Eons, led by Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor, also reportedly is restructuring by shedding or cutting back some of its features, including its travel section and obituaries. The site had received $22 million in venture funding in March; that round was in addition to an initial $10 million last year.
Among other changes, Eons also reportedly intends to cut back on its professional editorial content in favor of beefing up user-generated material.
Despite whatever problems Eons experienced -- and it could simply be a case of the site trying to grow too quickly -- social networks overall are still thriving. In fact, the biggest networks -- MySpace and Facebook -- are getting bigger, according to a new report by Nielsen//NetRatings. MySpace drew 60.3 million visitors in August, up 23% from last year, while Facebook -- which recently opened its site to all online users -- garnered 19.2 million, up 117% from August of 2006.