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Plenty of Fish
http://www.plentyoffish.com/Last activity: 29.02.2012
Active - Reference to Chat, Date, Match
Since our humble beginnings as a scrappy dating startup, PlentyOfFish (POF.com) has been dedicated to helping people all over the world make meaningful connections. In fact, we’re responsible for creating more relationships than any other free dating site.
Established in Vancouver in 2003, PlentyOfFish has been hailed as a true pioneer in free dating, and because our industry is still evolving, our business is too. PlentyOfFish is the leader in conversations and has more conversations than any other dating app with 2.5 million every day and more than a billion in total.
Today, PlentyOfFish is one of the largest global dating websites with over 150 million users worldwide. POF is available in more than 20 countries 11 languages, and has apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows phone, and welcomes 65,000 new users every single day.
Established in Vancouver in 2003, PlentyOfFish has been hailed as a true pioneer in free dating, and because our industry is still evolving, our business is too. PlentyOfFish is the leader in conversations and has more conversations than any other dating app with 2.5 million every day and more than a billion in total.
Today, PlentyOfFish is one of the largest global dating websites with over 150 million users worldwide. POF is available in more than 20 countries 11 languages, and has apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows phone, and welcomes 65,000 new users every single day.
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Mentions in press and media 17
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| Jul 12, 2010 | Junebug online dating site hunts users to test their game-changing algorithms | Online dating sites ought to have nearer the success rate as a search engine, says John Myles White. “When you compare the people that big dating sites suggest to you with the pages that Google gives you in response to a search, the differe... |
| Apr 28, 2010 | Match.com Reveals the Dark Side of the Online Dating Business | Alas, the online dating industry isn't all flowers and moonlit walks. For companies that sell dating services, it's a competitive world where each major company has to one-up the other in their claims -- how many users get messages, how man... |
| Feb 10, 2010 | Weopia makes virtual dating more personal, less awkward | Online dating is firmly entrenched as a viable option for meeting potential partners, but it has plenty of drawbacks. Try as they might, profiles, match quotients, and algorithms can’t do nearly what even a few minutes of face-to-face conve... |
| Feb 10, 2010 | Weopia makes virtual dating more personal, less awkward | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Online dating is firmly entrenched as a viable option for meeting potential partners, but it has plenty of drawbacks. Try as they might... |
| Nov 1, 2009 | Two Companies That Said No To Social Media Scams | Feedback is rolling in on our Scamville post last night. Even more people are coming forward to talk about their experiences getting ripped off by Offerpal and SuperRewards, or how they were pitched by these companies to add offers to their... |
| Jun 4, 2009 | Time-strapped men: Outsource your online dating for only $480 a month | These days, you can pay people to do pretty much anything — buy your groceries, shop for your loved ones, pay your bills, what have you. Now you can even hire someone to look for love on your behalf, if you happen to be a man with $480 to b... |
| Apr 28, 2009 | Canaan Partners India: Early-Stage Investing in India (RWS Interview) | For the sixth in our investor interview series, we went east to India to chat with Alok Mittal, a partner at Canaan Partners, in the company’s office in Gurgaon, India. We got his perspective on early-stage investing and specifically the ch... |
| Jan 7, 2009 | Free Dating Sites Give Paid Sites A Run For Their Money | This post was written by guest contributor Mark Brooks, an analyst/consultant whose blog Online Personals Watch summarizes the daily internet dating industry news. Earlier this week InterActive Corporation (IAC), which owns and operates pop... |
| Jul 17, 2008 | Will Mainstream Users Ever Learn About The Browser’s Address Bar? | Traffic analytics company Hitwise released search market share numbers for dating websites in June today and two things were striking about the data. Ad supported free site PlentyOfFish is trouncing everyone in the dating game and huge numb... |
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FAQ about Plenty of Fish
What has the press written about Plenty of Fish?
Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning Plenty of Fish, among them “Junebug online dating site hunts users to test their game-changing algorithms” (Jul 12, 2010) and “Match.com Reveals the Dark Side of the Online Dating Business” (Apr 28, 2010).
Is Plenty of Fish still active?
Yes, Plenty of Fish is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 29, 2012.