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Unless you have spent the last five years or so living off the grid in a remote location, it is a virtual certainty that you are aware of the popular social networking website MySpace. It seems that just about everyone everywhere is on the site, it’s been around for a few years now, but the site seemed as if it took over the world overnight. It is now one of the most popular sites in the world.

It’s easy to get in on the phenomenon that is MySpace. You can sign up for an account free of charge and have your own MySpace membership in a matter of minutes. You can look at many MySpace pages without even having an account with the site, but other pages can be viewed only by members, so it’s better to sign up and make your own page; which allows you access to all of the features which MySpace has to offer.

Once you finish signing up for your free account on the site, you’ll want to make your profile page. There are premade profile templates which you can use to customize your page; these will generally include graphics to use for the background of your page as well as fonts. If you are familiar with HTML, you can also make your own designs to use on your profile page.

Typically, a MySpace profile page will have some information on the person, including age, gender and city where they live. There will also usually be some facts about things they like and dislike. Many users also add favorite video and audio clips to their profile pages. There are some restrictions as to what you may place on your MySpace page, you can find all of the details on this in the MySpace terms of service agreement.

Once you have a MySpace page, you can search for other users by using keywords or names in the built in search engine featured on the sire. You can look by location (for instance, if you want to see who else in your city is on MySpace), or you could search by hobby and so on. You can then invite these users to join your friends network; you may also be invited by others to join their network.

Being the biggest thing on the web, MySpace has received a lot of press. Not all of this media attention has been good. Many parents are concerned about the safety and privacy of their children while using the site. MySpace does allow profiles to be set non-public, something many parents are thankful for. There are a number of other security features incorporated into the site which can be used to protect your or your children’s privacy if you are concerned about who is talking to your child online.

MySpace offers much more than older social networking websites like Friendster. MySpace can boast of including music videos, instant messaging, quizzes, chat rooms and many more. But to use all of these features, you’ll have to make a MySpace page first! You can sign up for your free page today at www.myspace.com.