IAC’s Match.com Partners with Yahoo! to be the Exclusive Online Dating Service on Yahoo! DALLAS, May 24th, 2010 – Match.com, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), today announced an agreement by which Match.com will become the exclusive online dating...
Read more10 Quick Questions with Andrew Conru: 1. Back in 1994 when you started up WebPersonals.com, did you ever think that the industry would be this huge? I knew that the Internet was going to be revolutionary the first time I...
Read moreThe Hitwise top rankings are in for September, 2009. 1. PlentyofFish (free dating site) 2. Match.com 3. Singlesnet 4. Yahoo! Personals 5. DateHookup.com (free dating site) 6. eHarmony (up one spot even with all of that TV advertising) 7. Adam4Adam...
Read moreHitwise ~ 7/09 1. PlentyofFish.com (free dating) 2. Singlesnet.com 3. Match.com 4. Yahoo Personals 5. DateHookup.com (free dating) 6. Adam4Adam (gay personals) 7. eHarmony.com 8. TRUE 9. Blackpeoplemeet (owned by Match) 10. Manhunt.net (gay personals) 11. Seniorpeoplemeet.com (owned by Match)...
Read more“Peter” in this case is the Facebook user logged in to his account. The woman in the “Hot Singles” ad is his own wife. This isn’t an ad directly served by Facebook, but rather one from a third-party ad network...
Read moreIAC/Match.com is buying into the niche groups subscription dating business with the acquisition of People Media from private equity firm American Capital Ltd. and various investors for $80 million in cash. The deal will add 27 dating sites with a...
Read moreThe InterActiveCorp says that it is in talks to buy Yahoo’s online-dating business, Yahoo Personals, after posting a first-quarter loss due to a dip in online advertising. IAC CEO Barry Diller said Wednesday his company was in discussions around acquiring...
Read moreI saw a flash ad for eHarmony running on Myspace today which I thought was a bit strange since I am listed as a 37-year old married man on Myspace. Is eHarmony doing a little monkey see monkey do with...
Read moreI was just looking through some old files on my computer and came across some old online dating banners that I have collected over the years. Hope you enjoy how our industry has progress and digressed over the years. Do...
Read moreThe Dallas Morning News reported on March 10th, 2009 that True.com dating web site settles a class action lawsuit for $1.5M. The Irving, Texas based internet dating site will pay $1.5 million in refunds to their customers that were still...
Read moreThe InterActiveCorp (IAC) that owns and operates Match.com, signed a deal to sell off their European operations of Match.com which include Match.co.uk to the French-based company Meetic for a 5 million euro note (about $6.3 million) along with a 27%...
Read moreThe latest internet dating ranking have been published by Hitwise.com and this list is looking more accurate on the top everytime I see it but very loose on the bottom. What happened to Perfectmatch.com, AmericanSingles.com, JDate.com and I wonder if...
Read moreWe have been following this rumor now for about 6 months that Match.com was going to be launching a free dating service and we had one of their developers asking our members on Meeta.com how they found our site and...
Read moreI just came across this slick group video chat application called ooVoo.com. You can have webcam meetings with up to 6 people with high resolution video. I wonder if a dating service will integrate a feature or application like this...
Read moreFriendFinder Networks Inc, an owner of niche dating websites and publisher of the adult men’s magazine Penthouse, filed for a $460 million IPO. FriendFinder has plans to use the proceeds of its IPO primarily to pay off debt, according to...
Read moreIs love and romance tied to the economy? Many would think that a dating service membership may be considered a service that you buy into if you have discretionary income but Reuter’s reported recently in an article “Falling stock markets...
Read moreOn Nov 19, Reuters reported that the online dating service eHarmony agreed to create a new website for gays and lesbians as part of a settlement with a gay man in New Jersey, says the New Jersey Office of the...
Read moreMatch had announced back on February 27th that it acquired two dating services: eDodo.net in China and Netclub.fr in France as part of its international expansion. This added another 4 million people to their global database along with some additional...
Read moreThe September, 2008 Hitwise US rankings for Online Dating Sites have been compiled and released. 1. Singlesnet 2. PlentyofFish 3. Yahoo! Personals 4. Match.com 5. DateHookup.com 6. Adam4Adam.com 7. eHarmony.com Here are the top 3 sites ranked by Hitwise in...
Read moreI am addicted to stats and analytics and am always looking for any pulse or meter on the online dating industry so I can start making assumptions and guesses as to where each company is going and who the leaders...
Read moreAre you a dating domain poacher and are sitting on a few valuable dating related domains but don’t have the resources to build out or maintain an online dating site? I have scoured around looking for a few of the...
Read moreeHarmony announced a new partnership on the AOL Personals channel where it will share it’s online dating advice to readers of AOL Personals. AOL singles will also be able to register for eHarmony’s relationship service directly competing on a page...
Read moreI get asked at least once a week whether I think that social network applications like Myspace, Bebo, Facebook, Twittr, Stumbleupon and Yelp are replacing the traditional online dating services like Match.com and Yahoo Personals. I think that tons of...
Read moreWant to buy stock from a publicly traded internet dating company? Well, the international dating service Meetic.com (MEET:FP) is traded on the European stock exchange Euronext. The stock took a dive recently after the company reported second-quarter sales which missed...
Read moreHitwise US internet dating rankings have recently been updated and here is the top sites by traffic according to Hitwise which monitors internet traffic and collects data directly from ISP networks. Hitwise is a commercial product where you have to...
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