MySpace Plans A Facelift Next Week...

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:50 AM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

In what it said would be the largest scale relaunch of a website of its size, MySpace will change its home page, navigation, profile editing, search, and MySpaceTV player facilities. Other changes will come during the summer.

"This is more than a face-lift; we're changing the way people interact with the site and with brands," MySpace said, adding that a major advertiser was signed for the U.S. MySpace home page on the first day of the relaunch.

The main phase of the relaunch is set for June 18.

MySpace said it had drastically overhauled the look and feel of its searches, which it said currently ranked third in total number of searches by any site.

It said it was working with Lucene Open-Source engine and community, marking the first time MySpace has contributed to the open-source community.

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RebelGirl

Wonder what this will look like.

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1 vote

#1 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:51 AM EDT

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Kai

It could look like a pile of rotting dog poo and still be an improvement.

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2 votes

#1.1 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:03 PM EDT

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fugitive247

I'm not holding my breath, even though MySpace's integration of Open Source might add a breath of fresh air to a format that's gotten pretty stale IMO.

If MySpace wanted to do its members a real mitzvah they'd disallow use of those insipid 3rd party apps!

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#2 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:49 AM EDT

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RebelGirl

Ah come on Fugi... I can't buy you as a pet?? I want to OWN YOU!!

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#2.1 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:08 PM EDT

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fugitive247

Mel, the relevant phrase here would end up being "buyer's remorse." **LMAO**

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#2.2 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:17 PM EDT

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Pacific Northwest Blogger

Sounds like their putting new APIs in place specifically for Ad Revenue developers...

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1 vote

#3 - Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:30 PM EDT

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Zack Green

I wonder when they'll stop allowing people to make their profile pages make me want to scoop my eyeballs out with a spork.

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#4 - Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:42 AM EDT

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