iDate Miami 2009 Photos and Videos
iDate just sent out a somewhat confusing email about payment processors which included links to photos and videos from the January Miami event. If you read this blog regularly your photo is probably up there. Yes, I’m wearing the shirt I wore at last...Online Booty Call Sweepstakes
An astute observer wrote in questioning how Online Booty Call is running it’s OBC Million Dollar Sweepstakes. I can’t believe I just typed that. GRAND PRIZE DRAW: Within fifteen (15) days of the end of the Promotion Period, an independent judging...Skout wins DEMOgod award at DEMO 09
Congrats to Skout, which walked off with the DEMOgod award at DEMO 09. Skout announced they will be running their mobile location-based dating service on flatscreen jukeboxes at thousands of bars and clubs across the US. Big props to Christian, Reg, Patrick and the...DownToEarth Up to 250k Monthly Visits
DownToEarth continues to drive impressive amounts of traffic, 250k visitors, 700k visits in the last month. Amazing. The site isn’t very sticky though, about three visits per month and 12 pageviews per visit according to Compete. Something tells me people create...Is PlentyofFish Truly Free?
Reader Brad bring up a good point. PlentyOfFish site still says it’s 100% free still on the site. Shoudl this be considered false advertising since there is an upgrade option? I would think there could be issues if the badge is tied to features only available to...Can Credit Card Comanies Predict Compatibility Better That Tests?
Charlie Rose asks Marissa Mayer at Google about who owns their data. full story at TechCrunch. Marissa Mayer: Innocently, your credit card company knows a lot what you do. I was reading an article just the other day that said your credit card company knows two years...Dating Ad Network Talks to Makefriendsonline
Dating Ad Network (disclaimer, sponsor) published an interview with Martin Bysh, who was very good on the European startups model panel at iDate. Martin runs Smooch and Makefriendsonline.Today Show Targets Recession And Romance
Sam Yagan from OKCupid was on the Today Show in a segment about the supposed recession-driven online dating uptick. Perhaps the current growth in online dating will erase some of the remaining stigma, of which there still remains plenty. But will it grow the market...PlentyofFish Launches Serious Member Badges
After remaining free since it’s inception, PlentyofFish has officially launched the Serious Member feature. I was able to add my badge, which you can see in the screenshot below. It’s gigantic, like the sun. I don’t hold open doors for women, I kick...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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