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The Web Statistics Game Just Got Interesting

by | Marketing

TNS acquired web analytics firm Compete for $75 Million – $150 Million. Tracking service Compete has been acquired by TNS (Taylor Nelson Sofres plc) out of London. Initial acquisition price is $75 million with an additional $75 million paid out over 2008-2010...

Compete’s Attention 200 for June 2007

by | Marketing

Last weekend I stopped by the Boston Coworking party. A room full of Boston’s best web developers, an excellent DJ and free beer. A great way to start my vacation week. As I have come to expect, I ran into Jay at Compete.com, and I grilled him about what they...

Daters Not Loyal to Dating Sites

by | Dating Research, Marketing

Compete has the latest on traffic to mainstream dating sites. True, previously ranked 9th in terms of member logins, moved into the top five sites. Like many dating services, True sends email as a way to encourage paid subscriptions, and in February nearly 60% of...

Trends in Online Dating Sites

by | Marketing

Dating site rankings remain relatively unchanged from last month at Compete.com. – IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI) owned Match.com moved up one spot in rank. While it’s not shown in this chart, total traffic to the site grew more than 50% from November to December,...

Why I like Compete

by | Marketing

Andy over at the Compete blog sent me a link to the top 20 sites in terms of time spent. When do other stats companies do this? Nice touch. Their offices are right down the street, I think an interview is in order.