AOL Introduces Video Social Networking Site
AOL Preparing 'Something' In Social Networking
Mark Brooks: I wonder if they'll see the wood for the trees. The top social networks have been started by small teams of young programmer-entrepreneurs, so far.
Love@AOL Survey; 76% of Singles who use Online Dating Sites Find Romance
BUSINESS WIRE -- Feb 9 -- The second annual LOVE@AOL Dating Trends (in conjunction with Opinion Research Corporation, survey of 4,000+) survey finds that 76% of singles nationwide who use Internet dating sites have met someone special, with 58% of those respondents saying they have turned an online connection into a relationship that has lasted for several months to more than a year. 54% of women said they would date someone who makes less money than they Do. 49% said the man usually pays for the first date. 68% of men agreed they usually pick up the tab! While 82% of women say it is okay for a woman to call a man after the first date, 49% say they never make the call. Luckily for them, 77% of men call within two days after the first date. RELEASE @ YAHOO
Finding Love Online
BERKSHIRE EAGLE -- Feb 14 -- The stigma attached to online dating has waned, many say, although it is still approached with caution. Some say interest in it has diminished as well, as more singles return to the old-fashioned face-to-face dating scene. Still, within 30 miles of Pittsfield, Match.com, a high-profile dating service, has 34 screen pages of men seeking women and 34 pages of women seeking men. FULL ARTICLE @ BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Mark Brooks: People are starting to be surprised when their friends 'aren't' using online personals.
3rd Internet Dating Conference to be Held Jan 19-20 in Miami
NEW YORK -- Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces the third Internet Dating Conference, to be held on January 19-20, 2005 in Miami at the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort. Internet personals, which includes both online dating and social networking, continues to be one of the fastest growing online businesses. The 3rd Conference and expo will focus on management, technology and marketing for the industry. Speakers at this event include executives from: Love.com, America Online, Cupid.com, Friendfinder, MingleMatch, True.com, Weblogs Inc, Userplane, Trilibis, Keynote, Market Data Enterprises, ComScore, Hitwise, Relationship Exchange, DatingRev, Spring Street Networks, One Real World, Online Personals Watch, Look Better Online, Did-It.com, SoHo Digital, Trufina and RevShare. YAHOO FINANCE
Mark Brooks: I'll be presenting on the most notable OnlinePersonalsWatch listed news in 2004. See you there.
Love.com Survey; Olympic Dream Dates
DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2004-- While Olympic medal hopes may be over for men's beach volleyball player Dain Blanton, American women have given him the gold according to a new survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for love.com. The men chose beach volleyball maven Misty May as the Olympian they would most like to date. YAHOO NEWS
Showtime Teams Up With Love.com
PRNEWSWIRE -- Showtime Networks is teaming up with love.com to promote the new season of the quirky and darkly comic SHOWTIME Original Series, DEAD LIKE ME(TM), which premieres on July 25th at 10PM (ET/PT)...The promotion features a "Love of Your Life" Sweepstakes in which the grand prize winner will receive a trip to the Aventura Spa Palace in Mexico, courtesy of Orbitz...During the course of the series, characters in the show will search for love through the love.com service...SHOWTIME will promote the series and the sweepstakes via on air spots and links to love.com on the SHOWTIME homepage, SHO.com, as well as the DEAD LIKE ME(TM) homepage. Love.com will provide banners on their site that will link to the Sweepstakes page which will include the Official Rules. YAHOO NEWS