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October Comscore stats

Partial October visitor stats from Reuters press release on the Friendster/eHarmony deal: Yahoo Personals: 6.2 million unique visitors Match.com: 5.5 million eHarmony: 3.2 million Friendster: 945,000

Off to Hollywood…

Florida, that is, for SITRACON II. I’m looking forward to meeting those of you attending. I’ll be reachable by email or you can grab me in the hallway or by the pool. I’m covering the event for Corante, so if your company has news to share, come find...

Industry Assoc. website launched

The International Association of Dating Website has launched their website. Take a moment to register yourself or your company today and make your voice heard on important legislation affecting the online dating industry. Mission Statement Our mission is to provide a...

Extramarital reality TV

I keep hearing that 30% of the visitors to dating sites are married and it looks like Hollywood heard that too. The Ashley Madison Agency is the basis for a new reality TV program to be produced by two Hollywood heavy-hitters. The program focuses on The Ashley Madison...

eHarmony and Friendster together

Friendster and eHarmony announced an exclusive partnership to bring scientific matchmaking to Friendster’s rapidly growing community. As part of the agreement, the companies will jointly launch a co-branded matching service that will combine eHarmony’s...

Online Dating spending up 6.4%

U.S. consumers spent $853 million on online content in the first half of 2004, led by growth in entertainment content — a 14 percent increase in spending over the same period last year, according to the Paid Content U.S. Market Spending Report, conducted by...

Video phones as dating tools

Hundreds have submitted a mobile video profile to win a place at the world’s first video mobile dating event. The top 100 meet their match on 30 November at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Hundreds of hopefuls submitted their profiles, and...

SITRACon II is here

For those of you you haven’t registered, SITRACon II is this Wed-Fri in Hollywood, Florida. I’ll be blogging the event, with a full write-up next week. Send me an email if you are attending and want to meet by the pool to discuss your company or...

Match.com founder all thumbs

Entrepreneur Ong Peng Tsin is at it again. In 1993, he started Electric Classifieds, the creator of Match.com. The man responsible for one of the world’s most successful matchmaking agencies is into his third start-up, Encentuate. This time, he is placing his...