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In review of a few clients’ analytics this month I kept running across an inbound referrer I hadn’t seen befoere: msplinks.com. First, I just went to msplinks.com, and saw that there is nothing but a blank page there. After trying a few of the URLs from Google Analytics, one worked. It was this one:

http://msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJlZGJ1bGxmbHVndGFndXNhLmNvbQ==

And this was the page it returned:

So msplinks are outbound redirections originating at MySpace. But, what is the problem that this truly solves for MySpace? They say it is a security measure, but is it (in whoel or part) to reduce MySpace usage merely for SEO purposes?

In the past ten days I’ve been asked three times what social networking sites were in favor outside the United States.  I had an idea of what sites were popular for a few countries, but turned to the Internet to find out more over the weekend.  Some I’d heard of, some I hadn’t.

Below I’ve provided the top fifteen countries worldwide by the number of Internet users in that country.  Beside the country name is the top social networking site as reported by Alexa.com.

1. United States - MySpace
2. China - 51
3. Japan - Mixi
4. Germany - Studiverzeichnis
5. India - Orkut
6. Brazil - Orkut
7. United Kingdom - Facebook
8. South Korea - Cyworld
9. France - Skyrock
10. Italy - MySpace
11. Russia - LiveJournal
12. Mexico - Hi5
13. Canada - Facebook
14. Indonesia - Friendster
15. Spain - Fotolog