According to a PR Newswire this morning Nielsen NetRatings confirms "Myspace.com's market leadership in Social Networking category":
LOS ANGELES, March 1 /PRNewswire/ — MySpace.com, formally launched just over one month ago, today announces it is the number one ranked social networking site in terms of page views, according to Nielsen NetRatings, the leading online measurement tool.
"The latest Nielsen statistics validate what our users have been telling us for months," said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder of MySpace.com. "By allowing our users to dictate the features they want, we've been able to develop an offering that keeps them coming back."
MySpace.com has garnered an ardent and loyal fan base very quickly thanks to the technological superiority of its offering. MySpace.com is the only site of its kind to integrate blogs, instant messaging, classified listings, voting, groups, user forums, music and other user-created content. MySpace.com has also taken an active role in sponsoring music shows, parties and other events for its online users to socialize offline.
"To become the leader in the social networking space in just five months is an accomplishment we're thrilled about, but we see it as only the beginning," commented Tom Anderson, co-founder and President of MySpace.com. In addition to its technological advantages, MySpace.com allows a level of flexibility that is unmatched in the online social networking world. Users are allowed to create personalized web page profiles, which they can then use to link up and communicate with others of similar hobbies and interests. As the site is entirely advertiser-supported, use of the site is free.
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Posted at 8:04PM on Dec 18th 2005 by Venture Capitalist