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   MySpace Ads

   

   Witty Nickname, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 1:04pm

   
   

   I am a member of myspace. My profile states that I am married, and I am looking for friends, not dates. My MySpace page is flooded with ads for a DATING SITE.
   
   If Myspace can use the data they have on every one of its members to even a slight degree they could make ALOT more on ads.

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   great post except...

   

   Peyote, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 1:07pm

   
   

   The Google deal ramps up over time, with '07 being far less than $300 million. MySpace has yet to sell targeted video ads (thus new) and definitely hasn't done anything in peer to peer commerce, like a deal with ebay for instance (thus new). The analogy to ebay/skype is absurd. Recent press reports have MySpace on a runrate of $30 million a month, which will probably be well over $400 milllion this year. They bought all of Intermix, including the 40% of MySpace that Intermix didn't own, for $649 million. So that is about 1.6x forward sales, before even taking into account what all of Intermix's other businesses are doing. Ebay bought Skype for $2.5 billion plus a potential earnout and Skype will do something like $300 million in revenue this year, for a price to forward sales multiple of 8.3x. So remind me again how this is a relevant comparison?

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   Myspace is bad

   

   dan, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 1:30pm

   
   

   I don't know why so many people use myspace. It has to be the worst programmatic website in the world. Very convoluted. I believe it is a fad and its popularity will run dry. I would not invest a dime into that company. Most people I know are already saying they spend less and less time on the site.

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   Re: Myspace is bad

   

   loof, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 1:41pm

   
   

   Myspace is a good idea gone terribly wrong. From what I can tell it is dying (slowly). Most of the people I know are starting to graduate and kill their myspace profiles because they don't want employers looking at them. As the people who made myspace popular get older they'll shift towards other sites and the up and coming generation will (like always) find something new and exciting that isn't myspace.

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   Dating ads

   

   DCX2, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 2:24pm

   
   

   My friend is a lesbian, and all her dating ads are for a woman seeking a woman.
   
   I'm a straight guy; all mine are for men seeking women.
   
   So, I guess they the information on the profile, at least a little bit.

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   Kyles Mom, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 2:28pm

   
   

   I FOUND MY GIRLS GONE WILD DVD!!!
   WOOO HOOO

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   Re: MySpace Ads

   

   Slapnuts, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 4:21pm

   
   

   Amen Brother

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   B, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 5:24pm

   
   

   You forget that the Google deal was for all Fox Media properties, not just MySpace.

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   Why?

   

   Anonymous, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 6:13pm

   
   

   ... Why be a myspace hater? myspace has over 900 employees, lets put everyone out of a job. too bad not everyone can come up with a Multi-million dollar Idea.
   
   It's ok, Keep hating & Myspace will keep laughin all the way to the bank... lol.

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    Re: Dating ads

    

    Anonymous Coward, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 9:27pm

    
    

    Can I watch your lesbian friend?

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    Music

    

    Evostick, Apr 3rd, 2007 @ 4:14am

    
    

    Myspace is good for music promotion, as it seems all artists have a myspace page. No other myspace type site has such a concentration of artists.

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    God I Love FireFox

    

    Anarchy_Creator, Apr 3rd, 2007 @ 5:03am

    
    

    Adblock

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    Re: Why?

    

    ralpjh, Aug 4th, 2008 @ 11:41am

    
    

    LOL good say...my space is part fo the american economy and if it dies. somehow less people working and more employement benefit application and ur tax money will pay for it.....so people dont laugh too fast and criticize myspace..

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