Facebook had announced a whole slew of changes, including improving the ability to share and connect, pages for public figures and organizations
I was pleased to see the heading “The Social Graph and The Stream”, as I have been championing the concept for years.
TechCrunch, Facebook’s Response to Twitter:
Facebook is also speeding up the updates that populate the news feeds on everyone’s personal page. Before, these would be updated every 10 minutes or so. Facebook’s introduction of real-time updates and a one-sided follow system mimics Twitter’s functionality.
New home page is live, featuring new filters to help prioritize your attention as well as upload features and a bunch of other stuff.
Very exciting, non? Please online dating industry, PAY ATTENTION to what Facebook is doing.
Remember when everyone started saying that paid dating was going the way of the Dodo bird when free dating sites started gaining traction? Guess what, there is a chance that Facebook could overtake free dating sites if the right company builds a bolt-on dating site infrastructure onto Facebook.
Why would I go to your bare bones niche site with 2,500 people on it when I can carve out my own niche on a site of 175 million people. It just doesn’t make any sense anymore.
What we’re seeing from Zoosk and Are You Interested is Act 1. Expect it to take a few years for the traction and hype to catch up.
This is why I have stopped offering my hourly calls and designed Online Dating Startup Bootcamp. Details to come, but suffice to say, I’m going to be much more particular about working with dating site startups. If you want to build dating site on Facebook, I’m all ears.
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Dating DNA has been doing this for some time now. http://www.datingdna.com
The idea is you get a “Dating DNA Number” and then you use their widgets, applications, etc. all over the Internet to let people do one-click compatibility scoring with you. By adding one of their buttons, widgets or applications to your Facebook, MySpace, etc. page, you’re letting visitors know “Hey, I’m single and available for dating, so click here to see if we’re compatible.” It works very well.
Sharon
I think Sharon works for or is related to someone at Datingdna
It is not surprising that facebook also tapping into this market as it is a big business for them as well.
Widgets are great in some cases, but telling everyone on all the sites you visit that you’re single seems a bit much. I haven’t looked at Dating DNA since I talked to the founder las year, perhaps they have changed the system to be more effective.
Sharon, since you sound like you work at DatingDNA, have someone fix the survey form. Just tried to fill out my profile twice and each time the submit button refused to work. Nice site, interesting concept and helpful video avatar don’t mean much if the core functionality for new members is broken.
Facebook is an amazing way to make new friends, and one thing good about it is that people have started using it, and realized it was so easy to use, and connect to a lot of people in the internet world. This could be a good opportunity for dating companies to set up their dating sites on facebook, as they might get more clicks than every before. Facebook not only connects you with others, but it is also a place where everyone gets to know a person more in depth, slowly learning about each other.
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