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MySpace.com is massive. Like other friend-networking Web sites such as Facebook or Friendster, it opens avenues for people to meet and stay in touch. What makes MySpace different is it provides each user with his or her own Web page to customize.

MySpace is a network of more than 67 million people, mostly teens and 20-somethings. Users upload pictures, take and post surveys and blog, among other things. MySpace.com is the nation's most popular social networking Web site and the second-most-viewed Web site in the U.S., just behind Yahoo, and ahead of Google, according to CNN.com.

Ross Martin, aka iLLuMiNaTi (his display name), of Irwin, uses his space on MySpace to showcase his music. Upon ...

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