Category: LoveHappens

Comscore’s Canadian Internet Dating Rankings

Posted on September 28, 2006

Comscore_3 OPW — Sep 28 — The Canadian internet dating rankings are now in. Both Lavalife and PlentyofFish edge out further against their competition. Canoe ReseauContact and Mate1 move one spot to #3 and #4 as Spark reduces it's traffic and relegates to the #5 spot.  NETCLUB.FR and Yahoo Personals move up one spot in a similar fashion. LoveHappens reduces it's traffic and relegates itself down from #6 to #9. Match grows a little stronger and moves up into 10th spot. 

DatingDirect Most Visited Dating Site in December

Posted on February 8, 2006

Datingdirect_2Feb 3 — DatingDirect.com was the most visited UK online dating service in Decmber 2005, according to new research. Research from both comScore Europe and Nielsen//NetRatings show DatingDirect ahead of its rivals during the lucrative festive period before Christmas and the new year. Figures from comScore's December 2005 research show DatingDirect.com with nearly 895,000 unique users per month, ahead of its rivals Loopylove.com (674,000 unique users), Yahoo! Personals (622,000) and Match.com (651,000).  In addition, December's Nielsen//NetRatings figures, reveal that the site attracted 16% of all traffic to personals sites, ahead of rivals Match.com, LoveHappens and Yahoo! Personals. Top personal sites according to unique audience in December 2005, according to Nielsen//Netratings. 

Tickle Inc. Officially Launches New Site for Matchmakers

Posted on January 5, 2006

Lovehappens_1PR NEWSWIRE — Jan 4 — LoveHappens.com has discovered the real secret to finding love online:  matchmakers. Since its beta launch in June 2005, the site has attracted over 120,000 matchmakers who are making over 10,000 introductions among millions of singles every day. LoveHappens is built primarily for people who want to set other people up. Matchmakers sign up for a free helper profile, invite their friends, write stories about them, introduce them to people, and watch love happen. Make-a-Match is the central tool for Helpers who match up singles side-by-side and introduce them online.

The full article was originally published at PR Newswire, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: Friendster has a 'just here to help' status for non-singles which works in similar fashion.  LoveHappens is expanding on that idea.