by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups
Now that Google has hired most of the big brains in academia, Yahoo is rushing to catch up. In the dating space, Yahoo is hiring PhD’s to figure out how to use economics to save attractive women from unwanted solicitations on an Internet dating site. While...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Social: Dating & Networking
JDupe: PocketChange mag dupes women into meeting mirage Richard Nouveau via JDate. Re-Tribe: Mark Pincus is back as CEO of Tribe.net after being ousted in April. (possible hoax?) Ex eDonkey (file sharing service) CEO starts YADS (Yet Another Dating Site). Supposedly...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
True.com has reached the 10 million member mark. In other news, pigs are flying and the troops are coming home. Members must mean free and paid. And while we’re at it, let’s be clear, Myspace traffic is not the type of demographic that is shelling out cash...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups
I received an email from PodDater saying that someone had left me a message. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was a spam from the Clown Dating Agency. Circus is a magical business, but it can be difficult to meet new people and form lasting relationships when...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets, Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups, Legal, Marketing, Online Dating Innovation
Lawless Luvoo.com: Missouri residents on the Do Not Call list are receiving telemarketing calls from dating site Luvoo.com. Reader Renaldorv says I have been living under a rock, that Luvoo is not the real deal. I put Luvoo and Mate1 in the same category. Site that...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
This made me very sad this morning. I barely have enough energy to be annoyed at Yahoo Personals for not answering my questions about what’s going on over there. Newly single UMA THURMAN is so desperate to get back on the dating scene she’s considering...