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March 24, 2006

Exclusive Interview with PlentyOfFish.com creator and owner, Markus Frind

by Andrew

As I reported a few days ago, Markus Frind, the owner of the free dating site PlentyOfFish.com has been pulling in $10,000 a day from Adsense. What is even more remarkable is that he is single handedly (with a little help from his wife) running one of the largest dating sites on the internet. I asked him if he would like to do an interview for the blog, and he agreed.

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In 2003 you made a post on WebmasterWorld where you said you were making $40 a day. At what point, either before or after this, did you recognize that you could generate a livable income, and beyond, through your own websites?

I knew the day adsense came out that i would be able to make a lot of money, suddenly here was this revenue stream i could actually build a business on. My site at that point only had a few hundred visitors a day and it was only a few months old. But my growth was steady and I could plot on a graph exactly how much traffic i’d have in 4 or 5 months in the future. This was the same time where i started doing mass anti competitive intelligence, i blocked anyone with the alexa toolbar from signing up and anyone using comscore. I figured if i was to have any chance i would need to stay completely under the radar, if no one knows you exist then no one is going to counter you or clone it.

What was the biggest obstacle you have faced since starting PlentyOfFish.com and how did you overcome it?

I wouldn’t say I had any real obstacles, growth is steady and you have a good 2 or 3 months lead time on when things will start to become an issue. I spent a good 3 months of the last 12 months on vacation. I suppose that the biggest issue has always been performance, In order handle 14-15 million pageviews a day on 4 servers you have to constantly tweak the database, as execution paths etc change as the database grows and load increases.

You started PlentyOfFish to learn and expand your skills. When did you begin treating the site as a business?

I was making around 4k a month off the site and i quit my job to do it full time. At the same time i learned how to do PPC, affiliate marketing , SEO etc. Basically i tried to learn as much as possible, adapt it to my needs and move on.

You appear to be an advocate of simple, quick loading designs. Do you think that there are any other elements of web site development that developers are looking at wrong and may be counter-productive to their success?

Function over form to build an emotional connection with the user. Blend ads into content, No flashing crap, make the site useful. Basically all those things that everyone knows you are supposed to do, but very few people actually do. There is no magic bullet, but you should always test new designs or new text etc to get the result that you want. You will never have the worst design and never the best, but through testing you can always improve.

I’ve noticed some resentment by promotors and owners of paid dating sites. They fear that once a customer gets a taste of free dating they will never pay a monthly fee, thus destroying the online dating industry as it exists today. Do you think they should be threatened by PlentyOfFish.com?

Many of the owners/promoters of these niche sites basically are people who had no clue about the internet and got in the market during the .com boom and lucked out onto a viable business model. Since then they have lived in a bubble with relatively little competition. The large sites are worried, but they have always faced stiff competition. For the most part the industry wants to ignore the fact i exist and they are just hoping that I will go away, so they don’t have to explain to investors why profits are vanishing.

I think in the future paid dating will account for 5 to 20% of the over all online dating market, currently 68% of my membership in the United states has paid for a dating site in the past, draw what conclusions you will.

Do you have a vision of what the internet will look like 5 years from now, and if so, can you describe it?

Adsense and YPN will be standard components of any business models. There will eventually be a massive market place where you just select a age range, city gender etc and your ads will be shown to people matching your demographics. More tools will be developed to track users intentions and monetize them. If you own a site about horses and someone was thinking about buying a car a week ago while searching the net, your horse site may display car ads. We will eventually see online ads approach the ROI of offline ads or even exceed them as monetization of intentions\preferences takes hold.

97 Comments »

  1. […] Because he’s making $10,000 a day with Adsense! Read the interview here. […]

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  4. […] If you have found a project that you truely believe you have to devote 100% of your time to, and the payoff will be big, don’t let diversification scare you away. Plenty of people have made it with a single website from Amazon to eBay to PlentyofFish. […]

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  5. PlentyofFish.com the Craigslist of Dating

    PlentyofFish.com is a 100 percent free online dating site created by big fish Markus Frind that has made some waves in the blogosphere this week. A recent Markus Frind interview transcript was posted by Andrew Johnson and it drive

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  6. […] WebPublishing.com har et spændende, omend kort, interview med den meget omtalte Markus Frind, der står bag websitet PlentyofFish.com, som jeg omtalte forleden. […]

