by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
TechCrunch has a good post about why US-based social networks are failing in Japan. I find the implications of international expansion especially interesting given how Match and other major dating sites are looking to establish a presence in Asian markets. Social...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Yesterday I was in New York City being a good consultant and meeting with clients and doing some business development with people I’d really want to work with. Nothing drives home my value like looking across a table at someone and telling them something they...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
It’s not just Match thats broken, I just saw these two blunders on Facebook. “Come back in a few days.” What???? This is barely acceptable on a free site based on a very basic platform. The second one is that I was shown an ad for men. Believe, me,...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
Online dating sites function as a destination. Visit site, browse/search/wink/email/connect, rinse, repeat. Emails sent from dating sites always link back to the site itself, because it’s all about visitors and pageviews. Technologies like Adobe Air, Flex,...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Social: Dating & Networking
Data portability is a hot topic amongst the digerati these days. while reading about FacebookConnect. I’m all for being able to display and access your own information across multiple sites. TechCrunch says Facebook to Open Source Facebook Platform. This is big...
by David Evans | Social: Dating & Networking
Andrew Chen is my hero. He does a fantastic job talking about the math the drives social network growth and decline. Snip… Does everyone remember Metcalfe’s Law? It was formulated by Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet and co-founder of 3Com, who...