by David Evans | Marketing
Comscore has released a list of top dating sites, with a focus on the European dating market. Meetic sure was smart to buy DatingDirect before they got too large. Bob Ivins, managing director for comScore Europe, says that usage of dating sites seems to peak in the...
by David Evans | Marketing
A long article in Adweek examines how advertisers and media buyers consider the value of pageviews and uniques when deciding on where to place the bulk of their ad dollars. The MySpace audience is spending less time per-page, racking up 4.5 pages per minute, as...
by David Evans | Marketing
I only caught the highlights of the Daytona 500 over the weekend, talk about exciting! The NY Times (reg req’d) says that Harlequin and Nascar are teaming up on a series of 16 paperback books that feature Nascar prominently. I didn’t know that romance...
by David Evans | Marketing
Reach has changed from a user-per-million figure to a simple percentage figures, much easier to comprehend IMHO. Traffic rank and page views include a breakdown of your ranking by country, and a listing of the top visitors by country. Via...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Marketing
Investors Business Daily has a great article chock-full of statistics about the health of the online dating industry. Last year, only 10% of Internet users visited at least one online dating site, down from 16% in 2005 and 21% in 2002, says the report by Jupiter...
by David Evans | Marketing
Looks like Mate1 is following True and Match by buying up cheap Myspace ad inventory. I’m waiting for some intrepid single to make an end run around dating sites by buying ad space on Myspace and putting up his photo with a link to his Myspace page or personal...