What did google do to Myspace?

[obay]

Ages ago I hurd alot about google buying myspacec but the offer fell through? or somthing

can anyone tell me what happened with google + myspace?

[just-4-teens]

first ive heard of it, where did u hear that at?

[obay]

first ive heard of it, where did u hear that at?
I got told about 4 months ago but rememberd today

[WebAttend]

Wasn't that Microsoft?

[obay]

Wasn't that Microsoft?
Nope, deffo Google.

[lpstong]

Here is the link from Gigaom (http://gigaom.com/2006/06/27/google-and-myspace-woulda-coulda-shoulda/) about the possibility that never happened. Fox Media/Rupert Murdoch still owns myspace. There was talk last summer)6/2007.

Btw I thought Google wanted Facebook (http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/03/will-google-buy-facebook.html)

[Meth_]

ugh, I wish they did buy it :(

[yogesh sarkar]

Google doesn't needs Myspace, it already has Orkut, which is doing really well.

[Divisive Cottonwood]

ugh, I wish they did buy it :(

Why? What difference does it make?

[Captain Tycoon]

Google doesn't needs Myspace, it already has Orkut, which is doing really well.

I've never heard of Orkut :eek: Plus, I would rather have MySpace on the hands of Google :)

[obay]

Google doesn't needs Myspace, it already has Orkut, which is doing really well.
Never hurd of Orkut before??

[Meth_]

because it's gone to shit ever since fox bought it
it was possible to make $100k per month (no joke, I know a few people who did) from myspace alone
but now, almost impossible (nothings fully impossible)

and now people are censored a lot with what they can put in their profiles

and yea




OH, also knowing google
like with what they're planning / are doing with youtube
revenue sharing anyone?

I could easily obtain a 100k friend account, and... yeah ;)
I could only imagine how much $$$ I'd make if I posted a few bulletins per day

[more to come, just gotta go eat :)]

[for_si2003]

Google did not buy it ? Now I am going to buy Myspace :)

[lpstong]

Never hurd of Orkut before??
If you have a Gmail account. Than click on your settings it should be in the drop list of all the Google gmail things, even down to a link to adsense/adwords and the checkout and blogger.

[Captain Tycoon]

because it's gone to shit ever since fox bought it
it was possible to make $100k per month (no joke, I know a few people who did) from myspace alone
but now, almost impossible (nothings fully impossible)

and now people are censored a lot with what they can put in their profiles

and yea

Good things never last forever. I can remember too when people made so much just from MySpace, but people got carried away, started spamming which attracted more spammers and made the market over-saturated :mad:

[lpstong]

Good things never last forever. I can remember too when people made so much just from MySpace, but people got carried away, started spamming which attracted more spammers and made the market over-saturated :mad:

Indeed this is true. And plenty of spammers with phishing sites.

[yogesh sarkar]

I've never heard of Orkut :eek: Plus, I would rather have MySpace on the hands of Google :)
It’s a social networking site, though it’s only accessible to those who have Gmail accounts. Its quite famous in Asian countries

[Captain Tycoon]

I guess we all need to get ready for the next big hit website, just like YouTube and Myspace. :)

[Erind]

Wasn't that Microsoft?

I think it was Fox Networks who bought it at first for like 300mill, for its advertising space. Then google bought it...

not sure. whatever is going on, I know that Tom is SUPER RICH.

[lpstong]

I think it was Fox Networks who bought it at first for like 300mill, for its advertising space. Then google bought it...

not sure. whatever is going on, I know that Tom is SUPER RICH.

Ummm I dont really think Google bought myspace. To my knowledge News Corp(Rupert Murdoch) still owns Myspace.

And the answers over at Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060912192419AAouQJq) says that TOM owns Myspace. ROFL

[bogart]

Here is the link from Gigaom (http://gigaom.com/2006/06/27/google-and-myspace-woulda-coulda-shoulda/) about the possibility that never happened. Fox Media/Rupert Murdoch still owns myspace. There was talk last summer)6/2007.

Btw I thought Google wanted Facebook (http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/03/will-google-buy-facebook.html)

Wow! "MySpace is now the largest source of search traffic for Google, accounting for over 8% of their inbound traffic"

I was wondering why google searches seemed have a lot of 'my space crowd' type searches.

