by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Susan Mernit, who used to run product at Yahoo Personals, had this to say about deal where Match now powers Yahoo Personals. During the time I was running product at Yahoo! Personals, we had at least 3 different SVPs the unit reported to. Not only did the group get...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Online Dating Industry
Newsflash: Match.com, an operating business of IAC, today announced an agreement by which Match will become the exclusive online dating site on Yahoo!. Yahoo! Personals users will have the opportunity to move to a new co-branded Match.com experience, “Match.com...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
I created a new Match profile a few weeks ago and still haven’t paid for a subscription. I wanted to see what it was like to receive a number of “taunts” from Match about women emailing me. I am keeping track of each and every “So-and-so sent...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Several readers have pointed me to this recent statement from Greg Blatt, CEO of Match.com. The dispute comes as Match.com’s traffic has been dropping off sharply, according to comScore. But Blatt calls those numbers “sort of silly,” noting that Match.com recently...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Match has release a study, The Evolution of Dating: Match.com and Chadwick Martin Bailey Behavioral Studies Uncover a Fundamental Shift in How People Meet. Match found that one in five people in new relationships met online. Results also revealed that 1 in 6 marriages...