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Online Dating Insider delivers cutting-edge insight and commentary on all aspects of the online dating industry. Topics include industry news, site reviews, emerging trends, analysis of dating site features, discussion about safety safety, finance and other issues important to the online dating market. Don’t miss our Tools & Services directory, useful to anyone running dating [...]

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Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day. Today I feel like accountants must feel on April 16th.
In my quest to learn more about the role of fraud detection in online dating, I had lunch with Maxmind. Talking with the fraud guys is a real eye-opener. There are a number of companies working around the clock [...]

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It’s Just Lunch sued. A group of well-heeled women who paid up to $1,500 to snag a man through one of the nation’s priciest and fast-growing online dating services — It’s Just Lunch — has filed a civil lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, claiming the lunchtime setups were not what they bargained for.
Wedding Web 2.0 [...]

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SinglesNet and PlentyofFish at #1 and 2 on Hitwise rankings. Ok, but how much are they paying for the traffic? One million dollars? $10 million? The cost of traffic is something nobody talks about. MSN Dating (Match.c0m), went from #3 to #14, ouch.
True.com selects Midnight Coders for delivery of next generation online dating services. TRUE.com®, [...]

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OK Cupid’s Sam Yagan Boston Globe Interview. Great backstory.
Four questions to Alex Panelli, CEO, Trilibis Mobile:
We recently launched MatchMobile in partnership with Match.com. The original launch included availability of a fully integrated mobile dating service in the US, UK and Canada. We will be deploying the service in additional 9 markets (and 9 languages) by [...]

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For the next six days I’ll be with family at a lodge in the woods at an undisclosed location. No computer, no blog and limited cell coverage. As normal, all contact should go through the Contact form and I’ll reply as soon as I can.
The next few weeks are going to be incredibly busy. A [...]

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Why is it that when I’m busy with work that things in the dating industry tend to happen and people like Markus and Mark Brooks scoop me?
Markus on the Winds of Change (older post but good)
Zencon, owner of blackpeoplemeet.com, has been sold.
Markus on the Today Show, in the Wall Street Journal and Businessweek, he is [...]

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eHarmony Labs Offers Free Relationship Check-Up.
Match CMO Matt Welch leaves to go play games.
More on iDate Asia. More of a list of companies that presented. No word on the outrageous pimping and prostitution that 12 Chinese online dating sites have been accused of.
GM dealers offer Toyota test drives. Imagine a 7-day pass you [...]

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Nelson Rodriguez at Love Access in a dating scammer tell-all. Moving from typical Nigerian Ghana to mail-drops to Russian mail order bride scammers. Why didn’t I think of making profiles on Match via my own affiliate ID and taking the money for myself? Those scammers are smart! Nelson mentions a common database of scammer [...]

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A big welcome to SkaDate, the latest sponsor of Online Dating Insider.
I’m in North Carolina working on a new dating site. Last night was a big night out with the client, who knows how to have a good time. Asprin and strong coffee, stat!
The news this week was all about the new Chemistry.com attack ads [...]

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