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UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 2, 2006
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
0-25681
65-0423422
(State
                or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS
                Employer
of
                Incorporation)
File
                Number)
Identification
                No.)
11760
                U.S. Highway One
Suite
                500
North
                Palm Beach, Florida
(Address
                of principal executive offices)
33408
(Zip
                Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(561) 630-2400
Not
      Applicable
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
o
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
o
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
      2.02.
Results
      of Operations and Financial Condition.
Item
      7.01.
Regulation
      FD Disclosure.
The
      following information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, "Results of Operations
      and Financial Condition" and Item 7.01, "Regulation FD Disclosure."
On
      August
      2, 2006, Bankrate, Inc. (the "Company") announced via press release that the
      Company entered into an agreement pursuant to which the Company will acquire
      three websites owned and operated by East West Mortgage, Inc. for $4.4 million
      in cash. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Company's Board of
      Directors. A copy of the Company's press release is included herein as Exhibit
      99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Also
      on
      August 2, 2006, the Company announced via press release the Company's results
      for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006. A copy of the
      Company's press release is included herein as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated
      herein by reference.
The
      information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of this Current Report,
      including the Exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes
      of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed
      incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except
      as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
      filing.
Item
      9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
99.1
Text
                of press release of Bankrate, Inc. regarding the agreement to acquire
                three websites, dated August 2, 2006.
99.2
Text
                of press release of Bankrate, Inc. regarding financial results for
                the
                three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006, dated August
                2,
                2006.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
      duly authorized.
BANKRATE,
              INC.
Date:
              August 2, 2006
By:
/s/ Edward
              J.
              DiMaria
Edward
              J. DiMaria
Senior
                Vice President
Chief Financial
                Officer