Google/MSN Eyeballing MySpace

The obligatory search share report (if you can't wait, Google increases its lead for the ninth straight time) came in with the usual top five. But sixth place is where it gets interesting. MySpace.com, according to comScore Networks' April report, brought in 0.6 percent. Jeeves looks behind him to see a group of ne'er-do-wells playing their music at unacceptable decibels while "hip-hopping" in bouncing cars with spinny hubcaps. Those aren't hubcaps, Jeeves. Forty-three million search queries was enough to put MySpace on the search chart, even if Ask.com, in fifth place, raked in 384 million, or 5.9 percent (-0.2%). News Corp.'s captive MySpace audience of nearly 80 million translates to valuable search marketing real estate. This may explain why Google and Microsoft are jockeying to win favor with the site as the social networking phenom courts possible search partners. According to here.") Drag this to your Bookmarks. Add to document.write("Del.icio.us") Yahoo My Web