by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
In My Route to MySpace, co-founder Chris DeWOLF talks how life led him to MySpace. He had this to say about the future. In the future, social networks will be more distributed on the Internet. They’ll be able to be part of virtually any Web site, even content sites....
by David Evans | Legal, Profiles & Matching
Facebook is again running into serious problems when it comes to clearly explaining their take on ownership of member data. This is a work in progress and they are going to need many iterations to get it right. It’s easy to talk about portable profiles, social...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Profiles & Matching
PCWorld, of all publications, does a great job Analyzing the Algorithms of Attraction, asking the question, Just how do eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, True.com and PerfectMatch.com work under the hood? I wish reporters would talk to different dating sites. Getting tired of...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Marketing
Online Dating and Advertising Prove To Be A Good Match. 4Chan.org: 300m page views/mo; about $6k in revenue. @hendrylee links to Recession Hits Paid Sites Hard. Ad Network Reports 40% Drop in Dating CPMs. Some Still Saw Increase in Revenue I was playing around with...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Compete says DownToEarth, Match.com’s free dating site, is up to 188,000 members. DTE tells me they are not aggressively advertising the site, which is even more impressive. Observations: At least 50% of the women don’t have photos. The majority of women...