Comments on: YouTube vs. MySpace Engagement

By: bottineau courant

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By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:40:32 +0000

They might be different types of services, but IS interesting to see that people are spending more time on MySpace. Quite expected that most users on MySpace are registered — an obvious (powerful) side effect of the nature of their service.

By: JayMeattle

JayMeattle — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:30:22 +0000

Robert,

According to Compete data, the statement you are referring to is way waaaay off:
“And in fact about a third of Youtube visitors were visiting Myspace just before they came to the Youtube site (according to your pals at comscore)… “

Take a look at Compete’s blog post from 11/9: Let MySpace Open the Door

On average, only about 10% of YouTube’s traffic comes from MySpace. Also, volume wise, both sites send about the same number of people to each other. In September 7,205,330 people may have left MySpace for YouTube, but 6,127,909 also left YouTube to visit MySpace.

By: Robert Leathern

Robert Leathern — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:01:19 +0000

I guess I’m not 100% sure how this comparison is relevant… these are two completely different experiences, with people not trying to do the same things at both of these sites. And in fact about a third of Youtube visitors were visiting Myspace just before they came to the Youtube site (according to your pals at comscore)…

By: SearcH EngineS WeB

SearcH EngineS WeB — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:31:22 +0000

Perhaps a more balanced comparison would be to JUST compare MySpace VIDEOS against YouTube Videos.

(and perhaps throw in Yahoo Videos)

By: John Juhn

John Juhn — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:59:40 +0000

MySpace still the leader for how long user use the service

By: Max Kalehoff

Max Kalehoff — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:24:23 +0000

Nice try Bryan, but Marshall is right. You probably aren’t a huge user MySpace or YouTube. The YouTube embedding/syndication is a HUGE deal, and something all the behavioral-measurement ratings companies need to figure out.

Btw, say high to Don M.

- Cheers
Max Kalehoff

By: Marshall Sponder

Marshall Sponder — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:06:04 +0000

Right, but you are not taking in account all the streaming videos that are embedded in everyone’s blogs all over the internet …. there’s a lot that says these two sites are not providing identical services.

Your comparing apples to oranges. If you really want to compare these two sites - you need to also compare the features and services each provides and try to get Compete’s metrics to compare each site on every one of those features - then score it all up and give each an overall score.

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