Microsoft Adds To Web Services Arsenal
News In a dramatic increase, 9.2 percent of the total Internet population paid for content -- mostly business, entertainment or personals and dating -- versus 5.3 percent a year earlier. In the United States during the first quarter, 12.4 million people...
[October 7, 2002, 8:06]
NYTimes.com Offers 'premium' Clips
News The publication charges various rates for access to The New York Times archives dating back to 1996, crossword puzzles and solutions, and its Topics in Depth, archived collections of up to nine articles on a single subject.
[April 24, 2002, 15:36]
Social Networks Start To Charge
News Tickle has turned a profit for the last seven quarters through fees associated with its quizzes and dating services, Currier said. Premium subscriptions to the Tickle social network, which boasts more than 1 million members, according to the...
[January 27, 2004, 13:35]
Looking For Love Online Drains Wallets
News OPA said the top three paid content categories -- personals and dating, business and investment, and entertainment and lifestyles -- accounted for 65 percent of spending in the first half of 2003, up from 61 percent in 2002.
[September 24, 2003, 16:30]
Yahoo Personals Aims At European Union
News In total, Yahoo has 2.9 million subscriptions, the company reported last quarter. Yahoo has earmarked its personals business as one testament to its ability to convert free users into paid subscribers.
[June 11, 2003, 8:11]
Experts Exchange And Paid Subscriptions
Blog Comment Topazg: The question is, of course, what was on the page you were typing on that made Google Adsense think that gay teen dating would be an appropriate ad? A couple of ideas we've been thinking around this include targeting Adnsense ads according...
[March 9, 2007, 8:43]
Experts Exchange And Paid Subscriptions
Blog Comment It was just amusingly coincidental timing that there was a gay teen dating advert at that time. Yes, fair enough, I am aware that I have little personal experience of the politics at that end and have heard very similar comments from a number of...
[March 8, 2007, 9:10]
