Japanese gangsters swindle thousands
From the Daily Yomiuri: A Yokohama-based group of gangsters, motorcycle gang members and former computer software programmers swindled about 10,000 people out of a total of about 1 billion yen ($10M US) in charges for more than 100 fictitious dating service Web sites...Matchnet changes name to Spark Networks
MatchNet plc announced that the company has changed its corporate name to Spark Networks plc. The company said it believes the word “Spark” possesses imagery that makes it particularly relevant to the online personals business, and that it expects the...Behavioral targeting
Last summer there was some talk about advertising to singles on dating sites. If your site offers free membership, thats about the only choice you have to monetize those eyeballs. Most of the larger sites that take ads have deals with advertising networks, or in the...Pahty in Miami- SafeDate is
Pahty in Miami- SafeDate is throwing a soiree and it’s safe to assume that MatchNet will do something on Wednesday night. Even Discovery channel is involved. What is your company doing to get out in front of the dating industry? Now where are my faux-alligator...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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