金融危机促社交网站收利Financial crisis ate your job? Try MySpace_财经新闻

金融危机促社交网站收利Financial crisis ate your job? Try MySpace

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受全球金融危机影响，各国股市低迷，经济不景气。在这样的环境下，以MySpace为代表的社交类网站却临危不惧，业绩不断上升。MySpace求职站点的单独用户访问量在2008年11月达到历史最高水平，人均在线时间也从1分钟延长至7分钟。导致这一现象的原因可能是人们在裁员和失业的打击下更容易产生“同病相怜”的心理，而且求职的过程需要更多的人脉和更广的社交圈子来支持。

The world financial crisis has produced more than its share of losers. MySpace and other online social networks want to capitalize on them.

MySpace, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's international media conglomerate¹ News Corp, told Reuters that its jobs site has seen a big rise in traffic during the past year -- particularly after the onset² of the financial meltdown.

In the past year, traffic has risen threefold, said Angela Courtin, senior vice³ president of marketing⁴, entertainment and content at MySpace.

The number of unique users visiting the jobs site rose to more than 160,000 in November 2008 from about 83,500 in the same period a year ago, according to numbers that MySpace provided to Reuters on Thursday. The site has not seen spikes⁵ like that before, Courtin said.

The average number of minutes per user rose to seven in November from one in the same period last year.

The appeal appears to center on the old saying that misery⁶ loves company. Seeking job opportunities is something that often depends on relationships as well as scouring⁷ job boards -- and sites like MySpace and LinkedIn provide both.

MySpace is not the only one. LinkedIn late last year saw membership jump to 31 million from 18 million at the beginning of 2008 as people used the business networking site to seek connections for jobs that are increasingly harder to come by.

The privately⁸ held LinkedIn said it got 25 percent more registrations⁹ last fall than it had forecast.

Vocabulary:

misery loves company: 同病相怜

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1 conglomerate
n.综合商社，多元化集团公司
参考例句：
The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。 An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。

2 onset
n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始
参考例句：
The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。 Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

3 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 marketing
n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西
参考例句：
They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。 He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 spikes
n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划
参考例句：
a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁 There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 misery
n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦
参考例句：
Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。 He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

7 scouring
擦[洗]净，冲刷，洗涤
参考例句：
The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。 This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。

8 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

9 registrations
n.登记( registration的名词复数 )；登记项目；登记（或注册、挂号）人数；（管风琴）音栓配合（法）
参考例句：
In addition to the check-in procedures, the room clerks are customarily responsible for recording advance registrations. 除了办理住宿手续外，客房登记员按惯例还负责预约登记。来自辞典例句 Be the Elekta expert for products registrations in China. 成为在中国注册产品的医科达公司专家。来自互联网

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