MySpace History

   MySpace a social network website was started in 2003 by a group of programmer's soon rose in growth and became one of the most popular social network website.

The original idea of creating MySpace came from Friendster. They saw the potential of social website and started their own social media known as “MySpace”.

The features of MySpace are mostly borrowed from Friendster and MySpace was launched in August 2003.The initial members of MySpace are eUniverse employees.

  MySpace was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News corp. in July 2005.The employees of MySpace are only about 300 and MySpace gains 200,000 new users every day. MySpace has over 100 million users worldwide using it.

MySpace development

      MySpace borrowed features from Friendster which is a top social networking website then. MySpace created huge impact on Friendster and these users turned towards MySpace. Friendster only allowed its users to enter their person details and upload photos; MySpace allowed modifying the whole profile to every bit.

   MySpace current revenue is $20 million and growing fast. The main source of revenue is through advertisements. MySpace also launched MySpace Records where various concerts are hosted on the site.

  MySpace is also launching regional versions; the China version of it is launched, and also launched similar versions in many countries.

  Through 2007 and 2008 MySpace was redesigned many of its features. The important enhancements made are user home page. With this change MySpace users can micro blog with status updates and add applications.

  On August 2008, Google came into contract to provide search facility and also advertising on MySpace.

MySpace usage

  MySpace website offers many services to its users. After a user registers with MySpace, he can make his profile attractive. The user profile can be customized to fit his interest and hobby.

  MySpace user can also share his media such as photos and videos to other users. MySpace offers inbuilt photo editing to crop and adjust contrast of images uploaded.

  Users can also post web logs with MySpace Blog feature. Users are given full way to customize their profile page with the use of HTML while other social websites only offers customization through themes.

  MySpace launched separate profile for musicians in MySpace Music. Here the users can upload their whole discographies consisting of MP3 songs. The users on MySpace Music can also create playlists.

 Users with common interest or hobby can join MySpace communities where they can learn and share with people with common interests. The users can also upload media on communities.

MySpace introduced API (Application Programming Interface) using which users or developers can create applications that can be embedded into MySpace.

MySpace future development

  The MySpace website in future we can expect the following features:

·         Better security: The MySpace user profile can be customized with HTML, so the profiles are hackable by others. MySpace profile security is expected to combat this in future.

·         MySpace on mobile: Support for using MySpace service can be more supported.

·         In the future we can expect MySpace to turn into a gaming platform.

·         MySpace also announced its own email service.

MySpace user benefits:

        As MySpace is one of the most popular social networking websites, users of MySpace can connect to friends anywhere in the world. Users can also share media (photos, videos) to other users.

       MySpace offers web log feature where users can maintain their own blogs. Companies can register with MySpace to display advertisements on this website. These ads can be customized to target users based on different parameters.

       MySpace can be used to share information and knowledge among its users. Users can form communities or groups based on common interest or hobby. In These groups, users can post questions and also provide answers to other users.

     MySpace also provides an instant messenger through users can chat with their friends even though they did not log into MySpace.

MySpace company benefits:

       The main benefit of MySpace to its company is the amount of revenue generated by it. MySpace displays ads from companies registered with it. As MySpace is gaining popularity the amount of revenue generated through is also expected to rise.

       MySpace offers all the services for free and anyone can register to use these. MySpace is also receiving more and more visitors and