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  7. […] Der Gipfel wäre dann allein durch Werbung USD 10.000 zu bekommen, wie in dieser Geschichte beschrieben wird. Nein die Rede ist nicht von Pro Jahr, auch nicht pro Monat, sondern pro Jahr. Wie es jedoch um die Glaubwürdigkeit dieser Information steht, kann ich leider nicht beurteilen. […]

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  8. […] Andrew Johnson, over at The Web Publishing Blog has inteviewed Markus Frind, who makes $10,000 Daily from Google’s Adsense program: In 2003 you made a post on WebmasterWorld where you said you were making $40 a day. At what point, either before or after this, did you recognize that you could generate a livable income, and beyond, through your own websites? […]

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  9. […] Web Publishing Blog interviews Marcus Frind to find out the secrets of making a few dimes off Google AdSense. Frind has apparently found a way to earn a little cash by running PlentyOfFish - a free dating site that brings in about $10,000 of ad money, primarily from AdSense. Frind is also a promoter for quick functional designs that load fast. […]

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  10. […] That guy was Markus Frind the owner of the free dating site PlentyOfFish.com who has been making $10,000 a day from Adsense. Markus had agreed to be interviewed by Andrew Johnson, the owner of The Web Publishing blog. […]

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  12. […] That guy was Markus Frind the owner of the free dating site PlentyOfFish.com who has been making $10,000 a day from Adsense. Markus had agreed to be interviewed by Andrew Johnson, the owner of The Web Publishing blog. […]

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  14. Markus is crazy by telling all he makes $10,000 a day from adsense because the ads showing on his site are for feebased dating sites which give doh pay him the $10,000 a day so its a matter of time when they switch off there ads with his site.But then again there are getting visitors that are interested in paying for dating service.I still say he was stupid telling all or smart because his looking to sell the site mmmmmmmmmmmm

    Comment by kass — March 26, 2006 @ 11:32 pm

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  16. […] Markus Frind von PlentyOfFish.com, einer kostenlosen und sehr simplen Singleseite mit 10.000 USD/Tag angeblich. Hier sein Interview. PlentyOfFish hat wegen einem Bericht bei Scoble die Runde gemacht und dient nun vielen als bestätigendes Beispiel, daß ziemlich murksig anzuschauende Webseiten bei AdSense besser verdienen sollen als gut designte Seiten. Dazu aber Markus, der das klarstellt, daß man Äpfel mit Birnen vergleicht: Function over form to build an emotional connection with the user. Blend ads into content, No flashing crap, make the site useful. Basically all those things that everyone knows you are supposed to do, but very few people actually do. There is no magic bullet, but you should always test new designs or new text etc to get the result that you want. You will never have the worst design and never the best, but through testing you can always improve. […]

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  17. First of all, great guy and great site. This is how it’s supposed to be done.

    The only contradiction I see is that a huge amount of ads (50, 60, 70%?) on the site seem to be from other dating services, many of them paid. Isn’t he worried about that market falling apart, especially if paid dating does go downhill?

    Comment by Ted — March 27, 2006 @ 7:31 am

  18. […] Finally, do you know of this guy who earns $10K from his site’s ads. Wait, Did I forget to mention that it’s per day. Serious! When are we gonna see Probloggers earn this much? […]

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  19. 10.000 Dollar mit Werbung verdienen

    Ich will auch 10.000 Dollar verdienen mit Werbung. Nicht im Jahr und nicht im Monat sondern am Tag. Aber vielleicht will ich das auch gar nicht, wte ja gar nicht, wohin mit dem ganzen Geld. Oder doch?
    Worum es geht? Da gibt es eine Seite in den Wei…

    Trackback by noch-ein-weblog.de — March 28, 2006 @ 12:33 am

  20. […] Worum es geht? Da gibt es eine Seite in den Weiten des Netzes, die kostenlose Dating-Dienste anbietet und sich ber Werbung finanziert. Diese Seite ist dabei eher von schlichtem Design, was den Besucherzahlen jedoch offensichtlich keinen Abbruch tut. Das Besondere dabei ist, da es sich um ein Ein-Mann-Projekt hndelt lediglich mit Hilfe der zugehrigen Frau. Dieser jemand hat ein Interview gegeben und dabei ist dann die Zahl gefallen, an der sich nun alle zerreien. […]

    Pingback by noch-ein-weblog.de » 10.000 Dollar mit Werbung verdienen — March 28, 2006 @ 12:58 am

  21. […] Read the interview here, highlighting Markus Frind’s advertisement strategies and web developing philosophies. […]

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  22. There is, of course, a powerful sociological bit of data to be collected on a site like this, not to mention issues of anonymous mediation into the relationships of thousands of unsuspecting souls.

