by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
Desktop widgets make finding a date from the desktop easier than ever. According to Uneasy Silence, Metrodate has released a Konfabulator widget, which floats a small window with a slideshow of people’s photos based on simple zip code and age filtering....
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Shares in Meetic, which is active in 13 countries and boasts 14 million users, showed a 11.21-percent gain at 1200 GMT to 24.80 euros. The CAC 40 index of leading shares was 0.99 percent lower. Meetic claims that 18,000 new users fill out their profile on the site...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
Cliche title but it’s not mine. It’s from a BusinessWeek article on the rise of personality testing on dating sites. Continuing the “Let’s hire a celebrity or high profile doctor spokesperson” path along with True and PerfectMatch,...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
John Engstrom emailed me with an update about recent events at AppleDates a New York City-specific dating and event site. AppleDates is taking member feedback and feeding it back into development and they are busy adding a plethora of new features: Movie Dating:...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Speaking of new dating sites, this got my attention. AirTroductions is a new service to connect air travelers. Concept is new, but who wants to have a first date on an airplane? Imagine if the other person did not act or look like they did on the phone and in their...