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Listening to Markus at Plenty Of Fish spread his doom and gloom message about the paid dating market is depressing. Time to change the channel for a moment.
Spark Networks and Match are doing quite well. Go browse the financials, it’s all there. If  you ignore the overall flatlining subscriber growth in some sectors, more revenue [...]

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Unflattering numbers from Match.com this quarter. One percent membership growth! No wonder they are raising prices and looking to the UK and Asia for growth.
Acquistion costs are lower as a percentage of revenue, probably due to price increases, no reduction in CPA.
Revenue up 11% from $78.3 to $86.6 million.
Operating Income Before Amortization up 13% from [...]

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How can dating and social networking sites increase market share without breaking the bank? How about translating your site into another language?
Enlaso, a leading provider of online dating and social networking translation and localization solutions, will present a live Webinar March 1st, 2007, titled “Go Global and Localize the Online Dating Experience.�?
Enlaso has performed translation [...]

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Christopher Matthews, 54, the founder of the Club Sirius, which he set up from his home near Macclesfield, Cheshire, died when the aircraft he was piloting crashed in Wisconsin. His company OneSaturday, which included Club Sirius, Dateline and Elite dating agencies, made him millions when he sold it recently.Last year he was placed 232nd in [...]

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Interesting article in the LA Times (reg. required) talking about Matchmaking in Pakistan. One new television program, in which men and women go on the air and describe their soul mates, then receive e-mail proposals from viewers, has swiftly gone from must-shun to must-see TV.
The show is about to extend its reach — [...]

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From the Match.com Newscenter. Match.com announced the launch of 25 international local-language dating sites, with plans to launch additional sites before the end of the year. Supporting local languages and currencies, the new sites are built on the Soulmates Technology platform, acquired by Match.com earlier this year.

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uDate announces New Personals Channel for Spanish-Speakers In the US and Latin America on YupiMSN.

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