Online Dating Industry Update April 23 2009

by David Evans on April 21, 2009 in Uncategorized

Picture 2.png Are You Interested offers Meebo chat. Have you seen the new website?

Sparkbliss.com is looking for a talented CEO, email them at jobs@sparkbliss.com.

DIY Unfaithfulness Tests.

Match social network.pngThis spam email caught my eye, but no, Match.com is not launching a social network. The woman in a Match ad is showing a heck of a lot of skin, the copy is inaccurate and what’s with the phrase “mingle”? You don’t mingle on a dating site.

From AllFacebook: I didn’t know that investor and Chairman of LOLapps, Ariel Polar, is also on the board of SpeedDate, “a company that is known for acquiring other Facebook applications and converting them to SpeedDate apps, at times unbeknownst to users of the original application. SpeedDate has even been shut down by Facebook in the past.”

F3E9BB03-0994-4172-B7A6-0D00532595B0.pngThis Match ad captures the sentiment that “spring is in the air.” My friend said his adult content filter flagged this image as pr0n.

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    casualencounters.com/blog/ April 23, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    Just looks like dull stock photo whatever to me. She could be selling car insurance.

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    Lito | FilipinoFriendsterWorld.Com April 24, 2009 at 3:45 am

    Yes you are right, you don’t “mingle” on a dating site. I think it needs a personal touch before you call it mingle.

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    Tom April 24, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Be careful with the link in those spoofed Match.com emails. Some of them take you to a website that wants you to download a fake video player which is actually a virus called Papras.

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    Guillaume Theoret April 28, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    “Yes you are right, you don’t “mingle” on a dating site. ”

    On this one you do: http://mingle2.com/

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    David Evans April 29, 2009 at 7:27 am

    Linkbait site created by an SEO expert, have covered that in the past. Highly suspect. http://www.wrevenue.com/2007/09/30/mingle2-link-bait-mingle2-seo-genius-matt-inman/

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    Online Dating, NI April 30, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    I did try AreYouInterested’s web site and their FaceBook API (connect) does not work. Is it me or is it everyone?! I am implementing the same connect on my new site and I am hoping I won’t be having the same issues.

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