by David Evans | Uncategorized
Today’s guest post is by Eddy Ankrett. Sixteen years ago, Eddy set up Elite Introductions – an offline dating service with a strong focus on personal contact with members. Today, Eddy is Chairman of Dateline PLC, one of the UK’s most established dating...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events
Back from New York. The meetup was a success, 12+ people showed up and we spent a lively evening at Apple Bar talking about the online dating industry, how startups are changing the game considerably by going after niche markets with new features and functionality and...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Nothing says “marriage or bust†quite like the Marriage-Hunting Bra (Konkatsu Bra), a new concept lingerie by Triumph International designed to help the marriage-minded woman find a husband by displaying how much time remains until she hopes to tie the knot. In...
by David Evans | Dating Markets
Last week I talked with Art Harrison at Randodate. Randodate offers a speed dating application which can be embedded in a dating site or social network, similar to IM/Chat applications like Topicfox and Toksta. Enter Ning, the social network for social networks, which...
by David Evans | Dating Markets
SpeedDate has launched an Android application that offers portable, immediate and 24-hour access to the millions of singles engaged in online dating. By downloading the free application to your Android phone, users can leave their computer screens and be able to...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Mark Andrew recently began responding to personal ads, asking the placers if they’d sit for a photograph. To his surprise, many did: He has snapped 50-plus pix to date. Here’s a 67-year-old man who’s in the market for a rich, attractive woman — with a gambling...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Over the years I’ve accumulated a number of online dating industry reports, presentations and other interesting files. Some of the links are to paid reports, others are to PDF’s, Powerpoints, etc. Many are quite old as well, good for historical...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Online classified ads service Craigslist will get rid of its “erotic services” category that critics called a front for prostitution, replacing it with an adult category that will be reviewed by Web site employees, state attorneys general announced...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events
The Online Dating Insider Dating Industry New York City Meetup is taking place this Thursday, May 14 between 6-8pm at Apple Restaurant,17 Waverly Place. Come mingle with Dave Evans from Online Dating Insider, dating site executives from the New York area as well as...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Talked to Nick from Topicfox today. For those keeping score, Topicfox offers white label instant messaging solutions, whereas Toskta appears to be more of a webchat service, according to Nick. Nick says that in the next week or so the sandbox for testing Topicfox will...