    Comment by Guy Profiles — March 31, 2006 @ 2:58 pm

  23. […] He started Plentyoffish.com in his sparetime and only gave up his job to work on it full-time when it brought in US$4,000 in a month. He then taught himself everything he needed to know about affiliate marketing, search engine optimisation and more as he explains in an interview over at Webpublishingblog. […]

    Pingback by Ten Thousand Dollars A Day From Google Adsense - Entrepreneur.co.uk — April 3, 2006 @ 7:21 am

  24. […] In the interview, Andrew asks him what he believes to be the key to his success: […]

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    アドセンス広告で$10000/day稼ぐサイトオーナーのインタビューです。 Ex

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  26. […] Yup, the guy who pockets $1,000,00 every 3 months agreed to an interview with Andrew Johnson - this is a gem of a find as I was wondering if anyone would go the extra step and do this. […]

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  27. […] Plentyoffish.com was recently reported to have over $300k in AdSense revenue per month, according to an exclusive interview with the creator, Markus Frind. […]

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  28. […] I was reading a post on WebsitePublisher.net’s webmaster forums today and I came across a thread about successful ugly sites. If you’ve read about PlentyofFish, you may have figured out that perhaps a pretty design won’t take your website as far as you hoped. Why is that? Here is an abbreivated post that I made to the thread on WebsitePublisher.net. […]

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  29. […] For an example we need look no further than Markus Frind of PlentyofFish.com. In an interview with Andrew Johnson of WebPublishingBlog.com, Markus tells his rags to riches story of going from $40 a day in AdSense (which is pretty good) to millions in months. […]

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  30. $10000 a day from Adsense

    Exclusive Interview with PlentyOfFish.com creator and owner, Markus Frind - Web Publishing Blog Who says you need a flashy, well-designed site to do it….

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  31. […] Markus Frind has gotten some impressive coverage recently for his awesome successes in both sticky traffic and in Adsense revenue. ShoeMoney made a few claims, essentially implying that Markus is a lying scumbag who is faking traffic and revenue for the publicity. […]

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  32. Congradulations To Markus Your Providing a Great Free Service Paid for by Advertising I Think Its Amazing Another Site Comes Close To Free Service But Not Many Local Members Plentyoffish is very Diverse and Wide Spread Many People cant afford Pay Dating sites as There are soo many of them and Many of The Same local Members on all Sites Of Course Plentyoffish is Profitable Thats the Reason Free Dating Service is Available to Us and Employs Nice People To Provide Our Free Service Thanks to All At plentyoffish terry

    Comment by Terrence Thompson — May 13, 2006 @ 2:51 pm

  33. ill make this simple, im not only a web designer, but understand the web inside and out, been around the web, and have made my success on the web both as a graphic designer and advertisement.
    Who ever said design is not the key ill have to disagree. If you ask 10 people what they look for when they visit a website, or rather where their eye flows, 9 out of then would say pictures. A picture tells a thousand words, so yes a well designed website will 90% of the time catch peoples eye which is the number one thing on the list. Once you have the attention of your audience, that is where the second important key comes in, CONTENT…yes a website with no content is just another picture farm, visitors come in from one direction, and exit right out from the other direction back to google or yahoo for another search. So yes content is very important, fresh content that is always updated. 3rd key for a successful website is not only based on how many years the site has been up on the web, but how well it is advertised. SEO, backlinks, hype, and what have you. A successful website will not gain its success overnight we all know that it takes time for an orange tree to grow.

    So to those who think web design is not a key to a successful website, think again.
    Now those sites that HAVE succeeded such as plentyoffish with the worlds most ugliest design, it has the last 2 keys I mentioned. Imagine if the website was well designed for eye candy, imagine how much more attention it would grasp. I will give you a few examples, http://www.citywalksofparis.com which is a successful website running adsense, look how pure the design work is, simple website with not to much content which it lacks but never the less a well designed site, now compare that to www.pariswalkpack.com one hideous website with no direction. It has content sure but people want to see images, as images are imprinted in ones mind much deeper then words. Lets look at few other websites, http://www.livedatematch.com a well designed website both full of content and eye candy, compare it to http://www.socialgrid.com.
    Hope all this made sense and cleared some issues and questions about design.

