by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups
I get a little excited when I think about all the technology required to run dating sites. Here are some new tools I learned about today. Selenium is a web application testing system. CRM114 is a system to examine incoming e-mail, system log streams, data files or...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Match and several other dating sites are already on Hunch, the new decision-assistance site from Flickr founder Caterina Fake. I checked out the Which online dating site should I try question. I have this exact system running on my laptop as a demo, forgot about it...
by David Evans | Marketing, Mobile Dating
Match has launched an iPhone application. Downloading it now, will play around with it tonight and review tomorrow. Dilbert loves using his phone on dates. Fewer Ads Can Boost Click-Through. For the love of God, less junk ads on dating sites, please! A Pretty Woman...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
I have one toolbar for Facebook on my Mac. I use it 20 times a day, absolutely critical for me and stays out of the way when I’m not using it. Where are the online dating toolbars? Some smart dating aggregator is going to build a toolbar that’s useful and...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Thoughts for a rainy Sunday: What is more effective, guided communication such as eHarmony and Chemistry or email filters based on user criteria as seen on Plentyoffish and OKCupid? People tend to complain about guided communication more than email filters, why is...
by David Evans | Marketing
Quinn Lipin is the CEO of SinglesNet, which is based outside of Boston in Needham,MA. He is also the CEO of Enesun, a company which places medical professionals that he founded in 1995. The comments on this Center Networks story about SinglesNet advertising are...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Anyone starting or running a dating site should listen to this Venture Hacks podcast How IMVU learned its way to $10M a year. The dating industry growth hype due to the recession is leading many people to start dating sites. 98% of these companies are going to fail if...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
I signed up for Compatible Partners, the upcoming eHarmony same-sex dating site, several months ago. Today I received an email confirming my registration. I clicked the link and was directed to thank you for confirming your registration. That’s it. There is no...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
In a previous post I mentioned that Friend Finder Networks had an amazing advertising solution right under their nose but are distracted with the IPO plans. I went back and re-read some of the commentary about the IPO and thought it would be interesting to share some...