MySpace Profile Page Resources

With the recent popularity of social networking sites such as MySpace, Blogger, MSN Spaces and Yahoo 360, there has been a need for free graphics, CSS generators, background images and sources for videos and music. In this article, we will provide you with links to some of those resources, and will continue to add resources as we find them.

A user's profile page is like an extension of the user themselves. It usually features graphics, music, video, a description of their likes and dislikes, information about their hobbies, and perhaps some pictures of themselves. Given that over 100 million individuals (and an ever-growing number of businesses, music groups and other entities) have their own profile pages, there has been an explosion of resources that can be used on these profile pages. In this resource listing, we will break them down into categories to help you find just the right resource for your profile!

The "MySpace Phenomenon"

Across the country news reporters have published a deluge of articles concerning a web site called MySpace. Why have so many articles been written in concerning this one web site? What is MySpace? What are the concerns? And how can educators help to address the concerns?.

MySpace is an example of a new online phenomenon, which is more appropriately called "online social networking." In online social networking environments, users register and establish a profile that provides personal information and photos. Then the user makes connections or links with other users who share interests or connections. Users engage in a variety of forms of communication and information sharing, which can include personal Web pages, blogs, and discussion groups.

MySpace is currently the most popular of several dozen online social networking communities. There are problems associated with MySpace, but MySpace itself is not the problem. In fact, MySpace has an excellent user agreement that seeks to prohibit inappropriate behavior, provides information on Internet safety and responsible use and, by all reports, is responsive in seeking to address individual concerns, as well as overall concerns. The reported concerns are common to all social networking environments, not just MySpace. A list of other online social networking communities is on Wikipedia under "List of Social Networking Websites."

Social sites are attractive environments for teens, as well as adults. Such sites present opportunities for self-expression and friendship building. Youth "playtime" in such environments is building skills that will be a foundation for career success in the 21 st century. Many teens are safely and responsibly engaged in such communities.

How To MySpace Profile Hack: Add More Photos in MySpace Caption

This little tip will let you add more photos to your MySpace profile photo section. No longer are you restricted to having just one MySpace profile photo.



1. First thing you're going to need to know is the URL of the photo you want to add to your MySpace profile.

To do this go to your photo online, then right click on the photo. In Internet Explorer, you're now going to click on "Properties" in the menu that pops up, then copy the URL of the photo from the pop up box. In Firefox, click on "Copy Image Location" from the pop up menu.

2. Now go to your MySpace page and click on "Edit Profile".

3. In the box labeled "Headline" on the editing page, add this code:


4. Replace http://Photo_URL_Here.jpg with the actual URL of the photo you want to add to your MySpace profile photo section.


5. Click on the "Save All Changes" button to save the new code.

6. Now you can check your MySpace profile. You should see both photos on the page now.

How To Add a MySpace Background

Change the MySpace background on your MySpace profile. There's a plethora of MySpace backgrounds on the Net for you to use. Utilize these MySpace backgrounds and add them to your MySpace profile. Make your MySpace profile show who you are or what you like by using some of these MySpace backgrounds.

Here's How:

1. Find a MySpace background that you like. There are lots of MySpace backgrounds on the Net for you to choose from. Try one on of the MySpace backgrounds I have assembled for you.

2. Once you find the MySpace background that you want to add to your MySpace profile you need to copy the code for that MySpace background. On the page with the MySpace background you will either see the code you need to copy or you'll see a link saying something like "MySpace Code". Copy the code for the MySpace background.

3. your MySpace editing page by logging into your MySpace profile. If you're not taken to your MySpace editing page after logging into your MySpace profile then click on the "Home" link at the top of the page.

Now click on the link that says "Edit Profile", next to your photo.

4. Once in the Edit Profile page you need to find the area marked "About Me", located at the top of the editing page. This is where your MySpace background code will go.
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5. Paste the MySpace background code into the "About Me" box on your MySpace editing page.


6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Save All Changes" to save the MySpace background code into your MySpace profile.


7. That's it. You can now view your new and improved profile by clicking the link that says "Profile" under your photo on the MySpace editing page.

Why MySpace Layouts Suck - Turnkey MySpace Resources

re you wondering why it took you four hours (or more) to find a decent MySpace layout to customize your profile? Well ladies and gents, it's time to blow the lid of this mess and get to the truth of the matter.

