AMERICAN CHRONICLE — Aug 2 — Adult FriendFinder, one of the largest adult websites with over 22.3 million members, has just one million fewer members than the population of Texas. Every day, Adult FriendFinder gets more visitors than Match and eHarmony combined. The five states with the largest number of subscribers (California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois) all have at least 3.3% of their population active with the website. Adult content remains hot with 4% of all web traffic, 2% of all surfing time, and 20% of all cellphone searches looking for it. 22% ($2.8 billion) of the $13 billion spent on adult entertainment comes from the Internet alone. FULL ARTICLE @ AMERICAN CHRONICLE
Month: August 2007
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
SF CHRONICLE — Aug 2 — The dating scene in San Francisco is as complex and romantic as the atmosphere. City dwellers don’t rely on the typical bar scene. San Franciscans instead sip cocktails beside the turtle tank at the California Academy of Sciences, speed date (complete with dating game show) at Crush Lab, and entertain daytime dates at Farmer’s Market Saturdays. Trendy upscale bars and restaurants, of course, abound and localized social networking sites, not mainstream dating ones, reign supreme. FULL ARTICLE @ SF GATE.COM
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned
SEATTLE PI — Aug 2 — There are sites out there, like lookstoogoodtobetrue.com and internet-love-scams.org, that offer tips on how to avoid being scammed by false dating profilers looking to steal your money. Another site, dontdatehimgirl.com, warns against those who may be looking to steal your heart. Anonymous users post the names (and sometimes aliases) of men (predominantly) and women who have lied, cheated, and everything in-between. FULL ARTICLE @ SEATTLE PI
Widgets Drive Traffic To SNS And Dating Sites
BIZ REPORT — July 30 — According to a recent report from Quantcast, widgets are actually driving traffic to some social networking sites. Among those who benefited from the small applications: HOTorNOT‘s number of unique daily visitors doubled, RockYou‘s visitor count grew 228%, and Slide‘s site traffic increased 265%. Widgets also simplify things for marketers by giving them a clearer picture of how, when, and why their content is being used. FULL ARTICLE @ BIZ REPORT
Mark Brooks: What major dating site will be next to build a dating app for Facebook? Let me know by emailing me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com if you’re working on one.
This post also appears on SocialNetworkingWatch.
Dating Options In Tucson
ARIZONA DAILY STAR — Aug 02 — In a sprawling, college town like Tucson, it can be hard for more mature singles to find true love. Luckily, services like online dating, speed dating, and It's Just Lunch exist. One of the more unique options, Tucson Fun & Adventures, isn't even a dating service. Founded in 1997, the group is definitely more of an activities club, but singles looking for a little rock climbing or wine tasting adventure might find something more. FULL ARTICLE @ AZ NIGHT BUZZ
Online Dating Options For Jewish Singles
PR-GB.COM — Aug 2 — 47% of all marriages involving Jewish persons are interfaith marriages. For Jewish singles looking for like-minded Jewish souls, the task becomes even greater after one reaches the ripe age of 25. Jewish Matchmaking and Dating was created to help those rejected by Jewish matchmaking services. In addition to providing an avenue for Jewish singles to meet, the website also supplies the knowledge necessary for successful dating.
The full article was originally published at PR-GB, but is no longer available.
The Many Faces Of Online Dating
TECHNEWSWORLD — August 2 — The U.S. online dating market will reach $932 million in 2011, according to JupiterResearch. More than 20 million Internet users visited such a site last December, reported comScore, with the top destinations being Yahoo! Personals, Match.com, True.com, Spark Networks and Singlesnet.com. But, mainstream dating site memberships are stagnating or, in some cases, shrinking. The proportion of paying customers (5%) has stayed the same over the last five years, according to Jupiter. Furthermore, only 10% of Internet users visited an online dating site in 2006 — a decrease from 16% in 2005 and 21% in 2002. Specialized dating sites, as a result, are increasing in numbers. It is speculated, though, they they too must keep evolving to prevent stagnation. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH NEWS WORLD
Match Earnings Show Major Decline In U.S. Subscribers
THE PARADIGM SHIFT — Aug 2 — Match released earnings a few days ago which stated that revenue growth was driven by a 1% increase in worldwide subscribers. They then went on to say that there was a 13% growth in international subscribers, most notably in the U.K. Does this mean U.S. subscribers declined at least 12%? FULL ARTICLE @ THE PARADIGM SHIFT
How Important is Physical Attraction?
SAΪD AMIN — July 31 — On dating sites, many men base their decision to email a person solely on a picture. eHarmony's system de-emphasizes looks by preventing members from manually searching for photos. Instead, matches are delivered based on other criteria, like lifestyle, morals, and outlooks. eHarmony, with its deep Christian roots, has very strong brand loyalty within the Christian community. Could it be then that physical attraction is not as important for devout Christians?
The full article was originally published at Said Amin blog, but is no longer available.
TickMe Eliminating Fear Of Rejection
PRESS RELEASE — Aug 1 — TickMe has implemented an anonymous tick rating system. Members now can show levels of "affection" on a scale of 1-3 without any risk of embarrassment or rejection because the other member only sees the tick if they have a mutual one. The new feature, one of several recently released on the site, was based on users' feedback.
The full article was originally published at eMedia Wire, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: A spin on HotorNot's double matching. On HotorNot, if one person says they are interested in another and that other person also indicates interest, a double match occurs and is indicated to both parties. HotorNot currently has one of the top apps on Facebook btw. Will more dating sites follow suit and offer up Facebook apps?