Match has launched an iPhone application. Downloading it now, will play around with it tonight and review tomorrow.
Dilbert loves using his phone on dates.
Fewer Ads Can Boost Click-Through. For the love of God, less junk ads on dating sites, please!
A Pretty Woman Beats a Good Loan Deal …the effect of a mere photo of a woman on a loan offer was equivalent to nearly a 5% difference in the loan interest rate – a huge dfferential in the lending world.
Smart Guys Date in Parallel : I don’t agree but I liked the blog title and the geek undertones.
Talked to OneSite. They power American Idol, Belief Net, NASCAR, NBA, WWE, Univision and Marvel Entertainment, tying social networking functionality into their existing content and Content Management Systems. Now that is some serious social networking platform power. It ain’t cheap but go behold what a serious software platform looks like that scales to the moon.
Someone proposed an edit to my OKCupid profile. I think that is *so* cool. OKCupid profiles are basically like Wikipedia pages, anyone can edit your profile, but you have to approve the edit before it goes live.
I haven’t visited a paid dating site in weeks. I really can’t tell the difference between free and paid sites until I come across a scammer.
I spent $70 on my Serious Dater badge at PlentyOfFish and have not had a single woman email me. These days nobody seems to be writing back on either type of site.
Match.com advisor unveils secret to successful relationships
Online Mobile Social Networking
From the Twitterverse:
Allthedates: Did you know…51% of UK women under the age of 50 have never been married?
OverheardatWLD keeps us up to date on the funny things people say around the office. the customer service tweets are hilarious (but probably not for the customer).
“I’m afraid that we can’t take responsibility if a member decides not to respond to your email sir”
“I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do for you given that it’s not our site, I’d love to help, I just can’t!”
“We assume that people who sign up to an internet based service have access to the internet…”
“In Japan they have a penis festival. The floats are really quite a sight.”
Go see I love you, Man. Great movie.