Posts Tagged ‘ Dating ’

Love is in the air for over 50s

Tweet With it being Valentine’s Day today I thought it would be appropriate to have a quick look at the online dating scene in the UK. As you can see from the chart below, dating has taken a bit of a dip in the last three years since the peak of summer 2008, but in [...][ READ MORE ]

2010 Online: the year in review

Tweet I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again I have cherry picked the best blog posts from the year which have either [...][ READ MORE ]

Chatroulette: a posh webcam?

Tweet This morning I stumbled upon an article in Guardian profiling Chatroulette, a new webcam site that, as its name implies, connects users with random strangers for live video chats. According to the article, the site “is proving a sensation around the world” – and our data certainly points in that direction. Last week traffic [...][ READ MORE ]

Beautiful People experiences fifty-fold increase in traffic following “fatties” announcement

Tweet The dating and social networking website Beautifulpeople.com which describes itself as “an exclusively beautiful community”, stirred up a bit of controversy yesterday when it announced the axing some 5,000 members following complaints that they had gained weight. “As a business, we mourn the loss of any member, but the fact remains that our members [...][ READ MORE ]