MySpace

Seventeen of the best sites about the social networking site MySpace. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page. (Related searches: Facebook, Bebo, MySpace News)

1. MySpace - Web site offers free Web space for visitors to write their own musings, post pictures, catch up with friends, listen to and rate artists’ music, and generally hang out with others online. (www.myspace.com)

2. Pimp MySpace - Pimp your MySpace ride with avatars, animated graphics, glitter graphics and text, Thanks 4 The Add images, layouts, backgrounds and other goodies like that, plus generators to do your own custom text. (www.pimpmyspace.org)

3. MySpace Music - Section of MySpace dedicated to pages from musical acts, from the very popular to the wannabes waiting to be discovered by the MySpace community. Read band profiles, listen, download and comment on songs, see where and when bands are playing in your area, etc. (music.myspace.com)

4. The MySpace Generation - December, 2005 article from Business Week uses MySpace as the flagship brand in the social networking phenomenon, yet the article is more about the current generation using MySpace and similar services to connect than about MySpace itself. (Of course if it wasn’t for the people who use it, MySpace wouldn’t exist, so maybe you can’t separate the site from its users.) (www.businessweek.com)

5. Customyzer - Use their Profile Editor to customize your MySpace theme, and/or use their Slide Show Creator to add on picture slide shows. (www.customyzer.com)

6. Is MySpace Over? - February 1, 2008 article asks if MySpace is losing its cool to Facebook. (extremeradioamerica.com)

7. MySpace Tries to Glam Up - October, 2007 article on MySpace compares and contrasts MySpace and Facebook, making the case that MySpace is going for glitzier features to attract a mainstream, glammier audience, while Facebook is more built for those more into computer geekery. (www.newsweek.com)

8. MySpace at Wikipedia - If you’re interested in the history or workings of MySpace, this user-edited encyclopedia offers a wealth of information. (en.wikipedia.org)

9. MySpaceTV Videos - Video sharing site includes many professional “channels” as well as user-uploaded videos of all types. (vids.myspace.com)

10. Fed Up With MySpace? Join the Club and Delete Your Account - A January, 2008 report on “International Delete Your MySpace Account Day” and why people might want to delete their accounts. (blog.wired.com)

11. Elegant Profiles - “Nice Clean and Elegant MySpace Layouts” including Forest Dew, Polka Yolka and Blue Crescent. Free. (www.elegantprofiles.com)

12. MySpace Predator Case Highlights Web Dangers, Police Say - January 19, 2008 article on a study that showed over 1,500 registered sex offenders in Illinois had MySpace accounts. (granitecitypress-record.stltoday.com)

13. MyspaceGeeks - Free MySpace codes, layouts, graphics, backgrounds, polls and more. (www.myspacegeeks.com)

14. MySpace: No Place for Atheists? - January, 2008 blog post on the Atheists & Agnostic Group being deleted from MySpace despite not breaching any of the site’s terms of service. (www.secularstudents.org)

15. MySpace Made Easy: Simple CSS to Personalize Your Page - Kimberly Dawn Wells thinks you might want your MySpace page to look a little better than most that appear to have a bomb dropped into the middle of them. Here she offers a few bits of code to help you manipulate the look and feel of your pages, plus wise advice on using background images. (www.squidoo.com)

16. Bigoo.ws - Thousands of free images, contact tables, icons, dividers, text generators and more to use on your MySpace page or your blog. (bigoo.ws)

17. Cingular to Offer MySpace on Its Phones - December, 2006 article on a deal between MySpace and Cingular that allows Cingular users to access MySpace via their cell phones. (www.technewsworld.com)

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