REUTERS — Feb 28 — Dier-en-Mens or Animal and Human, is a meeting place for animal lovers.
Mark Brooks: Now the Dutch are doing what DateMyPet, AnimalAttraction and Dogster started in the U.S.
Category: All UK & Europe
Dutch Pet Lovers
REUTERS — Feb 28 — Dier-en-Mens or Animal and Human, is a meeting place for animal lovers.
Mark Brooks: Now the Dutch are doing what DateMyPet, AnimalAttraction and Dogster started in the U.S.
Love Knows No Borders
MEDIA POST — Feb 19 — France has the highest proportion of Internet users visiting online personals sites. ComScore Networks recently reported that 22% of French Internet users, age 15+, visited online personals sites in December 2006, followed by the British with 20%, and the Americans with 13%. Interestingly, usage of dating sites seems to peak in the summer months in each country; July in the U.K. and U.S. and September in France.
Top Personals Sites in the U.K. (Visitors Age 15+ December 2006 Home and Work Locations)
Total Web Users in U.K. (Age 15+): 29,788,000
Personals Category Total: 5,836,000
DatingDirect – 1,427,000
LoopyLove – 960,000
GirlsDateForFree – 618,000
Match.com Sites - 510,000
Interrodate.co.uk – 452,000
Top Personals Sites in France (Visitors Age 15+ December 2006 Home and Work Locations)
Total Web Users in France (Age 15+): 24,409,000
Personals Category Total: 5,317,000
Meetic - 2,258,000
Easyrencontre - 724,000
CapFriends.fr – 369,000
2Become1-fr.com – 337,000
MSN Dating & Personals - 299,000
Top Personals Sites in the U.S. (Visitors Age 15+ December 2006 Home and Work Locations)
Total Web Users in the U.S. (Age 15+): 152,350,000
Personals Category Total: 20,555,000
Yahoo! Personals - 4,153,000
Match.com Sites** - 3,970,000
TRUE – 3,086,000
Spark Networks - 2,504,000
Singlesnet – 2,173,000
The full article was originally published at Center For Media Research, but is no longer available.
Love Knows No Borders
MEDIA POST — Feb 19 — France has the highest proportion of Internet users visiting online personals sites. ComScore Networks recently reported that 22% of French Internet users, age 15+, visited online personals sites in December 2006, followed by the British with 20%, and the Americans with 13%. Interestingly, usage of dating sites seems to peak in the summer months in each country; July in the U.K. and U.S. and September in France.
Top Personals Sites in the U.K. (Visitors Age 15+ December 2006 Home and Work Locations)
Total Web Users in U.K. (Age 15+): 29,788,000
Personals Category Total: 5,836,000
DatingDirect – 1,427,000
LoopyLove – 960,000
GirlsDateForFree – 618,000
Match.com Sites - 510,000
Interrodate.co.uk – 452,000
Top Personals Sites in France (Visitors Age 15+ December 2006 Home and Work Locations)
Total Web Users in France (Age 15+): 24,409,000
Personals Category Total: 5,317,000
Meetic - 2,258,000
Easyrencontre - 724,000
CapFriends.fr – 369,000
2Become1-fr.com – 337,000
MSN Dating & Personals - 299,000
Top Personals Sites in the U.S. (Visitors Age 15+ December 2006 Home and Work Locations)
Total Web Users in the U.S. (Age 15+): 152,350,000
Personals Category Total: 20,555,000
Yahoo! Personals - 4,153,000
Match.com Sites** - 3,970,000
TRUE – 3,086,000
Spark Networks - 2,504,000
Singlesnet – 2,173,000
The full article was originally published at Center For Media Research, but is no longer available.
Gaydar Founder Dies in Mystery Fall
THE INDEPENDENT — Feb 13 — One of Britain's leading gay businessmen, the co-founder of Gaydar, has been found dead, after apparently falling eight floors from his penthouse. Scotland Yard said the death of Gary Frisch, 38, on Saturday was "unexplained" and were investigating to see whether it was an accident or suicide. There is no immediate suggestion of suspicious circumstances. A South African by birth, Mr Frisch and his then personal partner, Henry Badenhorst, 37, founded Gaydar in 1999, two years after they moved to Britain. Gaydar is believed to be earning £1m+ a year and has more than four million subscribers.
