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MySpace Makes it to Top 10 Internet Sites
prostoalex writes "Nielsen//NetRatings Top 10 is a monthly rating of top 10 Internet destinations. Generally dominated by Yahoo!, Microsoft, Google, AOL, eBay and similar major destinations, the list had a newcomer in March of this year. MySpace.com is 10th most visited Web site, losing to #9 Real.com only by 600,000 unique visits per month."
Not always. flickr is a good example
there were dozens of other mildly successful photography communities before flickr came along, many of which covered the social networking aspect of flickr much better.
flickr simply has the best mix of community and design out there, hence its success among pro photographers and occasional shutterbugs alike.
facebook is another example. It's basically a well-designed myspace for college kids with proper privacy features. It took hold in a market where dozens of other sites had failed miserably. The design's clean, the site's never been slow to memory (despite exponential growth). Because of this, it is far more prevalent than Myspace among college kids. At my medium-sized state school, I'd estimate that about 90%+ of the student body uses facebook regularly. It's that popular. It's preferred over myspace because it's fast, usable, and not creepy.
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
"Bands dominate myspace."
Bands dominate YOUR myspace. Log out and try visiting as an anonymous user. From there it's pretty obvious: idiots dominate myspace.