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How does myspace make money? i havnt seen any ads on it or anything like that.
Do Members have to pay?
Surely it would cost a hell of a lot to run servers that big with that many people using it? :confused:
 
Do you use FireFox with Adblock by any chance?

As if you open MySpace up in IE there are clear adverts on every MySpace page..! (excluding the homepage I think...)

Soo I'd guess that's there one source of revenue, but other than that I don't know! :p

;)

P.S ... No members do not have to pay.
 
I bet he's rolling in it just from advertising. I assume bands and such have o pay to put songs and be on there too. :confused:
 
TomaHawk said:
Do you use FireFox with Adblock by any chance?

As if you open MySpace up in IE there are clear adverts on every MySpace page..! (excluding the homepage I think...)

Soo I'd guess that's there one source of revenue, but other than that I don't know! :p

;)
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Yes im using Firefox :o
 
The real question is, why would anybody wanna look at that crap anyway? :p

I guess it's ok for bands and stuff, other than that it's full of shaved monkeys who love themselves and are under the impression that other people on the internet will love them too.
 
They are probably raking it in from adverts, especially considering the kind of users the website tends to attract. But then there's the fact that, even if the website was making massive losses (a la YouTube), it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. It's all about building up a user base and getting your name out there.

Although, I must say, if I were the big cheese over at MySpace/News Corp. I would do things a hell of a lot differently. Number one on the list would be setting up a premium membership tier for those who want to fill their profiles with useless garbage such as Javascript effects and irritating, autoplaying music ;)
 
Insanity said:
The real question is, why would anybody wanna look at that crap anyway? :p

I guess it's ok for bands and stuff, other than that it's full of shaved monkeys who love themselves and are under the impression that other people on the internet will love them too.
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Couldn't of put it better myself.
 
Adverts, adverts, adverts. Just think of how wide the audience is, how many kids are ont here all the time. Then think about how many companies would pay atrocious amounts to place a product advert in front of them.
 
People do abuse myspace, but ive got an account - sure i check it every other week - however ive got in touch with some very old friends from it, so its not all that bad :)

But money is made from advertising, and other promotion deals - think they have a mobile phone service now :o
 
Mr.Orb said:
Insanity said:
The real question is, why would anybody wanna look at that crap anyway? :p

I guess it's ok for bands and stuff, other than that it's full of shaved monkeys who love themselves and are under the impression that other people on the internet will love them too.
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Couldn't of put it better myself.
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They've also just signed a $900 million contract with Google for the search results on their site. Then there's all the music/film promotion they do.
 
Cueball said:
Like?
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Finding people you used to go to school with and have lost contact with?
Bands promoting there music? (i dont use it for this but i know others do)
Celebrity's run competitions and blogs from my space and interact with there fans, Kevin Smith and William Shatner are on mine and iv had PM's from both of them :D
Porn stars run monthly competitions to meet them and have Blogs, interact with there fans, much like the normal celebrities.
Keeping in touch with current friends who are travelling abroad and such?

There are other benefits aswell, i just cant be botherd to list them for the ignorant amongst us.
 
Al Vallario said:
Although, I must say, if I were the big cheese over at MySpace/News Corp. I would do things a hell of a lot differently. Number one on the list would be setting up a premium membership tier for those who want to fill their profiles with useless garbage such as Javascript effects and irritating, autoplaying music ;)
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I agree with that. It could be done much better. As of late they've been having a lot of technical issues. And apparently Bebo is creeping up as a popular social network. BT just made an offer of $571 million which bebo refused and replied with "think upwards of $1 billion", they believe they can get $2 billion for it.
 
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