by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
I don’t know how long this has been going on but when I updated my photos on Match this week I was presented with a pop-up stating my primary photo would be cropped to better show my face. I just spent 10 minutes tweaking the photo in a $700 photo editor, why...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
I’ve been using various video-conferencing applications since 1993. CUSeeMe, iVisit, Netmeeting, icuii, Paltalk, Jmeeting, I’ve tried them all. I even got paid to talk to scantily-clad women on iFriends.net at one point, but that’s another story. Who...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Reverse Matching is the latest feature on Match.com. From the website: With one click, we can deliver the members who are looking for you using the personal information you’ve entered in your profile. That sounds interesting. Let’s try it on my profile....
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Way back in May, Meetic became premium dating partner of LYCOS Gütersloh/ Paris. They had 4 million members, the deal with Lycos is what got them to the nine million member mark I mentioned earlier. According to comScore, Meetic has 2.2 million visitors. I...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Get out your Euro calculator. Meetic, with the support of its new shareholder AGF Allianz, is busy strengthening its leadership before its listing on the stock market, planned for 2005. The French dating site launched in early 2002 by Marc Simoncini will open up to 4...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Most press releases tout new features or membership growth. Taking a different approach, LDSpromise sent out news that using its SureMatch Compatibility Algorithms, LDSPromise has compiled more than 20,000 Potential Relationship Matches matches during the first two...