From: http://seo4expert.blogspot.com/, we come to know the great news for Myspace users. Here I publish the complete story:MySpace has just announced that they will be launching their developer platform on February 5th. You can pre-register now by going to http://developer.myspace.com/ (requires login).
Earlier this evening, I spoke with Amit Kapur, who the company is also announcing has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and will oversee the platform. While MySpace may be a little late to the platform party, it’s clear that they have been closely watching developments in the space and will be addressing many of the growing pains that chief rival Facebook has dealt with from the get-go; most notably privacy, monetization, and data ownership.
On the privacy front, Kapur tells me that the user experience will be a “top priority” and that the company will avoid the feed spam issues that have plagued “other players in the space” (he wouldn’t mention Facebook by name, but he didn’t have to). Additionally, don’t expect anything like Facebook Beacon to be a part of the MySpace Developer Platform.Instead, MySpace plans to help developers monetize their applications, potentially through a revenue share program. Kapur believes that his company is “differentiated by our robust and mature monetization platform,” and he wants developers to be able to take advantage of it.
This means that unlike Facebook, where we have dozens of ad networks competing for inventory on applications, MySpace may play an active role, presumably utilizing its large ad sales force to help developers get premium revenue.From a technology perspective, Kapur says most of the specific details will be released on the 5th, but he did emphasize that the company has maintained an open relationship with widget developers, and wants them to be able to use data from MySpace in their applications, potentially including your friend’s list. With Facebook moving to allow developers to host applications on third-party sites and DataPortability continuing to gain traction, this seems like the only way to go.
Finally, Kapur told me that the MySpace Developer Program will support Google OpenSocial from day one. This may provide a much needed boost for OpenSocial, which has received criticism for offering very little in the way of tangible products since being announced.Overall, it sounds like MySpace has been paying attention to what’s working on other social networking developer platforms and what user’s ultimately want. We’ll see if they can deliver the goods when they show the rest of their hand next week.
