., police suspect that as many as seven teenage girls recently were fondled or had consensual sex with men they met on MySpace who turned out to be older than they claimed.? There?s a larger problem, and one that I haven?t seen touched on in the recent articles published about MySpace. If you dig deeper, you will find a much more troubling problem of young underage girls who are stating ages older than they are. Such as 14 year olds stating their age as 26 years old. The problem with the way this article has been written, is that it artificially puts society on edge and inflates the danger people automatically associate with interacting with others online. It also puts a false assumption in the heads of readers about men online. The problem is that these types of articles present a ?scare factor? that exists solely for the purposes of generating attention, and ratings in the media. Perhaps it should be said that when you put 54 million people together, such as on Myspace, you will inevitably have bad things that happen ? along with the good. This is how society works, in real life or online. There are a lot of wonderful people online, and there are a few bad apples as well. This does NOT mean that people should be afraid of meeting people online, but by putting a spin on an article talking about how young girls are being absued, that?s exactly what otherwise uninformed people come to assume. I see articles and stories constantly published discussing the dangers of meeting people from online. The dangers of meeting people online are real, but not more so than the dangers of meeting people in real life. I think it would only be fair if within these articles, there could be some kind of clarity that puts a positive spin on online social interaction. I?m just tired of people I meet online being afraid of meeting in real life because they?ve read a few too many negative news articles. I do realize this ?negative spin? sells the news, but I believe media companies should understand how publishing negative news can make people paranoid in a way that does not benefit anyone. -Noah

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