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Reunion.com Partners with WINK to Multiply People Search Capabilities
May 2, 2007Wink To Provide Reunion.com Members Access To Over 175 Million Profiles
LOS ANGELES and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 2, 2007 – After receiving one of the largest investments in a social network to date, Reunion.com has announced a strategic partnership with Wink, the largest people search engine for online profiles. Through the multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement, Reunion.com members and its affiliates will have access to Wink People Search, including more than 175 million personal profiles across social networks and online communities. Wink will be the exclusive provider of aggregated social network and online profiles, and Reunion.com will be the exclusive distributor of Wink People Search Services to other people search sites as part of its mission to help people find, reconnect and keep in touch with friends and family.
"Our rapid growth indicates that people are very interested in reconnecting and keeping in touch with friends and family online," said Jeffrey Tinsley, Founder and CEO, Reunion.com. "With this agreement, our members will now be able to search many more personal profiles and make the connections with the people they care about. We're confident in our long-term partnership with Wink, who has demonstrated tremendous capability of searching online communities."
Reunion.com has been a profitable online business since its inception, with revenue growth of over 100% annually. Today the company boasts 28 million users, and is adding nearly one million new members each month. With almost 8 million unique visitors, and receiving 60 million searches for people monthly, Reunion.com is now one of the top-ranked social networking sites according to Media Metrix.
"Wink's partnership with Reunion.com demonstrates the significant opportunity to help people discover and connect with other people online," said Michael Tanne, founder and CEO of Wink.com. "As the largest and fastest growing people search engine of online profiles, Wink.com will provide Reunion.com with more powerful search results to help them reconnect friends and family."
Wink provides a unique way to find people online. Using Wink, people can search for old friends, relatives, colleagues and classmates, or find new friends. By searching across multiple social networks and other online communities, for the first time people have one place to find people, discover new interests and stay connected. Wink People Search is the first search engine dedicated to searching people's online presence such as their profiles, social networks and blogs, all of which provides a more accurate picture of their interests and how they want to be found online. More than just a name search, Wink People Search also provides several ways to search for people by their location, interests, age, school, occupation and more.
About Reunion.com
Reunion.com is the leader in helping adults find and reconnect with old friends, relatives, classmates or anyone, as well as keep in touch with everyone they care about. Launched in 2002 by Jeffrey Tinsley, the company has continually introduced novel features and attracted a unique audience that sets it apart from other social networking sites. A privately held company, Reunion.com is based in Los Angeles, California. For more information, please visit www.reunion.com.
About Wink
Wink is a People Search Engine that makes it easier to find people across the Web by providing search of over 175 Million profiles across social networks and on-line communities. Wink users can claim their on-line profiles to get control of their on-line presence. Wink's patent-pending PeopleRank technology analyzes people's input to continually refine the search results. Wink's team of experienced search engineers come from Yahoo, Inktomi, Excite, and Google.
Find more at http://wink.com.
