From the monthly archives:

September 2007

Zingdom Offers Live Personal Communication

by David Evans on September 26, 2007   in Anonymous Calling, Audio Video

Lately the online dating industry has seen a lot of activity in anonymous calling and what I call progressive communication, where dating sites offer services which facilitate bridging the gap between the first wink, email and phone call to set up a date.
To that end, and to cover the whole disclaimer issue (unlike some other [...]

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Tuesday 9/25 links

by David Evans on September 26, 2007   in Dating Software, Uncategorized

OkCupid launches Facebook application.
SeekingAlpha on the IAC empire. IAC owns Match.com.
Online Dating Coaches Karin Anderson and Beth Roberts, are appearing on OnDating.TV. ON NETWORK’s popular internet Dating Series, OnDating.TV, brings the Online
Dating Coaches’ secrets and tips to your PC, TV, iPod or iPhone.
New Boonex Dolphin Support site.
SkaDate has been updated.

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Eharmony drops bookstore and gift certificates

by David Evans on September 24, 2007   in Marketing

I guess selling books and gift certificates on dating sites isn’t going to work after all. I never understood why someone would send a gift cert to a dating site to a friend, that is crossing some sort of boundary that really shouldn’t be crossed.
Regarding the Bookstore program, all book, compact disc and gift certificate [...]

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HurryDate Partners with BuyYourFriendADrink

by David Evans on September 24, 2007   in Dating Sites

Now here’s a concept I can get behind. BuyYourFriendADrink.com (BYFAD), the leading online social gift service for buying drinks in bars and restaurants, has partnered with HurryDate to integrate BYFAD’s drink gifting technology and service within HurryDate’s dynamic online dating environment, exclusive to the New York and Boston markets.
A novel idea, after all, who doesn’t [...]

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What I’m Reading This Week

by David Evans on September 21, 2007   in Uncategorized

When I find interesting links I add them to my Delicious bookmarking account, http://del.icio.us/relaxedguy.
I bookmark dating-related links into Delicious as well. You can keep up with what I’m reading every week by clicking Bookmarked Dating Industry News and Stories in the sidebar. You can even subscribe to my links on Delicious and they will show [...]

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Content Compliance Screening Services

by David Evans on September 21, 2007   in Profiles

I found Constant Content Screening via a question that was asked on LinkedIn. CCS is part of Telecommunications On Demand.Think of the hundreds of millions of profiles and images on dating sites, Facebook and Myspace.
Most companies hire scores of people who approve profiles and photos all day. CCS takes the burden of the task off [...]

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Clickatell

by David Evans on September 21, 2007   in Mobile

While researching SMS alert systems for a client I came across Clickatell.
Social Networks / Applications are the bread and butter of the new age Internet, commonly referred to as Web2.0. Clickatell understands the need for tying your online presence in with your every-day life, especially for professionals using social applications such as [...]

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How To Build a Dating Site in 8 days

by David Evans on September 20, 2007   in Dating Software, Startups, Technology

A developer at SEOmoz built a dating site from concept to launch in 66.5 hours.
The first month of being online Mingle2 had around 90,000 unique visitors. By July the site’s popularity exploded, seeing nearly 700,000 uniques and 1.9 million page views for that month alone. Being the founder (and a user) of the website, [...]

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Job Openings at Match.com

by David Evans on September 20, 2007   in Jobs

Several openings at the Match HQ in Dallas.
Systems Engineer
Reporting Analyst
Public Relations Specialist

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Social Networking Conference, Barcelona, October 1-2

by David Evans on September 20, 2007   in Events

iDate Europe appears to be morphing into a social networking conference, with the focus on dating becoming secondary.
Attending the event are senior executives from the European social networking industry, social media and online dating industry. Also attending are European mobile carriers, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, software executives, marketing firms, mobile telecom business development managers, European [...]

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