    Comment by Samiam — May 19, 2006 @ 6:36 am

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  35. […] Markus, the owner of PlentyofFish.com who I interviewed in March, has been invited to be a guest on Shoemoney’s WebmasterRadio.fm show. I guess Shoemoney changed his mind. […]

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  36. i am unable to register on plentyoffish

    Comment by bernie nowak — July 21, 2006 @ 11:40 am

  37. Me too unable to register. is there something wrong with the registration????

    Comment by yasha — September 20, 2006 @ 2:41 pm

  38. […] PlentyOfFish.com is a great example of this concept as it’s a dating site that came along when all the dating sites had paid memberships and offered a free membership, and they also kept their overhead very small. Did it kill Date.com? No, but the guy running PlentyOfFish.com is making a ton of cash and it’s a great business for him. […]

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  39. […] The interview […]

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  40. […] You can read the whole article here. POF breaks the google adsense bank Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

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  41. […] Exclusive Interview with PlentyOfFish.com creator and owner, Markus Frind at webpublishingblog.com […]

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  42. I could not register. No matter what username I used.
    It looks like Markus might be blocking certain countries or IPs. Also, when I visit plentyoffish.com, it looks like I do not see the AdSense ads… Is it possible that he filters out the ads for non-US, Canada visitors?

    Comment by Zoltan — November 27, 2006 @ 3:28 am

  43. […] Stelllt euch vor, ihr verdient mit AdSense Anzeigen auf euer Seite, 10.000$ am Tag? Nicht möglich? Plentyoffish.com, eine Dating-Site mit enormen Besucher und noch ernormernden Einnahmen. Eine der besten AdSense verdiener der Welt. Hier ein Interview mit dem Besitzervon Plentyoffish.com, Markus Frind. […]

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  44. $10,000 tglich mit Google AdSense

    [..]Google AdSense verhilft immer mehr Menschen zu einem guten Einkommen. Ein beraus extremes Beispiel, wie man richtig viel Kohle mit Google AdSense machen kann, zeigt der Web Publishing Blog. Markus Frind von PlentyOfFish.com beantwortet in einem I[..]

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  45. […] Long term readers may recall an interview I did with Markus Frind, owner of the free dating site PlentyofFish.com, a little over a year ago. Markus created some controversy at the time because he was claiming to make $10,000 a day. The controversy is long gone as PlentyofFish is recognized as one of the largest dating sites in the US & Canada. […]

    Pingback by » PlentyofFish and Markus Frind to venture into social networking? - Web Publishing Blog — March 15, 2007 @ 4:57 pm

  46. hi i need womn frind

    Comment by marim — April 11, 2007 @ 1:52 am

  47. You wrote my boyfriend Badchicken about finding love on your web site..We are still going good we both are staying in VA now..We’ve been together for 5 months now and are still very happy ..We were in the prosesses of moving and he dident get to answer your email on time…so i just wanted to write and tell you were doing great..margaret0370 from plentoffish

    Comment by margaret0370 — April 13, 2007 @ 8:45 am

  48. […] Markus Frind - PlentyOfFish.com Interview (this dude makes $3.6mil a year from goggle adsense alone) […]

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  49. […] Gestern noch arbeitslos, heute schon $4,375.75 in der Kasse. So einfach geht es, Paula Neal Mooney macht es vor. Von ihr stammt auch eine interessante Liste die all’ die Blogger-Millionäre und Webmaster aufführt, die richtig Geld verdienen. Der Spitzenreiter Markus Frind verdient jährlich geschätzte 3,65 Millionen U$ bzw. 10.000 U$ pro Tag mit seinem Free Dating Service PlentyofFish.com. Seine bemerkenswerte Strategie basiert auf einem besonderen Verhalten. Frind gelangte ganz im Stillen durch Geheimhaltung zum Erfolg. Seine grösste Angst war, lesbaren Spuren im Internet für andere zu hinterlassen: “I blocked anyone with the alexa toolbar from signing up and anyone using comscore. I figured if i was to have any chance i would need to stay completely under the radar, if no one knows you exist then no one is going to counter you or clone it.” Seine Aussichten für den Dating-Markt in USA sind ebenfalls sehr interessant: “I think in the future paid dating will account for 5 to 20% of the over all online dating market, currently 68% of my membership in the United states has paid for a dating site in the past, draw what conclusions you will.” Ausserdem weist er auf das Potenzial von Behavioral Targeting hin: “More tools will be developed to track users intentions and monetize them. If you own a site about horses and someone was thinking about buying a car a week ago while searching the net, your horse site may display car ads. We will eventually see online ads approach the ROI of offline ads or even exceed them as monetization of intentionspreferences takes hold.” P.S.: Demnächst startet in USA die erste Internet Marketing Reality Show - gesucht wird der nächste Internet-Millionär … […]

