TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Aug 17 – A research led by Michael J Rosenfeld, the associate
professor of sociology at Stanford University, has found that 82.2% of
people with access to the web at home had a spouse or partner, compared
to 62.8% of those without an internet connection. The increasing
popularity of online dating meant that the internet would soon overtake
introductions from friends as the most common way for people to meet
prospective partners. FULL ARTICLE @ TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
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More Locals Hunt For Romance Online
WSJ – Aug 5 - Residents of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland surged onto online personals websites over the past year, according to comScore. Visits to online dating sites from the Bay Area soared 22% to 544,000 in May 2010 from 447,000 a year earlier. In contrast, visits nationally to online dating sites increased at a lesser rate 15% in the same period. Part of the increase was likely driven by the emergence of new free dating sites such as Plentyoffish.com and Zoosk, says comScore senior director of industry analysis Andrew Lipsman. Online dating sites such as Match.com, eHarmony and Perfectmatch.com say they didn't notice any major shifts in online dating trends in the region. The sites say, the average profile of their members is typically older than the rest of their membership. According to Perfectmatch.com, 79% of its Bay Area members are more than 30 years old, compared with an average of 68.5% nationally. eHarmony also found its Bay Area daters tended to be slightly older, and Match.com said the average age of its San Francisco members is 38. FULL ARTICLE @ WSJ
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Online Dating Offers Meeting Convenience
UK NETGUIDE – June 28 – A study conducted by the Scientific Research
Centre shows that, in the UK, women tend to use online dating sites
more frequently than men. Their reasons for turning to the internet are
to do more with expediency than anything else and back a trend seen in
other western nations. In countries where online dating is popular,
such as Australia, Canada and the US, figures indicate more men than
women look online for love. Englishmen have an international public
perception of being charming, well-spoken romantics. This appears to
have spread to online dating sites as well where many are thought to
not only be witty, but gifted talkers. However, this view seems to be
only exclusive to women from outside the UK as females in the country
have an entirely different opinion, according to the Scientific
Research Centre. FULL ARTICLE @ UK NETGUIDE
How People Monitor Their Internet Identity And Search For Others Online
PEW RESEARCH – May 26 - Reputation management has now become a defining
feature of online life for many internet users, especially the young.
While some internet users are careful to project themselves online,
other internet users embrace an open approach to sharing information
about themselves and do not take steps to restrict what they share. 57%
of adult internet users now use search engines to find information
about themselves online, up from 47% in 2006. 46% of online adults have
created a profile on a social network, up from 20% in 2006. 46% of
internet users search online to find information about people from
their past, up from 36% in 2006. Likewise, 38% have sought information
about their friends, up from 26% in 2006. FULL ARTICLE @ PEW RESEARCH
Android Sales Surge Past iPhone
PC PRO – May 18 – According to research from firm NPD, US sales of Android devices passed
those of the iPhone in the first quarter of this year. Android-powered
smartphones accounted for 28% of US consumer sales in Q1 compared with
21% for the iPhone. Smartphone sales at AT&T comprised 32% of the
smartphone market, followed by Verizon Wireless (30%), T-Mobile (17%)
and Sprint (15%). FULL ARTICLE @ PC PRO
Mark Brooks: The real story here is the continued dominance of RIM.
There will be a real battle between the top three vendors over the next
12 months, and this makes it challenging for dating sites to identify a
way through the rapidly changing mobile landscape. Courtland Brooks
has recently produced a white paper that outlines the strategic issues
for dating sites when considering mobile dating options. It goes live
on Thursday 17th June, but we’re looking for early feedback on the
whitepaper. So please email me at mark@courtlandbrooks.com if you’d like an early peak at it.
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Hitwise iDating Rankings Update
OPW – May 13 – The Experian Hitwise rankings are in for April 2010. PlentyofFish.com, Singlesnet, Match.com maintained their #1, #2, #3 spot respectively. Zoosk moved ahead of Yahoo! Personals and is now at #4. Adam4Adam, SeniorPeopleMeet and DateHookup are at #6, #7 and #8. Mate1 moved up from #15 to #9, bumping down eHarmony to #12. One In Four Adults Have Used Internet To Find A Mate
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – Apr 17 – A Nielsen poll found one in four adults have used the internet to find a partner and another 38% are considering using online dating. Of those who had used online dating, 33.6% reported a short-term relationship, 16.2% said they had a long-term relationship, 8.9% said they had married or were in a defacto relationship, and 2.7% had children. RSVP.com.au (owned by Fairfax Media, the publisher of the Herald) commissioned Nielsen to conduct the first comprehensive survey of online dating habits. The most popular dating sites among those polled were RSVP (54%), Adult Match Maker (21%), eHarmony (20%) and Oasis Active (19%). FULL ARTICLE @ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
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Single Swedes Finding Love On The Internet
THE LOCAL – Apr 16 – Every Swede between the ages of 16- and 30-years-old uses the internet on a daily basis, a new report shows. According to figures from the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS), 99% of young Swedes make a habit of getting online every day, up from 89% a year ago. And Sweden’s over-30 crowd is by no means averse to surfing the web, 78% of the entire population report getting online at least once a day.
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Hitwise iDating Rankings Update
OPW – Apr 6 – The Experian Hitwise rankings are in for March 2010. PlentyofFish.com, Singlesnet, Match.com, Yahoo! Personals, Zoosk and Adam4Adam maintained their #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6 spot respectively. SeniorPeopleMeet moved ahead of free dating site DateHookup. eHarmony and Chemistry did not leave their spots # 9 and #10 respectively.