by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
Black Box Republic has launched a new personal relationship oriented members-only community. If you run a dating site or social network or are considering starting one, you should pay close attention to the Blackbox Republic launch. Case in point, last week I was at a...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation
My friend Dave at EatMedia send me the following from WIRED: Seamless ad trading may turn out to be just the start. Google could also encourage buyers and sellers to exploit the hidden value of inventory by blending their clickstream databases with data gleaned from...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
During the past year or so I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about the role Facebook could play in online dating. I’ve received a lot of feedback from the online dating industry about the possibility of Facebook becoming the worlds largest dating site....
by David Evans | Dating Research, Marketing, Online Dating Innovation
As a consultant, it’s important for me to be friendly and familiar with several vendors in any category, from advertising to graphic design to people who optimize databases for profile search. Lately I have been interviewing usability testing companies for a...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation
From Online Personals Watch: Omnidate is conducting a study with Professor Dan Ariely into the effectiveness of virtual dating and is looking for dating sites to participate in this research. That’s a smart move to align with Professor Ariely. I’ve read...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
Niche dating sites can be incredibly effective if you’re Jewish, Black, Gay, Athletic or belong to any number of groups where it makes sense to self-identify as part of a particular group of people. Matchmaker was the first site to have many different...