by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Profiles & Matching, Uncategorized
The OKCupid team is back from buying Ferrari’s, liquid-cooled multi-core webservers, big sunglasses and whatever else one does after earning a $50 million windfall. Never one’s to sit on their laurels for long, the OKCupid A-list freemium feature has...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
When I logged into Match.com this morning I was greeted with a message that based on my profile Match noticed I was getting a lot of emails from people who don’t meet your criteria. Clicking through I was presented the obligatory cute blond/boobs/bare feet...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Site Features
Several people have emailed about the recent article in the New York Times, Jilted in the U.S., a Site Finds Love in India. this is great news for New York-based group dating site Ignighter, In January 2010, we made the decision that we are an Indian dating site,” Mr....
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
Dating site startups are always asking about ways to load up their databases with profiles as quickly as possible in order to avoid the digital echo/empty database conundrum during the first few months of operation. According to WIRED Epicenter, A group or artists did...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
As I mentioned in a previous post, Match Launches Date Suggestion Matching, Match.com has basically copied HowAboutWe’s core functionality, calling it DateSpark. Who knew Match had a cloning operation in Texas? In yesterday’s blog post, Match.com Cloned...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features, Online Dating Innovation
In recent years you have heard me bemoan the fact that the majority of dating sites are based on concepts almost a decade old. It seems to me that much of the innovation in dating is behind the scenes in terms of managing technology, member safety and customer...