Comments on: Plentyoffish “Destroys” online dating business model

By: hi i,m geo1956

hi i,m geo1956 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:19:21 +0000

i was a member of this site (pof) i was kick off for no reason i wish to get back on this site (pof)is a good dating site but (pof) will not let me please email me why i was kick off (pof) or put me back on

By: Will O

Will O — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:48:44 +0000

Considering how comfortable the owner seems to be with self-congratulating, I wonder how come they don’t release their revenue. (he releases everything else)

I think we would all love to know if you can run a profitable dating site on nothing more than adsense.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:08:36 +0000

Free dating sites just attract spammers and scammers as members. Plentyoffish’s dating business model feels like a sell out?

Good luck to them.

By: Elj

Elj — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 04:55:47 +0000

What is Markus Frind’s turnover? This is never mentioned.

How much sleep does Markus Frind get? He mustn’t if he is a one man show.

Is this just an effort to garner mass publicity and then sell out? Sounds like it.

The internet dating industry doesnt need to worry.

By: Markus

Markus — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 03:32:34 +0000

Any user deemed to be a spam risk, or doesn’t have a legitimate profile is automatically deleted on signup. Most likely that explains why cupidsreviews couldn’t stay on.

Amigos.com is absolutely huge in spanish speaking countries that is why they rank so high.

By: Dave Evans

Dave Evans — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:09:46 +0000

Witholding judgement on quality and caliber of the site on that list.
The stats are suspect. Amigos is FriendFinder, why showing up as two sites? Meetup is not a dating site either. Not sure how the ranking system relates to the final rank, # incoming sites, week-to-week rank changes, etc.

Bigger question, how woud you rank a dating site? What are the attributes you would use to develop a ranking system?

By: Alex Smirnoff

Alex Smirnoff — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:26:27 +0000

Today I have researched for sites to review in this month and found that according to Alexa stats PlentyOfFish is in the Top10 dating sites list.
Here is a link where PlentyOfFish is on #9 place.
http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=29485

I think that it’s more true facts than usual PR article. They did a great job and I wish them the best in the future. But I suppose they have to improve their services to increase their revenues.

By: Edward Orysiek

Edward Orysiek — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:44:11 +0000

My site was free for two years. I found that my site attracted as many spammers and scammers as members. I had a real issue with competing sites emailing my members to drive traffic their way. Changing to a pay model served as a speed bump and virtually eliminated the spammers. I’d seriously consider changing back to an advertiser supported site if it were not for spamming.