THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR - Feb 13 - Weirdos, misfits, perverts and losers. That's who was out there in the early years of Internet dating, or so it was commonly believed. But in the 15 years since Match.com came out with the first major dating site, the stigma has slowly disappeared. It's a $3-billion US industry, says Mark Brooks of Courtland Brooks, a U.S. consulting firm for Internet dating and social networking companies. In August 2009 alone, there were 113M hits on Internet dating sites worldwide. Meetic.com, Europe's largest online dating company, saw its revenues increase by 23% last year and membership grow to ~1M. Plentyoffish.com claims its members will go on more than 18M dates this year. Lavalife welcomes 15,000 new members every week. FULL ARTICLE @ THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR
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The internet dating industry is around $3 billion WORLDWIDE. $1.2 billion in the USA.
Posted by: Mark Brooks | Feb 17, 2010 at 10:35 AM
The internet dating industry should give more attention to the unexploited South American market.
Regards,
Fernando Ardenghi.
Buenos Aires.
Argentina.
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