Look at these numbers:
Myspace not only holds #1, but #3 and #6 as well. In total Myspace gets 1.18% of all searches - that’s 1 out of almost every 98 searches! To me that’s totally freaky.
Wikipedia: According to Alexa Internet, MySpace is currently the world’s sixth most popular English-language website and the sixth most popular website in any language,[2] and the third most popular website in the United States, though it has topped the chart on various weeks.[3] The service gradually gained more popularity than similar websites to achieve nearly 80% of visits to online social networking websites.[3]
MySpace has several localized versions of it’s social community. Here’s the list:
Sites currently offered are:
- MySpace Global
- MySpace Australia
- MySpace Brazil (currently in beta)
- MySpace Canada (in English) (currently in beta)
- MySpace Canada (in French) (currently in beta)
- MySpace China (in Chinese) (currently in beta)
- MySpace Denmark
- MySpace France
- MySpace Finland
- MySpace Germany (currently in beta)
- MySpace Ireland
- MySpace Latin America (in Spanish) (currently in beta)
- Myspace India (currently in beta)
- MySpace Italy (currently in beta)
- MySpace Japan (currently in beta)
- MySpace Mexico (currently in beta)
- MySpace Netherlands
- MySpace New Zealand
- MySpace Spain (currently in beta)
- MySpace UK
- MySpace USA (in Spanish) (currently in beta)
- MySpace USA (in English) (this is, in fact, identical to the “global” site)
A comprehensive list of all social networking sites can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites (wikipedia)