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Dating Sites Don’t Know Their Customers (Why Search Is Broken)

May 30th, 2008 · 11 Comments

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Helping Users Help Themselves

April 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Browsing PlentyOfFish, I came across a new link:
New Search –> Users who haven’t gotten an email in over 24 hours sorted by last online.
What a great idea. I’ve built out email communications campaigns for clients and have pushed for this type of functionality, but rarely see this type of messaging customization implemented.
Many sites are spending [...]

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Yahoo Personals Improves Search

November 20th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Yahoo! Personals just introduced several updates to the searching and matching features.
Yahoo! Personals daters performing an average of 3.6 searches per day in their quest for that connection. In addition to a visual refresh that features new profile cards that more clearly convey information, additional enhancements include:
- New matching capabilities that improve search relevance by [...]

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