Just recently, MySpace changed the way they handle outbound links. So now, my MySpace page "effectively" doesn't link back to my website anymore. they've taken this action in response to spammers abusing MySpace popularity with Google to manipulate SERPS.

Looks to me like it was too little too late! Google appears to have penalized MySpace pages. My own MySpace page came number two (occaisionally No1!) for the keyphrase "internet idiocy". Today, Google doesn't even list it. I'm not talking page one, I'm talking list AT ALL. My MySpace page has been de-indexed before you ask, no I don't care - in fact I am pleased, the average MySpace page is the WORST kind of content on the net and certainly doesn't deserve high placement.

I don't wish MySpace any ill will, just that there is ZERO interesting content on it, and it appears Google have recognised this fact and taken some kind of "appropriate" action.

Of course, some (and I'm not saying I'm not one of them) people may take the stance that Google is penalizing a "competitor". Orkut anyone?