by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Innovation
Hot on the heels of my comment that the bright spotlight focusing on PlentyOfFish won’t last forever, come word from Markus Frind that PlentyOfFish is changing direction. Commenter Mike says: If you can figure out how to remove the stigma of “if I join an...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation
Everybody knows its a good idea to chew a mint before going on a first date. A new Japanese checking gum called Fuwarinka does breathmints one better, but altering your body chemistry so that you “exude a pleasant aroma” after chewing it. Approximately an...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
A few years ago I created a simple web page that used a series of icons to depict a person and the type of people they seek. I used simple male and female icons like you find on rest room doors, and various pictures of skinny, medium-build and overweight people to...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups
Baihe.Com, a leading Chinese match making portal, will screen its eight million online daters against an “ID authentication system�. The new system was jointly developed by the website and the ministry of public security. The system will check the age, marital...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Lately I’ve been reading Markus Frind’s blog, The Paradigm Shift. Markus is the Founder of PlentyOfFish, the largest free dating site in Canada. Most of the people who read Markus’ blog are from the IT and search engine advertising crowd, which hold...