IAC Q2 Results
Personals results were driven largely by a 13% increase in paid subscribers (997 million to 1.1 Million) and higher average revenue per paid subscriber. Personals profit growth was the result of higher revenue and lower operating expenses, including depreciation,...Match Live chat August 25th
I cannot wait to see who show’s up in the Match live chat, scheduled for August 25th at 8PM EST. Dawn Yanek, who wrote the Match.com Guide “How to Find the Right Person in 90 Days”, (subtitled “How to Find the Right Person before you reach the...Spark Networks 2Q ’05 Investor call August 30th
Spark Networks plc will host an investor conference call to discuss its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005. The call is scheduled to take place after the close of trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific...Building a best-of-breed dating site, Part III
A recent commenter said that all the world needs is a single dating site. On this blog, you should back that assertion up. Why only one service? “People that complain about Match obviously don’t understand how to use it properly” is an uninformed...New Yahoo Search Features
Oh the intoxicating scent of feature-driven value-added services. Yahoo is offering three new search features. Sort by who’s new See more faces Hide profiles The enhanced Photo gallery view is great. Being able to roll over a photo to see their opening line is...Lycos finally announces new CEO
From Clickz- Lycos this week officially named Alfred Tolle as its new CEO, though he quietly took the reins in late February or early March. The portal-turned-social-networking site has foundered lately, casting inconsistent messages about its direction. It announced...Shocking relevation, Match and Yahoo are most popular
ZDNet research department quoting a traffic report from Comscore that quotes a Jupiter analyst: Top online dating sites: Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, Spark by ZDNet’s ZDNet Research — The US online dating industry is expected to grow by 9% YTY with...Specialized startups innovate niche dating
A scan of recent business press would indicate that MSM (mainstream media) is interested in hearing not about why revenue is down but more importantly, what a few small startups are doing to change the face of online dating. During a recent interview with Red Herring,...Social Networking is Not a Fad
Someone recently said that social networking is a fad. This is a phrase I hear often, usually from people who don’t understand what social networking is, and the possibilities it presents. Socializing via the internet or otherwise, is an incredibly powerful...
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