| U.S. advertisers will spend some $280 million on social networking sites this year (mostly to create profile pages and sponsored promotions), or 1.7 percent of total U.S. online advertising spend, writes MediaPost, citing a new eMarketer report. (Advertisers in international markets are expected to spen $70 million.) And by 2010, social networking sites are projected to take in $1.86 billion, or 6.3 percent of all U.S. online advertising. MySpace is estimated to garner $180 million in U.S. ad re... | Online daters, disappointed by potential partners lying about their age, weight or marital status, are turning to professional matchmakers to find love.
Rather than risk taking pot luck online, chief executives, entertainers and politicians are among those paying thousands of dollars to matchmakers to discreetly "headhunt" and vet the perfect partner.
"In the old days you had your extended family, or in some societies an actual matchmaker, trying to find someone for you," said dating expert Ma... | According to the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau, 49 percent of women in the nation are married, while 58.5 percent of women in Utah are married. This trend is due to a number of factors in which Utah differs from the rest of the nation.Tom Lee, department head of family, consumer and human development at USU, offered many reasons why this may be the case."More often women are delaying marriage to get a degree or start a career," Lee said.According to the 2003 census, the median age of women in the nati... |