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  50. […] Marcus Frind reports a mere 3,5 million dollar revenue a year from his blog (This I found on Paula Mooney’s blog). Steve Pavlina makes 365,000$ a year with his website / blog, and Matther Daimler is slightly falling behind with his 360,000$ annual income. Sharon Maguire with 270,000$ per year, the very inspiring success of Self Made Minds, with “only” 150,000$ a year, but still not too bad, not as bad as the founder of Digital Point forums who earns 120,000$, according to New York Times. Not forgetting the mogul John Chow, who is making no less than 140,000$ yearly and Darren Rowse with… I don’t even know how much. A lot. […]

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  51. […] When Markus Frind first started talking about his free dating site PlentyofFish.com, a lot of people thought it was a joke. People spend years in school to learn design and here Markus had created a very basic looking site that has become a behemoth in the online dating world. […]

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  52. […] Source […]

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  53. […] Markus currently blogs “The Paradigm Shift.” If you missed it the first time, there is an interview from last year right here.     […]

    Pingback by » PlentyofFish.com now pulling in $5-$10 million a year; Google confirms past income - Web Publishing Blog — May 24, 2007 @ 2:18 am

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  55. Good place to learn…

    thanks

    Comment by armier — May 24, 2007 @ 9:47 am

  56. Thanks I try your hints to make my adsense income profitable

    Comment by Kredite — June 3, 2007 @ 4:38 pm

  57. i want some one loving and kind

    Comment by jessica — June 19, 2007 @ 10:15 pm

  58. Bill, you’d be amazed at what happens when you prevent people from emailing you if they haven’t read the FAQ.

    but if they have read the FAQ you seem to just delete them anyway ?

    ok so I sent an email to every type of option. I am at a loss now what to to if you can not be contacted I supose i can only mail you each time hoping that one day I might get a reply.

    please tell me why my profile keeps getting deleted

    David

    Comment by David — June 27, 2007 @ 5:38 pm

  59. […] http://www.webpublishingblog.com/exclusive-interview-with-plentyoffishcom-creator-and-owner-markus-frind.htm […]

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  60. I will only say this. Someone asked why thier profile gets deleted. I will tell you from a womans point of view. This site condones the abusive attitude of males towrds women and the woman cannot lash back at them. It appreas it is OK for the male to be egotistical, arrogant, and down right rude and abusive, and the site allows it. I have a woman friend who intentionally went on the site, was very upfront with her profile and it she is a challange. She will not take any BS. She talked to many fine men, and a number of real jerks, yet it was her profile that was delted and the man were still allowed to remain. All the site had to do was follow the email trails to see who the real instigator was. But NO, they get some complaint from some male who had his ego tramped, and so the womans profile was deleted and is prevented from coming on the site. So the message I leave here, for all women, be careful on this site. It is a great site in general, but the male members are very questionable. Do not be surprised if you lash back at some male, he cries foul and you are deleted.

    Comment by Past Member — July 7, 2007 @ 9:45 am

  61. […] Interview with Markus Frind […]

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  62. […] Интервью с создателем Plenty of Fish […]

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  63. […] Oui, vous avez bien lu, le chiffre d’affaires de Markus Frind est de plus de 5 M$ par an, ce qui renvoit la rentabilité par employé de Google (pourtant déjà faramineuse) au rang d’aimable anecdote. L’exemple de Markus Frind est d’autant plus édifiant qu’il affirme dans une interview partir en vacances plus de 3 mois sur 12… […]

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  64. […] Exclusive Interview with PlentyOfFish.com creator and owner, Markus … I was making around 4k a month off the site and i … posted an interview with Markus Frind, owner of internet dating … S.: Demnächst startet in USA die erste Internet Marketing Reality Show … http://www.webpublishingblog.com/exclusive-interview-with-plentyoffishcom-creator-and-owner-markus-frind.htm […]

