Lately I’ve been noticing that my 15-year old email address has been ending up in people’s spam filters. If you want to talk to me, you can contact me on the contact form here, or LinkedIn or use my new email address, onlinedatinginsider at gmail.
From The Truth About the Faces in Your Facebook Ads:
In July 2009, a man logged onto his Facebook account and saw an advertisement featuring a photo of his wife. Unfortunately, the ad was for a dating service, assuring him that “hot singles are waiting for you!” How and why did a married woman’s photo end up on an ad for a dating service?
Viximo Partners With Leading Game Developers to Launch New Social Gaming Platform. Gaming revenue dwarfs online dating industry revenue, which is why a lot of vendors are now chasing the gaming market. In the dating space, viximo is often perceived as an unnecessary middleman. The virtual good platform is a great concept, but at least in the dating world, paying out for virtual goods never really took off except on a few sites. How about bringing gaming to dating?
A new dating site, Cupidtino has just gone into beta (it is not the first of its kind by a long shot, as they claim). The site is dedicated to people who love Apple products, in the hopes of helping them find other people who love Apple products. via Neowin. Silly idea that may make them some ad or affiliate revenue.
Blast from iDate’s past. Today I spoke with Sam Cox at Milabra and another conversation ended up mentioning LoveDetect. “LoveDetect is a unique voice analysis service that determines how your date feels about you, just by talking with them on the phone. Personal ads, body language and shyness can all give wrong impressions – but the voice never lies.” I am surprised dating sites haven’t warmed up to this feature.
There is a new version of SkaDate Dating Software. New templates, Facebook contacts import, forum and admin improvements, ability to geo-target advertising and much more. Details here.
Google’s new “Caffeine” search index is live. More real-time results and faster refresh are promised. I wonder how this will affect dating site SEO?
