2008-07-28 22:27:36 -
Plentyoffish.com is now the leading dating site in both North America (U.S.A. + Canada) and the United Kingdom. Vancouver, Canada - The latest comScore Media Metrix numbers now rank the free dating site Plentyoffish.com as the leading dating site in both North America (U.S.A. + Canada) and the United Kingdom.
Top 10 North American Dating Sites by Total Visits (000's)
PlentyofFish 36,825
Singlesnet 29,896
eHarmony 19,269
Match.com 18,329
Yahoo!Personals 16,365
People Media Sites 12,340
TRUE.com 10,716
SparkNetworks 9,124
Mate1.com 4,847
Humor Rainbow, Inc 3,714
comScore Media Metrix. June, 2008,
age 2+ universe
Top 10 U.K. Dating Sites by Total Visits (000's)
PlentyofFish 8,052
Meetic 4,024
Match.com 2,724
Gaydar.co.uk 2,617
GirlsDateForFree 1,392
WhiteLabelDating.com 1,120
EasyDate 1,110
Smooch.com 1,102
QuickFlirt 1,054
LoopyLove 853
comScore Media Metrix. June, 2008, age 15+ universe
On Monday 14th July, the CEO and Founder Markus Frind opened up his 26th floor office in downtown Vancouver. Plentyoffish.com has hired its first six employees, the first six of a planned thirty person team that is being assembled to help roll out new advertising programs.
Users don't pay for memberships but Plentyoffish.com makes over $10 million a year from advertising from Google Adsense and numerous CPA programs. The site is run on Microsoft ASP.net and is highly optimized to provide behaviorally based matchmaking to its users. 'We introduce singles to other singles based on their actual search behavior on the site,' stated CEO/Founder Markus Frind. 'Singles generally don't really know what they want but their behaviors are a key indicator of their true underlying desires.'
Analyst and dating industry consultant Mark Brooks commented, 'Plentyoffish.com has grown to this #1 spot because quite simply, it works.'
About Plentyoffish
Plentyoffish.com was created and founded by Markus Frind in 2003 and has changed the face of the online dating industry by showing singles they don't have to pay to find love. Driven almost entirely by word of mouth referrals, Plentyoffish has grown to be the #1 dating site in the world, overall. #1 in North America, and #1 in the UK when ranked by activity. (Rankings listed at OnlinePersonalsWatch.com). Every day, more than 800,000 singles login to Plentyoffish.com as their online dating destination of choice.
Media Relations
Please call Mark Brooks at 212-444-1636 or email
mark@courtlandbrooks.com for more information and to arrange interviews with Markus Frind, or for a referral to a comScore analyst.
