Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions].
Our first question comes from the line of Anthony Noto with Goldman Sachs. Please proceed with your question.
Jennifer Watson - Goldman Sachs
This is actually [Jennifer Watson] in for Anthony. My question revolves around how your marketing plans have changed given the rollout of Yahoo's new monetization, immediately ahead of the Valentine’s Day period? If you could just talk to what your plans are for marketing and how that has affected them?
Michael Soenen
Well, it really hasn’t. And we’ve been working very closely with Yahoo, and we’re well aware as to what they’re doing. And we understand what the changes are. Our marketing teams has been all over it. We actually see that as a potential opportunity for us.
And we’re going to see how that plays itself out going forward. Clearly, I would prefer no changes prior to Valentine’s Day. And I’m very confident that we’re well aware as to what the changes will be, and I’m hopeful they may even benefit us a bit.
Jennifer Watson - Goldman Sachs
Okay. And just one follow-up, with respect EBITDA margins. Is there anything this year that would cause the seasonality of EBITDA to be any different, with international has the strongest quarter, I believe, in the upcoming March timeframe because of UK, Mother’s Day?
Would that help your EBITDA margins be a little stronger there and then weaker in Q4? Or how do you think about it throughout the rest of the year?
Becky Sheehan
You know, I think you’re right Jennifer, in terms of third quarter is the strongest for international, because they have both Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. So we certainly would expect strong performance from that segment of our business during that quarter.
Other than that, there really is no other fundamental change and what we’ve seen in our domestic segment in terms of how we would expect the businesses to perform.
Jennifer Watson - Goldman Sachs
Okay. Thank you.
Operator
Our next question comes from Troy Mastin with William Blair & Company. Please proceed with your questions.
Troy Mastin - William Blair & Company
Thanks. Good morning.
Michael Soenen
Hey, Troy. How are you?
Troy Mastin - William Blair & Company
Pretty good. First question, international, a couple of them here. You, I don’t think, have done much yet to try to sort of boost the performance there via the marketing initiatives that you have here in the US. Just want to confirm that you haven’t done much to really affect change their outside of just locking down some of the technology and putting in some best practices before you execute some of your initiatives to boost revenue and profits over there?
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