THIS IS WHY:

The 'MySpace resource site' scene has become flooded with turnkey sites which are all stuffed to the gills with ripped background images that are in no way shape or form owned by the webmasters. Essentially what you have is a bunch of cookie-cutter websites providing a vast array of copyright violations. If you've ever wondered why a lot of the MySpace resource sites seem to look the same, it's because they are.

Nowadays you can actually purchase content management systems which will automate the process of creating a full-blown MySpace layout site complete with prefabricated MySpace layouts, gaudy glitter graphics, friend adder scripts, code generators, the whole kit and kaboodle. To create a MySpace site these days requires NO graphic design skills, NO knowledge of HTML and/or CSS and NO imagination. This is why you'll often find MySpace resource sites with copy reading like it was written by a middle schooler who's getting a D+ in English Comp. When all it takes to slap up a MySpace site is a hundred bucks (to buy the content management script) and a few hours on daddy's computer in the basement then the results are going to be far from a virtuoso display of creativity.

The key to making sites like these work is to fill them up with thousands of ripped background images and/or user-submitted layouts (which themselves frequently employ ripped background images) and then promote them with the concept of BIGGER IS BETTER, e.g., "10,000 MySpace layouts". Unsuspecting new MySpace account holders (half of whom are over 35 years of age contrary to popular belief) seeking to customize their profiles do a search in Google for 'myspace layouts', find sites like these given top ranking and naturally think, "Okay, there's the Walmart of MySpace layouts. That's where it's happening." So they venture in and begin searching for that ultra-cool kick-ass MySpace layout that's going to make all their friends go ape-poopy. And they search. And they search. And they search. And they eventually get exhausted and settle for some unoriginal half-baked mess of a layout with illegible text and a cheesy, ripped-off celebrity pic for a background image.

Meanwhile, hand-coded MySpace resource sites (of which are becoming fewer and far in between) which in turn provide collections of professional, original and classy MySpace layouts (extremely rare) go largely unnoticed. To see for yourself, simply do a search in Google for 'professional myspace layouts', 'original myspace layouts' or 'classy myspace layouts' and then start browsing through the sites listed in the search results pages. Then ask yourself how many of those MySpace layouts you preview (assuming the previews actually work) are truly 'professional', 'original' and/or (*choke*) 'classy'. You'll be hard pressed to find one let alone enough to make a selection to choose from (my site excluded, of course... heh heh...).

As for how a lot of these sites get top ranking in search engines, some of it has to do with site age but mostly it's a matter of getting backlinks, many of which are provided by the distributed layouts themselves in the form of some kind of promo link embedded in the layout code. This is perfectly reasonable since if you provide a free resource you're entitled to be recompensed in the form of traffic back to your site. But backlinks all coming from MySpace profiles (and hence from the same domain name, myspace.com) have little value in terms of how well you rank in Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). What really counts towards getting good ranks in SERPs (especially in the eyes of Google) is backlinks coming from other MySpace related websites, i.e. other MySpace resource sites.

So then what naturally evolves from this scenario is a whole bunch of MySpace resource turnkey webmasters (each providing his or her own personal collection of a thousand bajillion ripped backgrounds) trading links with each other to pump up their credibility in the eyes of seach engines which then drives their sites to the top of the SERPs. If you attempt to boycott this in-club of turnkey MySpace layout sites by refusing to trade links with them, your hand-coded MySpace site with homegrown backgrounds will suffer in battle to get top rankings.

Advertising on myspace

MySpace has tightened its advertising targeting system to let marketeers aim their pitch at more specific user interests, in the hope they'll be more likely to respond.

The social network first introduced 10 categories earlier this year to allow products to be pitched at interests listed by MySpace members, such as "movies". Today's so-called "hyper-targeting" upgrade means ads will be targeted on hundreds of sub-categories, such as "action movies".

The system will use data users have made public, and there will be an opt-out, MySpace execs have promised.

The timing of MySpace's move is telling: Facebook will announce its widely-trailed targeting network tomorrow.

It's thought it'll include some facility for Facebook to track the purchases its users make on the third-party sites they click through to, which will feed back into the targeting system.

The fate of these technologies could prove make or break for social networking sites, which promised investors a marketing goldmine but have so far delivered only chatter and vast hosting expenses