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In dating sites, Zoosk.com (Alexa: N/A;1,400; MarJun 09) is a VC funded site, based in San Francisco, with a pleasing visual appeal to it, allowing new users to simply search for singles, by area code, in a matter of seconds with little instruction or use of questionnaires. [1] Overview
Zoosk has a certain curious uniqueness to it, different from any other dating site. Zoosk will cater to Mac users (the computers the programmers use). The site caters to Facebook and MySpace users with its connective applications. [2] The site had crossed the 8-million users mark by September of 2008 and operates in 12 languages. [3] Zoosk was the winner of the 2009 Open Web People’s Choice Awards, category “Dating and Romance”. [4]
Cost
The site features “freemium model”, offering free things such as “flirts” and messages, to a certain count, charging users for increased activity.
Origin
Zoosk was founded by Iranian-born American computer scientist Shayan Zadeh, the current CEO of Zoosk, and Alex Mehr. [5] It launched exclusively on Facebook in December of 07 and then re-launched as a standalone site (Zoosk.com) in 2008.
References
1. Zoosk.com (Home)
2. Zoosk.com (Review) – DatePad.com
3. Zoosk Blog – Blog.Zoosk.com
4. Cashmore, Pete (2008). “Open Web Awards: People’s Choice Winners”, Dec 16th.
5. (a) O’Neill, Nick. (2009). “Interview With Shayan Zadeh, CEO of Zoosk.” AllFaceBook.com, Feb 16th.
(b) About Shayan G. Zadeh – WordPress
External links
● Zoosk.com (Review) – LoveSites.com
● Zoosk Celebrates Its First Anniversary: With Twelve Million Users and a 2009 People’s Choice Open Web Award – PRWeb.com, Dec 18th, 2008.
● Evans, David. (2008). “Zoosk, the X-Multiplier and Social Networks”, OnlineDatingPost.com.
