MySpace is coming down hard on members exploiting it for commercial purposes as highlighted in Allan Gardyne’s latest issue of his newsletter.
So, if you’re considering making money blogging on MySpace, you better now ditch that idea or rather, be very subtle about your marketing endeavor.
This will be bad news for affiliate marketers who had been successful at cashing in on the use of a huge social networking club like MySpace as a marketing platform.
It will also be bad news to the publishers and affiliates of products dealing with marketing on MySpace; these products are rendered irrelevant in an instant.
Here’s an excerpt of MySpace terms and conditions updated on October 25:
Non-commercial Use by Members.
The MySpace Services are for the personal use of Members only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by MySpace.com. Illegal and/or unauthorized use of the MySpace Services, including collecting usernames and/or email addresses of Members by electronic or other means for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or unauthorized framing of or linking to the MySpace Website is prohibited. Commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from Member profiles without notice and may result in termination of Membership privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the MySpace Services.
You can read the rest of the terms and conditions here:
http://www.myspace.com/Modules/Common/Pages/TermsConditions.aspx
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