Just as my previous post regarding how to make the most of your Facebook account, I am going to share a few uncomplicated ways to enhance your Myspace account in order to ensure that your profile is better optimized. Below are three basic key tips that will help you in accomplishing this task.
- Implement Links. By using this code: <a href=”http://www.yourwebsite.com”> text describing your link </a>, you can implement a link to your site virtually anywhere on your profile and on most comment boards as well. This gives you the opportunity to generate free traffic to your website.
- Insert Pictures. By inserting pictures on your profile, you visually grab a searcher’s attention. This can also work to your benefit by making the picture, logo or any other graphical element that you inserted on your profile a hyperlink to your website. Use the above code for implementing links and directly after that code, insert this line of HTML: <img src=”http://www.website.com/banner.jpg“ border=”0″>
- Employ SEO Tactics. SEO can and does work in the Myspace realm. You should review my previous blogs regarding search engine optimization and implement as many as you can into your Myspace profile. Such tactics as keyword use, titles, descriptions, content optimization, h1 tags and bolded keywords can be employed to enhance your SEO position.
According to web-strategist.com, these are some astonishing statistics regarding Myspace in January of 2008:
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- MySpace has more than 110 million monthly active users around the globe
- 85% of MySpace users are of voting age (18 or older)
- 1 in 4 Americans is on MySpace and in the UK it is as common to have MySpace as it is to own a dog
- On average 300,000 new people sign up to MySpace every day
- Is localized and translated in more than 20 international territories: U.S., UK, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, MySpace en Espanol, Latin America, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
- 14 Billion comments on the site
- 20 Billion mails on the site total
- 50 Million mails per day (more than Yahoo, Hotmail or Google)
- 10 Billion friend relationships
- 1.5 Billion images
- 8 Million images being uploaded per day
- 60,000 new videos being upload to MySpaceTV each day
- More than 8 million artists and bands on MySpace Music
Myspace is creepily becoming one of the most visited sites in the world and is only increasing in popularity. As out of hand as this whole social networking kingdom is becoming, you cannot really knock it unless you try it. Free publicity is rare to find in today’s society and should be taken advantage of in the proper way to promote your company. There really is not one reason why you should disregard this valuable promotional tool to help better market your company’s website!