FarmersOnline: Latte Drinkers Not Invited
People send me announcements for new dating sites all the time. I don’t often write about them because 99% are identical except for the logo. I ran across the announcement for FarmersOnly. Jerry Miller, the site owner, puts his name and email right on the home...Engage Attracts $5 Million
Engage, which is making a name for itself by allowing members to play matchmaker, has raised an additional $5 million in a round led by Advanced Technology Ventures and seed investors Revolution Ventures. The Founders Fund and Josh Kopleman also participated. The...MatchActivity, Activity-Baesd Dating
GigaOM has details on activity-based matchmaker MatchActivity. I’ve worked with a few similar site in the past and remain somewhat skeptical about how the current crop of services are going to grow large enough to sustain customer acquisition costs. I use...Match and Yahoo Partner in Europe
Markus says that Yahoo and Match are working together in Europe. I would not have believed it unless I read this article or saw the UK Yahoo! Personals landing page. There is literally zero references to the deal in Yahoo News and a couple in Google. Judging by all...Socializing Across Social Networks
Safe dating site TrueDater has launched a site for bookmarking people across multiple social networks. I’ve been critical of TrueDater in the past. I’m not convinced the service has the audience or features to be considered useful. I think something along...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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