(Online Dating Industry Journal) Userplane, a leading provider of live community software, announced this week that the company's applications have now been used on more than 100,000 websites, reaching over 40 million users in 20 countries.
Based on growth rates since the beginning of 2006, Userplane expects its revenue to more than double over the next year. The company is adding 5,000 new communities to its roster each week and has launched an ad network that now hosts 5 million banner ads and 2.5 million text ads daily. The company's work with video ads is in beta release.
Now in its fifth year, Userplane provides a suite of Internet applications that enables live communications, including full voice/video and text, within the web browser. The system, originally designed and implemented through a subscription model, is now also available as a free, no-install, ad-supported model as well. Userplane continues to help shape the Web 2.0 space with its expanding online social interaction applications.
"With the sustained popularity of online communities, we've seen a huge demand for our live communications tools, and we're working aggressively to expand our features to meet and exceed market expectations," said Michael Jones, co-founder and CEO of Userplane. "It's simply remarkable to be providing the tools that enable millions of people around the world to connect and communicate."
"We are currently preparing the release of a groundbreaking addition to our network -- Userplane Presence," Jones said. "Completely hosted and available as both a web- and desktop-based product, our new user-presence technology has been built with our most demanding customers in mind. When it debuts later this quarter, it will scale to meet the needs of our exponentially growing user-base and add even more flexibility and power to the Userplane experience."
Over the next several years, Userplane plans to become a more centralized concept and experience. Instead of providing multiple applications that work independently, Userplane wants to provide one thing: instant custom community for any site and any user.
Kim's Comments:
Userplane still continues to provide valuable resources for online dating and online community service owners and developers . I'm glad to see the business is being so successful.
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