The full article was originally published at The Independent, but is no longer available.
Gaydar Founder Dies in Mystery Fall
THE INDEPENDENT — Feb 13 — One of Britain's leading gay businessmen, the co-founder of Gaydar, has been found dead, after apparently falling eight floors from his penthouse. Scotland Yard said the death of Gary Frisch, 38, on Saturday was "unexplained" and were investigating to see whether it was an accident or suicide. There is no immediate suggestion of suspicious circumstances. A South African by birth, Mr Frisch and his then personal partner, Henry Badenhorst, 37, founded Gaydar in 1999, two years after they moved to Britain. Gaydar is believed to be earning £1m+ a year and has more than four million subscribers.
The full article was originally published at The Independent, but is no longer available.
Make a Date With Digital Cupid
TIMES ONLINE — Jan 29 — Nielsen/NetRatings reports 3.9m Brits a month visit dating sites. Speeddater.co.uk is £10/mo. Parship.co.uk recommends partners screened for your suitability for £35/mo. Impulsedating.com combines the real world and the online one. When you see someone you fancy in real life, hand them a card with a link to your dating profile on the site for £2.50/mo. Print out the cards (free) from the website. Postcodedates.co.uk lists singles events. FULL ARTICLE @ TIMES ONLINE
Make a Date With Digital Cupid
TIMES ONLINE — Jan 29 — Nielsen/NetRatings reports 3.9m Brits a month visit dating sites. Speeddater.co.uk is £10/mo. Parship.co.uk recommends partners screened for your suitability for £35/mo. Impulsedating.com combines the real world and the online one. When you see someone you fancy in real life, hand them a card with a link to your dating profile on the site for £2.50/mo. Print out the cards (free) from the website. Postcodedates.co.uk lists singles events. FULL ARTICLE @ TIMES ONLINE
European Internet Growth
NETIMPERATIVE — Nov 30 — Social networking websites are used by nearly a quarter of Europeans at least once a month, according to a new consumer survey (7,036 participants). The 2006 Mediascope research from the EIAA reveals that social networking is driving internet growth. 72% of Europeans spend the majority of their time online for personal reasons. 45% of internet users in Europe now go online every day of the week. The average European internet user spends 11 hours 20 minutes a week online compared to 10 hours 15 minutes a week in 2005 and is online 5.4 days a week on average. Social networking sites are visited at least once a month by 23% of online Europeans. 32% of 16-24 year old internet users visit social networking sites at least once a month. 31% of European online users download music at least once a month. 15% conduct telephone calls via the internet, up 50% from last year. Spain and Germany lead in the use of online forums with 36% and 31% respectively interacting with those sites at least once a month. Sweden is leading the European internet radio trend with 43% of online users tuning in at least once a month, followed closely by the Spanish and French markets. 25% of internet users in France engage with the blogosphere at least once a month. 85% of online consumers in the UK, France, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark use broadband.
Mark Brooks: Italy and Spain hold opportunity. Eastern Europe is still virgin territory.
PARSHIP’s Love Index Reveals the Side Effects of Falling in Love
SOURCE WIRE — Nov 17 — It's official; British men fall in love faster than woman and they are more likely to suffer adverse physical side effects as a result, a new study has found. Dizziness, rashes and stomach aches were just some of the symptoms experienced by over 5000 people across Europe studied by online dating specialist PARSHIP – part of their European Love index. PARSHIP (2 million active members) is Europe's serious relationship dating service.
– 30% of men say they fell in love on the first date
– 12% suffer from dizziness as a result
– 24% of men took time off work when they fell in love
– 30% of men say their thinking became impaired
Mark Brooks: This is one of my favorite press releases of the year. This sort of press release has a good chance of getting picked up as a fun side article.