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Category: All Internet Dating Statistics
Matchmaking in China
The full article was originally published at CBN, but is no longer available.
Oodle Report
PRESS RELEASE — Mar 28 — A look at more than 1.4 million singles on Oodle.com showed that 60% of singles do not reveal whether they have or want children and 55% do not specify if they smoke. For fear that they will appear less desirable! However, data from a recent survey on Engage.com proves this theory wrong. In fact, 88% of those surveyed said they were open to the idea of dating people with children and 63% would consider dating smokers. Mom was right…"honesty is the best policy." Oodle also found Chicago, Boston, and Miami are the best bets for Catholic singles while Miami, New York and L.A. are best for finding Jewish mates. If you don't drink or smoke, the best place to find a mate is Salt Lake City. More than half the over 40 online dating population has been married before.
Mark Brooks: Oodle aggregates profiles from the likes of Engage.com, PlentyofFish and others. Sites can pay to have their profiles featured in order to get more click throughs. Lycos tried something similar a couple of years back but the program failed because it required sites to send a flat file, and pay on a cost per reg basis…and Lycos just didn't send enough leads to be that worthwhile in the end.
Oodle Report
PRESS RELEASE — Mar 28 — A look at more than 1.4 million singles on Oodle.com showed that 60% of singles do not reveal whether they have or want children and 55% do not specify if they smoke. For fear that they will appear less desirable! However, data from a recent survey on Engage.com proves this theory wrong. In fact, 88% of those surveyed said they were open to the idea of dating people with children and 63% would consider dating smokers. Mom was right…"honesty is the best policy." Oodle also found Chicago, Boston, and Miami are the best bets for Catholic singles while Miami, New York and L.A. are best for finding Jewish mates. If you don't drink or smoke, the best place to find a mate is Salt Lake City. More than half the over 40 online dating population has been married before.
Mark Brooks: Oodle aggregates profiles from the likes of Engage.com, PlentyofFish and others. Sites can pay to have their profiles featured in order to get more click throughs. Lycos tried something similar a couple of years back but the program failed because it required sites to send a flat file, and pay on a cost per reg basis…and Lycos just didn't send enough leads to be that worthwhile in the end.
Gay Dating Site Rankings
MEDIA LIFE — Mar 27 — U.S. sites include Gay.com, Gaydar and Manhunt. Gay.com has British, French, Italian and Latin American operations, while ManHunt recently rolled out across Europe. Gaydar began in London and is now worldwide. Gay sites continue to see strong growth in their U.S. audiences, 18% YOY for February 2007 (Hitwise). The real opportunities are overseas. Domestically, visitors to gay sites spend nearly twice as much time per visit, 21 minutes, versus 11 minutes spent on all web sites (Hitwise). Traffic to gay sites is 82% male. The largest age group is 35-44s, 29% of visits, slightly older than the general internet population. Out In America claims 7 million uniques a month. Gay.com, part of PlanetOut, claims 5 million uniques. 9% of visitors to the gay and lesbian category were at MySpace before they went to a gay and lesbian site, according to Hitwise.
Gay site traffic – Share of Visits – w/e 3/17/07
1. Adam4Adam – 17.90%
2. ManHunt.net – 16.78%
3. Gay.com – 16.43%
4. Gay.com Personals – 9.51%
5. Out Personals – 8.60%
6. Downelink.com – 5.75%
7. Guys4men – 2.81%
8. World Gay Men – 1.56%
9. Dlist.com – 1.35%
10. BoysGo.com – 1.30%
The full article was originally published at Media Life, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: Patrick Perrine, CEO of MyPartnerPerfect, is doing some interesting work in the field of gay matchmaking and gay personality profiling.
Gay Dating Site Rankings
MEDIA LIFE — Mar 27 — U.S. sites include Gay.com, Gaydar and Manhunt. Gay.com has British, French, Italian and Latin American operations, while ManHunt recently rolled out across Europe. Gaydar began in London and is now worldwide. Gay sites continue to see strong growth in their U.S. audiences, 18% YOY for February 2007 (Hitwise). The real opportunities are overseas. Domestically, visitors to gay sites spend nearly twice as much time per visit, 21 minutes, versus 11 minutes spent on all web sites (Hitwise). Traffic to gay sites is 82% male. The largest age group is 35-44s, 29% of visits, slightly older than the general internet population. Out In America claims 7 million uniques a month. Gay.com, part of PlanetOut, claims 5 million uniques. 9% of visitors to the gay and lesbian category were at MySpace before they went to a gay and lesbian site, according to Hitwise.
Gay site traffic – Share of Visits – w/e 3/17/07
1. Adam4Adam – 17.90%
2. ManHunt.net – 16.78%
3. Gay.com – 16.43%
4. Gay.com Personals – 9.51%
5. Out Personals – 8.60%
6. Downelink.com – 5.75%
7. Guys4men – 2.81%
8. World Gay Men – 1.56%
9. Dlist.com – 1.35%
10. BoysGo.com – 1.30%
The full article was originally published at Media Life, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: Patrick Perrine, CEO of MyPartnerPerfect, is doing some interesting work in the field of gay matchmaking and gay personality profiling.
Check Date’s Background Online
WASHINGTON POST — Mar 25 — Kimberly Hall was twice betrayed by men she met dating online. Both turned out to be married. So she started doing background checks on her dates using Intelius.com. Singles now draw on a growing arsenal of security and research tools – from services that verify identity and background to companies that provide temporary phone numbers as a barrier to stalkers. Few dating sites conduct their own background checks on members and only one seeks to verify marital status. 31% of American adults say they know someone who has used a dating Web site, and nearly 60% of Internet users said they think a lot of online daters lie about their marital status, (Pew Internet & American Life Project study, 2006). At True.com 2% of applicants are rejected because they are convicted felons. 3% flunk because they are married. Trufina verifies age, identity and address. Jangl offers free temporary phone numbers for eBay customers and dating singles. Tossable Digits offers a similar service. Intelius provides name, address, age, marital record and criminal background check.
The full article was originally published at Canton Rep, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: HonestyOnline.com also offers background checks, tailored to the needs of online dating sites. Jangl and Vumber.com provide two way anonymous calling services.
Check Date’s Background Online
WASHINGTON POST — Mar 25 — Kimberly Hall was twice betrayed by men she met dating online. Both turned out to be married. So she started doing background checks on her dates using Intelius.com. Singles now draw on a growing arsenal of security and research tools – from services that verify identity and background to companies that provide temporary phone numbers as a barrier to stalkers. Few dating sites conduct their own background checks on members and only one seeks to verify marital status. 31% of American adults say they know someone who has used a dating Web site, and nearly 60% of Internet users said they think a lot of online daters lie about their marital status, (Pew Internet & American Life Project study, 2006). At True.com 2% of applicants are rejected because they are convicted felons. 3% flunk because they are married. Trufina verifies age, identity and address. Jangl offers free temporary phone numbers for eBay customers and dating singles. Tossable Digits offers a similar service. Intelius provides name, address, age, marital record and criminal background check.
The full article was originally published at Canton Rep, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: HonestyOnline.com also offers background checks, tailored to the needs of online dating sites. Jangl and Vumber.com provide two way anonymous calling services.
Ratings Mashup
OPW — I just came across a handy little site; AttentionMeter.com is a mashup of Alexa, Compete and Quantcast ratings. Example.
Ratings Mashup
OPW — I just came across a handy little site; AttentionMeter.com is a mashup of Alexa, Compete and Quantcast ratings. Example.