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Affinity Labs is a company that builds social networking sites for niche groups such as firefighters, police officers, nurses and the Armed Forces.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monster buys community site, Affinity Labs, for significant $61M - VentureBeat - News - by Matt Marshall )〕 In January 2008, Affinity Labs was acquired by Monster Worldwide for US$61 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monster buys S.F. Web operator Affinity for $61 million )〕 Affinity Labs sites have over a million registered members, as of January 2008.〔 PoliceLink, aimed at law enforcement personnel, is one of Affinity Labs' most active sites with over 717,000 unique visitors per month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Policelink.com Traffic and Demographic Statistics by Quantcast )〕 Other sites include: SalesHQ, ArtBistro, TheApple, FireLink, NursingLink, InsideTech, GovCentral, IndiaOn, Excelle, AllHealthCare, and the European communities, HMForces.co.uk, ProNurse, and WerPflegtWen. In 2008 after Monster acquired Affinity Labs, it then bought a French military website, Armees.com for an undisclosed fee, then transferred the site to its Affinity Labs social networking vertical.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armees.Com - Actualité )〕 Affinity Labs still successfully operate across North America but in March 2012 it shut down its European operations. Despite HMForces.co.uk〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMForces.co.uk : Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, Royal Air Force )〕 being its most successful vertical, and having shared resources with Military.com, the global recession did not assist its longevity. HMForces.co.uk still has a strong presence on social networking sites〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HMForces.co.uk )〕 to this day, evidence of its popularity. Further references to this military vertical can be found on UK e-commerce sites,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Media Centre - Product Reviews - Military Reviews at UK Gear )〕 and there is also a HMForces blog〔(Military Social Blog )〕 still surviving despite it not being updated regularly. ==History== Affinity Labs was founded by Christopher Michel〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Affinity Labs, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek )〕 in 2006 after he sold Military.com to Monster in 2004 for $40 million. The Mayfield Fund〔http://www.mayfield.com/newsarticles/2006-12-04_mayfield_announces.htm〕 and Trinity Ventures invested in Affinity Labs prior to its Monster Worldwide buyout.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monster Worldwide - Bringing People Together to Advance Their Lives )〕 Between 2010-14, the President of Military Advantage and Vice President of Monster Worldwide,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Team )〕 was former Navy Admiral Terry McCreary. He oversaw the military Affinity operations in Europe which had a product manager in London reporting to the former Admiral in the US.〔http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=45398057&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile〕 However, this operation was closed down in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Affinity Labs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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