Music fans prefer Wikipedia to MySpace; Yahoo Study Shows
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According to data provided to Billboard from Yahoo, music fans are twice as more likely to use Wikipedia for information instead of a bands official website or myspace page. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, but it spells out the message that fans want their information delivered in a simple and easy manner.
"The interest that people had to go to MySpace to find out more about their favorite band is waning in favor of going to Wikipedia," Yahoo head of programming and label relations John Lenac says. "In the last six months, it's surpassed it."
One thing that IS surprising, is the amount of people in the industry that don't know about Wikipedia and how to use it to their advantage. "There's been many people I've talked to that didn't even know they could upload a Wikipedia page," Lenac says. "There's been some managers that didn't even know what it was."
I don't know about the rest of you moggers, but I always use Wikipedia first as a source for info. If I can't find what I need there, then I head to Myspace. The artist's official site is usually a last resort because you never know if they update it at all (that means you Dr. Dre).
"Reuters":http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2148195720080322?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
"The interest that people had to go to MySpace to find out more about their favorite band is waning in favor of going to Wikipedia," Yahoo head of programming and label relations John Lenac says. "In the last six months, it's surpassed it."
One thing that IS surprising, is the amount of people in the industry that don't know about Wikipedia and how to use it to their advantage. "There's been many people I've talked to that didn't even know they could upload a Wikipedia page," Lenac says. "There's been some managers that didn't even know what it was."
I don't know about the rest of you moggers, but I always use Wikipedia first as a source for info. If I can't find what I need there, then I head to Myspace. The artist's official site is usually a last resort because you never know if they update it at all (that means you Dr. Dre).
"Reuters":http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2148195720080322?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
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