[lpstong]

I think it was Fox Networks who bought it at first for like 300mill, for its advertising space. Then google bought it...

not sure. whatever is going on, I know that Tom is SUPER RICH.

Again no Google wanted to but did not buy Myspace. lol....................

[tattoos]

Fox Media/Rupert Murdoch still owns myspace.
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Yep.. Shame that.. To many Push the Button type ads now!
I guess thats no different from watching Fox telly (here in Australia at least).
Everything that Murdoch touches seems to turn into Ads. Want to know how to tighten your abdominals? Turn on Fox news for the answer:mad:

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Cheers
James

[master_06]

Here is the link from Gigaom (http://gigaom.com/2006/06/27/google-and-myspace-woulda-coulda-shoulda/) about the possibility that never happened. Fox Media/Rupert Murdoch still owns myspace. There was talk last summer)6/2007.

Btw I thought Google wanted Facebook (http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/03/will-google-buy-facebook.html)

This is a great and very interesting source that you got here, lpstong. Thank you very much for sharing this one to us. So that's the reason why there never was a myspace acquisition by the big "G".

$400 million is enough reason why the big "G" is eyeing on myspace and it's good that they lost the bid because if they won, what else is there for people in the internet world to enjoy without having the name of Google beside the toolbar? ;)

[Remotay]

NewsCorp owns it.

[paulaa]

MySpace is filled with spammers... why would the G buy it?

[rapwaydown]

never hear of google buying myspace, but myspace is live in china now, that mean huge profit

[wrapper]

my space is played out

[slinkey1]

Myspace sucks! They have gotten so anti-spam that they almost sued my favorite affiliate network out of business!

[debunker]

Google doesn't needs Myspace, it already has Orkut, which is doing really well.

i have been a webmaster/websocialite for 10 years and i ahve never heard of it.try and find somebody except someones granma that has not heard of myspace. if google buy it it would only be to own the competion.

[lpstong]

i have been a webmaster/websocialite for 10 years and i ahve never heard of it.try and find somebody except someones granma that has not heard of myspace. if google buy it it would only be to own the competion.

Ok again for the record. Google did not buy Myspace. News Corp which is owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns Fox Network owns Myspace.

[oninuva]

Never hurd of Orkut before??

Yeah, I never heard of it...

[ForgottenCreature]

Wow! "MySpace is now the largest source of search traffic for Google, accounting for over 8% of their inbound traffic"

I was wondering why google searches seemed have a lot of 'my space crowd' type searches.

Yup, it was a big move for google. I don't blame them.

[lpstong]

Yup, it was a big move for google. I don't blame them.
OK. Read the thread. Google did not buy Myspace. Read all the thread people. interested but did not buy. Why dont people read up on the theard or do a search on releed item.

[debunker]

OK. Read the thread. Google did not buy Myspace. Read all the thread people. interested but did not buy. Why dont people read up on the theard or do a search on releed item.

get off your high horse. we get it ok. i read the thread and was speaking hypothetically, stop trolling the thread

[lpstong]

get off your high horse. we get it ok. i read the thread and was speaking hypothetically, stop trolling the thread

Than get your head out of the sand. And stop commenting realistically or hypothetically. People like you regardless of reality or hypothetically lead others to believe that Google did buy Myspace because they simply can not do a search of the topic before making a statement like yours.

Considering that you have the thread(apparently several times) You are trolling. Get you head out of the sand and stop contributing hypothetically to rumors that arent true.

[crazyleaf]

I don't think Google is / was interested in MySpace. First of all they have Orkut. Plus MySpace is filled with spam...

[crazyleaf]

... Tom is SUPER RICH.

I don't think tom owns myspace. I think it's just "everybody's friend" ....

[NashTax]

This is also the first i've heard about thism where did you find it?

[Meth_]

I don't think tom owns myspace. I think it's just "everybody's friend" ....

he's still the "CEO" or something
I think his contract is like 3mil per year, Idk


but as a whole, the "TOM" account is the "team of myspace"