by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research
Holy cow. Plentyoffish AdSense check for $901,000. Subtract $5,400 for hosting/month and Instant Messenger at $8,000/month and you have a nice little internet company going for one guy. I love his blog title, The Paradigm Shift subtitled Adapt or die. Favorite entry,...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Marketing
Mark Brooks has another interview with Jupiter Research’s Nate Elliot. My quick take: Online Dating market in EU doubling between now and 2009? Maybe 40% tops. Good points about different EU sites maturing at different rates. Match and Meetic are the big players...
by David Evans | Dating Research
I just came across The Pew Internet Online Dating Study, which was published in March of this year. This slipped right by me so I will be reading it over the weekend and talking with Mary Madden, who wrote the study, early next week. Technorati Tags: online+dating,...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Marketing
ComScore World Metrix says nearly one in seven Internet users worldwide had visited MSN Spaces in April of 2006. Unique visitors to MSN Spaces has more than doubled in the past 12 months, from 41.65 million to 101 million. Amazing growth, just goes to show how much...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Research, Marketing
$81 million seems like a small number for such an enormous population until you look at the demographics of the country. 60% annual growth rates expected. Baihe.com, which claims to be China’s largest online dating site, received US$11 million in venture capital...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
Ad Age on talks about singles flocking to Myspace from Match.com. The novelty has worn off and dating sites have not stepped up to the plate with new features to keep up with consumers. BindMindFind and $200 couple’s therapy do not a healthy industry make....