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Wait, Facebook is MySpace?

Janet Fouts

On Twitter today Myspace is trending, not because it’s about Myspace but because people are suggesting Facebook is doomed to the same fate as Myspace. Facebook chooses top stories for you.Top stories are based on how active people are on the story (remember the importance of edge rank!). Facebook news feed changes.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Extracurricular programs combine summer programs, vacations, and related activities. The Irony: MySpace Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks. Below, the pie graph: Quite honestly, I don’t feel that I’ve lost out by not taking MySpace more seriously.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? From its founding, Myspace took off like a rocket ship while Facebook had a much slower ascension from launch. My answer is certainly–yes!

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Social Branded Applications – build it once and leverage on several social networks

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Social Network have all opened up their platforms which means that brands have cost effective access to more than 500M engaged users (250M of them on just Facebook and MySpace alone!) The new ad model will be about creating social brand loyalty by creating Social Branded Applications that allow users to interact with your brand attributes.

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Would you give up your passwords for a job?

Janet Fouts

Bassett refused and withdrew his application, stating that he didn’t want to work for a company that would ask for such personal information. Sears for example “allows” job applicants to log into their jobs page with Facebook, Myspace or Linkedin, just to make it convenient for you. Isn’t that nice?

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The New Facebook Page is launched

Mindjumpers

It means that you have a home feed and get notifications of activity to your page, just as you know from the personal profile. For developers it is an important change that Facebook now supports iframe based tabs in their applications. Myspace Integrates Facebook. It also means that the page can write on other pages.

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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

My soldiers told me MySpace was a place to meet girls, so it didn’t seem to have a practical business application and I didn’t want another password to remember. Especially in the reserve components of the military, when you call a soldier to active duty, the change is stressful for those around them.

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