Yahoo! Inc. announced that
Yahoo! Personals is continuing to expand its global online dating business with the launch of Yahoo! Personals sites in the United
Kingdom and Ireland, France and Germany. Yahoo is expanding to complement existing Yahoo! Personals offerings in North America and Asian Pacific in countries such as the United States, Canada, Hong
Kong and Taiwan. As online dating goes mainstream in Europe, Yahoo! believes it is an optimal time to enter the growing market with its Yahoo! Personals product. Analysts estimate that the Western
European dating markets will be worth EUR40 million this year and rise to EUR117 million by 2007 (Jupiter, March 2003).