Thursday, May 15, 2008

MySpace

I looked at a number of MySpace sites and I am interested to see the differences between them. My own feeling is that unless you are prepared to put in quite a bit of time to make your space attractive and interesting it is probably not worth starting at all.

Most sites had links to their library catalogue and address details of physical locations. Some had links to online databases and temporary online membership, an 'ask us' type facility, and top picks for dvds, music and books. A few had facilities for sending reviews. It did seem a good spot for pr for local activities.

Most did not seem to have all that many 'friends' although it would be interesting to see how many hits various sites got without people signing up as friends.

1 comment:

Learning 2.0 program said...

MySpace is generally used by younger people (ie secondary school students) where Facebook was origianlly set up and designed for university students. I believe the average age of Facebook users is now about 35-40

Lynette