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  65. […] Exclusive Interview with PlentyOfFish.com creator and owner, Markus … Do you think that there are any other elements of web site … in the future paid dating will account for 5 to 20 … affiliateblog.com — Advice and Insights on making more money from your site or blog … http://www.webpublishingblog.com/exclusive-interview-with-plentyoffishcom-creator-and-owner-markus-frind.htm […]

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  66. I admire Marcus. This has been the purest, no nonesense dating site on the net. I have met many good people here and I have always been in awe of the quality of people who use this site. I think I accidently stumbled on it several years ago, met two wonderful women who were honest and erudite, and I have used it every since. The boy has class. Oh, and I really love intelligent beings to whom knowledge and creativity is the food of life. Thanks man.

    Comment by G. Rexroad — July 30, 2007 @ 10:16 pm

  67. Yes, the great power of AdSense… But it’s hardly understandable what kind of context ads could be found on such dating site. Is it just links to another (paid) dating sites?

    Comment by Tim — August 6, 2007 @ 9:54 am

  68. It seems that PlentyOfFish deletes accounts willy-nilly and also prevents registration of new accounts from entire countries and continents. That is NOT the way to build up a user-base. I have my doubts about his claims of $10,000/day income. Is Markus pulling the wool over your eyes?

    If a nifty site would be so much better, why don’t YOU start your own nifty site and make ten times as much money? Bill Gates would buy you out. Sounds like a hoax.

    Comment by JoJo — August 7, 2007 @ 7:39 am

  69. Hopefully Google has agreed to put a stop to his ad.

    Comment by Doesnt matter — August 11, 2007 @ 8:57 pm

  70. Woh, I am really impressed. Markus must be good at math and marketing. His success makes me work harder on my site.
    Thanks for sharing.

    Comment by Jenny — August 14, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

  71. […] anyone noticing. Read the interview and you’ll see which services he blocked from his site; http://www.webpublishingblog.com/exclusive-interview-with-plentyoffis… That’s just a robots.txt entry, right? I think we can do a lot better and still offer it for […]

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  72. […] story is great evidence that you don’t have to be a programming wizard to make very good money on the web. I recommend you check out the full article in Fast Company […]

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  73. […] Interview with PlentyofFish.com Owner Markus Frind (9) […]

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  74. […] Interview with PlentyofFish.com Owner Markus Frind (9) […]

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  75. Ya thats amazing he must be really smart. I found another site that sounds like his. plentyoftorrents.com

    they have plenty of torrents instead of plenty of fish. The place probably smells better. But not as popular.

    Comment by Theo — September 15, 2007 @ 1:20 am

  76. […] Interview with PlentyofFish.com Owner Markus Frind (9) […]

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  77. Markus Frind is a jack ass.
    He kicked my profile off of his site, with no reason.
    If I had done something wrong, or even thought that I might have done something questionable, I might understand..but as it stands, I hope his site fails, & I will be a thorn in his side, for the rest of life, not to mention, the competition that I will give him. He has pissed off the wrong person.

    Comment by William Miller — September 21, 2007 @ 2:02 pm

  78. Thanks for a great interview … it’s amazing to earn so much money

    Comment by Jan — September 21, 2007 @ 5:18 pm

  79. its hell lota money man wow

    www.datinghotpoint.com

    Comment by James — September 24, 2007 @ 10:24 pm

  80. He is a very smart guy, but people are looking for more from dating site than just visiting profiles and try to message somebody. I was just browsing through and found a recent launch OurLikes.com. The site is based on finding common interests, which becomes an ice braker thus giving birth to strong relationships.

    Comment by John Carson — September 26, 2007 @ 12:38 pm

  81. […] Sadly, I couldn't find the thread, but there are some interviews with quotes from it.http://www.googlelady.com/369/million-3-months/http://www.webpublishingblog.com/exclusive…arkus-frind.htm […]

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  82. Sorry, Markus but you are really mean!I really hope you read this! You deleted profiles from Romania and even you dare to block all the profiles now coming from Romania. Why?Are you against Romania??!!You advertise your website as free and can you answer us why you delete profiles only based on the fact somebody coming from East Europe?! OK, you will mention about scammers, but to block everybody from Romania is a crime. I hope Canada authorities will see this. I hope your website will dissapear very soon, because anybody can create a website with a stupid name and also is plenty of websites right!
    Look for a job soon because you will need!

