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IAC in talks to buy Yahoo Personals

IAC in talks to buy Yahoo Personalsmatchmaker did me wrong back in the day. not interested in having them in control of my personal info any more than i am having M$ in control.:(.

Tags: Yahoo Personals, IAC/InterActive Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Yahoo says 'You're dumped!'

I have been chronicling Google’s changing blogging communications style (see “Google Finance targets free real-time data”) and noting a more “provocative” headlining strategy. Competitor Yahoo also seems keen on breaking through the “clutter” by vying for attention with attention grabbing headlines. Yahoo headlines an official press release with the phrase...

Tags: Culture, Yahoo, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Amateur Content, Self-Promotion, Social Networking, Social Media, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Personals

Blog posts 2007-01-12

Spending for online content rises in 2003

Spending for online content rises in 2003EmailWhat category is webmail or outsourced email? Is email:- personals/dating, or- business/investment spending, or- entertainment/lifestyle, or- other?It could fit into all of the categories.Yahoo Personals is useless unless you pay $20 for a month. A free Yahoo webmail account is required. ...

Tags: Cyberthreats, MSN Hotmail, e-mail, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Personals

Discussion threads 2004-05-10

Additional Resources

Yahoo Messenger 10.0.0.1102 (Windows)

Yahoo Messenger is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages. It also can alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger...

Tags: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows, Investment, Internet, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Yahoo! Messenger for Palm OS (Mobile)

Instant Messages, Email, File Transfers, and Voice Chat. Customizable Status Messages and Invisible Mode. Personalized Themes for your Messenger. Yahoo! Mail, Personals, and Calendar Alerts. Visitors to your web page can see when you're online. News, Weather, Stock Quotes, Sports Scores, and more.

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Palm OS, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Mobile Operating Systems, Instant Messaging, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Craigslist becomes political pinata

Craigslist becomes political pinataCraigs List Last time I checked The Washington Post and the Yellow Book in this area the ads there were nothing like what is posted in the Wash DC Erotic Services section of Craigs. A photo of a naked woman on her knees giving a blow...

Tags: Craigslist, Craigs List, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

IAC in talks to buy Yahoo Personals

IAC/InterActive Corp. chief Barry Diller said the company is in talks to buy Yahoo Personals to augment its Match.com business.  The comments were made on IAC's first quarter conference call Techmeme. Here's what Diller said: We are very interested. We'd love to have Yahoo! Personals and...

Tags: IAC/InterActive Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler

Could Google, Microsoft and Yahoo be the equivalent of Ford, GM and Chrysler more than 60 years ago? That thought provoking question was raised by Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay, who cooks up weekend missives designed to make you go hmmm. The argument is an interesting one. Lindsay...

Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Chrysler LLC, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., Jeffrey Lindsay, Internet, Portals, Venture Capital, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Top dating search terms in August 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. match.com 4.44% 2. plentyoffish 3.88% 3. singlesnet.com 3.05% 4. plenty of fish 2.71% 5. singlesnet 2.58% 6. plentyoffish.com 2.17% 7. adam4adam 1.67% 8. eharmony 1.16% 9. yahoo...

Tags: Hitwise, Personal, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Top dating search terms in July 2008

Rank Search Term Volume 1. match.com 4.98% 2. plentyoffish 3.05% 3. plenty of fish 2.83% 4. singlesnet.com 2.61% 5. singlesnet 2.54% 6. adam4adam 1.93% 7. plentyoffish.com 1.61% 8. eharmony 1.28% 9. match...

Tags: Hitwise, Personal, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Top dating searches

Rank Search Term Volume 1. match.com 4.20% 2. plentyoffish 3.49% 3. singlesnet.com 2.50% 4. singlesnet 2.06% 5. plenty of fish 1.89% 6. plentyoffish.com 1.74% 7. yahoo personals 1.63% 8. eharmony 1.46%...

Tags: Hitwise, Personal, NB

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Top dating searches

Rank Search Term Volume 1. match.com 4.00% 2. plentyoffish 3.34% 3. singlesnet.com 3.07% 4. plentyoffish.com 2.08% 5. singlesnet 1.82% 6. eharmony 1.73% 7. plenty of fish 1.64% 8. yahoo personals 1.63%...

Tags: Hitwise, Personal, NB

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Zimbra's fate hangs in the balance as Microsoft gets hostile with Yahoo!

Will Microsoft embrace or kill Zimbra? Zimbra is putting on a brave face as rival Microsoft turns up the heat on its bid to buy Yahoo but fear-doubt-and uncertainty is in the air. Officially, neither Microsoft nor Zimbra would discuss...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Open Source, Online Communications, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Top US dating sites

Rank Name Domain New Returning 1 Plentyoffish.com www.plentyoffish.com 6% 64% 2 eHarmony www.eharmony.com 12% 88% 3 Singlesnet www.singlesnet.com 13% 87% 4 Yahoo! Personals personals.yahoo.com 15% 85% 5 TRUE www.true.com 26% 74% Source: Hitwise ...

Tags: Hitwise, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-15

People spend 17 min 7 sec per visit to a dating site

The average visit time for the Dating category during the week ending Feb. 9, 2008, was 17 minutes and 7 seconds, up from 14 minutes and 5 seconds, for the same week during the previous year. For the week ending Feb. 9, 2008, the average time spent on Plentyoffish.com led...

Tags: Minute, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Big+Yahoo+shareholder%3A+There+are+few+alternatives+to+Microsoft+bid

Big+Yahoo+shareholder%3A+There+are+few+alternatives+to+Microsoft+bidGeez, are you even kidding???YHOO has *many* options! Bill Miller & Legg Mason have an obvious stake in seeing to it that there is just one option...so that they can profit! What kind of journalism is this? Try enumerating some of the many other options, instead of...

Tags: Portals, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Goog, Yahoo! Inc., mobile

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Global online dating market: Match.com, MSN, Yahoo!, Meetic

Worldwide, 97 mln people visited Web sites devoted to matchmaking in December 2007, according to ComScore. That number is a 10% drop from 2006 level. Globally Match.com is the leader in online dating space, followed by MSN Dating & Personals, followed by Yahoo! Personals and Meetic, which is a European...

Tags: MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Match.com, Gender And Diversity, Web Site Development, Leadership, Web Technology, Human Resources, Internet, Management, AM

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Escrow fraud. Ruining Craigslist?

Escrow fraud. Ruining Craigslist?This dude is a racistYeah, this author makes a point by saying one needs to be careful when using Craig's list. But to imply Nigerians and Russians business people are crooks is racist. Just because some of them commit crimes does not mean ALL of them do....

Tags: Litigation, personals section, Craigslist, scammer, Ruining, Escrow Services, fraud

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

As you'll read here, sometimes, it REALLY pays off to bitch like hell

Woo-hoo on that!! So how did we get here? Well, a couple of weeks ago, you caught me fuming. Seems as though my old Yahoo! Personals account- which I had abandoned (thanks, Cupid) long before the credit...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-15

Thing is, Yahoo!, you harvested and used my Visa number without my permission

Thing is, Yahoo!, you harvested and used my Visa number without my permissionHey Russell....I think I found how they so easily snagged your credit card info:http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/personals/billing/services-11.htmlWhen you become a paying subscriber, you also sign up for Yahoo! Wallet, a service that securely stores your credit card, billing, and shipping information...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, TV & Home Theater, Yahoo Wallet, Yahoo! Inc., Visa Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-05