ePeoplePlace.com announces year-end summary.

ePeoplePlace.com, an online meeting community, today announced year-end membership and usage statistics, and summarized the years business.

(PRWEB) January 4, 2004 --ePeoplePlace.com, an online meeting community, today announced year-end membership and usage statistics.

"I am pleased to announce that usage on ePeoplePlace continues to be steady. We're attracting members from across the globe that are enjoying our great features." said Tom Bloomfield, ePeoplePlace founder.

For 2003, ePeoplePlace attracted 3,350 members. ePeoplePlace members sent over 12,860 spam-free messages and over 600,000 instant messages. The majority of members who joined were seeking new friends.

ePeoplePlace members saw many changes in 2003, including several new site designs and features. Most noticably, ePeoplePlace dropped all membership fees and is now 100% free.

"ePeoplePlace is commited to enabling users to meet. By eliminating membership fees, ePeoplePlace is accessable to anyone looking to meet new people, for any reason," said Bloomfield.

In 2003, ePeoplePlace rounded out its feature set:
- A simple, improved navigation system was implemented.
- The ability to email ePeoplePlace users from external email addresses, such as Yahoo was added.
- Strict spam features were added, reducing fradulaunt email.
- The friend referral system was enhanced.
- ePeoplePlace introduced "smartsearch" - the first "people search" available. ePeoplePlace members may now search for people simply by typing what they're looking for.

About ePeoplePlace:
ePeoplePlace is a free online community where people can meet for friendship or dating. ePeoplePlace features email, instant messaging, profile searching, blog and picture posting.

About Advanced Web Projects:
Advanced Web Projects, LLC develops and owns the technology found on ePeoplePlace. Advanced Web Projects is dedicated to the creation and proliferation of online communication tools.
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