    Comment by Mona Morrison — October 17, 2007 @ 2:55 pm

  83. plenty of fish is the best dating site on the web.when you consider all factors.

    the forums are huge and diverse.just in the phoenix,az area alone i know there isat least 2000 women with profiles on this site.multiply that by 7 and you have a total of 14000 male profiles in my aea alone.markus ain’t lying he just laughing all the way to the bank.

    Comment by ANDREW — October 19, 2007 @ 12:15 pm

  84. […] traffic data. One of the top search keywords for WebPublishingBlog is plentyoffish.com (due to an interview I did with owner Markus Frind back when no one believed he had a real web […]

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  85. My profile has been deleted ***3 times*** and I have no clue as to why. I’ve abided by all the terms and conditions (i.e. I haven’t spammed, virused, threatened anyone, abused anyone, uploaded any objectionable images, etc. I’ve also correctly completed my profile) and I’m still deleted! No warning, no explanation, no reason why. It makes no sense at all.

    Comment by Bill — November 27, 2007 @ 12:49 pm

  86. Plenty of fish is a little dry as far as graphics go but for functionality it rocks. I’ve never had any technical issues, although I’m not sure why a profile being deleted would be worthy of such a grudge either. I am constantly meeting and networking with new people. Even though I live in a rural area, there’s a nice selection to choose from. When looking to meet new people, just for social reasons, paysites are worthless. I don’t care how kinky they are or what religion they practice or how many cats they have. Personality probably has a lot to do with it but I’m still talking to friends I’d met years ago on POF.

    Comment by Karen — November 29, 2007 @ 1:52 am

  87. Mark plays gawd. He deletes profiles and blocks IP addresses. I am one step ahead of him constantly. I make him nervous.

    Comment by franko — December 11, 2007 @ 10:53 pm

  88. Plentyoffish might be free but definitely a pain in the back side. I have had my profile deleted so many times and for what I can see “no reason”

    I think Mark is on a “power high” and because he can not control people in real life he hides in cyber space and people with a little bit of technical assistance from his friends.

    Paid sites cost to join but atleast they do NOT dictate who is allowed on and who is not.

    Comment by Doug — December 30, 2007 @ 10:58 am

  89. […] Интервью с создателем можно прочитать здесь, а здесь другое интервью рекламируется как эксклюзивное, видимо, от непонимания этого […]

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  90. […] who initially interviewed Markus has some more thoughts to […]

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  91. […] who initially interviewed Markus has some more thoughts to […]

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  92. […] Frind has gotten some impressive coverage recently for his awesome successes in both sticky traffic and in Adsense revenue. ShoeMoney made a […]

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  93. Hi Folks!
    At least he is smart and he knows how to make money online. Be creative and show us how would you follow Mr. Markus to make huge fortune without just criticising his way.
    I saw his site and links, tried to do similar links(not dating as not allowed in my country’s ISP ), but I never saw good traffic to make adsense income. Is there other niches like jobs, properties etc. portals and ideas how to make Adsense money or Affilaite income as these two niches are booming here. Any feedback will be appreciated. Thanks to Mr. Markus for his interview and opennes to the world which less people does.
    Regards,
    Dr Altaf

    Comment by Dr Altaf — March 2, 2008 @ 3:01 am

  94. Markus Frind is a credit to the dating industry, plenty of fish is an excellent dating site. Love is big business, the dating industry is a £300 million market and growing fast, according to market research and consulting firm Marketdata Enterprises Inc. Some of the top dating business take home 500k to 2 million every year. Wishing you continued success!

    Comment by UK Dating Partners — March 25, 2008 @ 11:04 am

  95. […] Маркус Фринд. Маркус является владельцем PlentyOfFish, и зарабатывает более 3 млн долларов в год. Как мы узнали? Он сам сказал. […]

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  96. He’s an amazing guy. You do know that Marcus Frind is a mathematical genius? Check out Marcus & the 23 Primes

    Comment by Malcolm Lambe — May 4, 2008 @ 11:36 am

  97. Every time i read about Mr. Markus I am impressed about his extra-ordinary smartness. Woh, he must be very smart in doing marketing and business.
    thanks for sharing.

    Comment by Free dating — May 7, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

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