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Friday 9-7- Linkdump
September 7th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Going on Vacation July 14 - 19
July 13th, 2007 · No Comments
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 [...]
Online Dating News From The Blogosphere
June 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
5/29 Links
May 29th, 2007 · No Comments
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 [...]
Friday Weekly Wrapup for 5/18/07
May 18th, 2007 · No Comments
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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May 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
Friday Wrap-up
April 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
It’s been a good week here at ODI. I am kicking off projects with new clients, finishing up working on others, watching the weather warm up and glad to be done with paying The Man.
This week’s main conversations have been focused on choosing a dating system, costs to launch niche sites, blue oceans and what [...]
Busy Week Catching Up
April 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
It’s been a busy week: tax season upon us, the girlfriend back from a month in Australia and several projects all coming due at the same time with new ones starting up. Regular posting will resume next week.
In the meantime, some links:
New York Times on online and speed dating. Interesting reports of online dating behaviror.
Adrants [...]
Links for 4/6/07
April 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Job of the Week: Durex, maker of fine prophylactics, is looking for condom testers. Guys, please don’t crash their servers. Via Everyone’s Guide to Online Dating.
Simulating Dating: Nintendo’s Days of Memories dating simulator “is a collection of love simualtor games pitting players against ladies with slighty enlarged features in a bid to score through [...]
Online Dating Insider Update
March 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
A hearty hello to Enlaso, the latest Online Dating Insider advertiser.
Enlaso is in good company with Userplane, the premier provider of communication software for online communities.
Have you taken a look at our Consulting services? Site evaluations, how to drive traffic to your site, business model analysis (hint: contact us before you launch if [...]
