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Inside MySpace.com



By David F. Carr


  Table of Contents:
  1. Inside MySpace.com
  2. ' A Member Rants'
  3. ' The Journey Begins '
  4. ' First Milestone'
  5. ' Second Milestone'
  6. ' Third Milestone'
  7. ' Fourth Milestone'
  8. ' Fifth Milestone'
  9. ' Unexpected Errors '
  10. ' MySpace Base Case '

Booming traffic demands put a constant stress on the social network's computing infrastructure. Here's how it copes.

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MySpace Base Case
Headquarters: Fox Interactive Media (parent company), 407 N. Maple Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 969-7200
Business: MySpace is a "next generation portal" built around a social networking Web site that allows members to meet, and stay connected with, other members, as well as their favorite bands and celebrities.
Chief Technology Officer: Aber Whitcomb
Financials in 2006: Estimated revenue of $200 million.

BASELINE GOALS:
  • Double MySpace.com advertising rates, which in 2006 were typically a little more than 10 cents per 1,000 impressions.
  • Generate revenue of at least $400 million from MySpace—out of $500 million expected from News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media unit—in this fiscal year.
  • Secure revenue of $900 million over the next three years from a search advertising deal with Google.



     
     
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