Webdate Traffic Plummets
Look at how far Webdate’s traffic has fallen. After a four-million visitor bump in August traffic started tanking. Looks like they bought a ton of traffic, it didn’t convert well and they stopped buying.Missed Predictions: Mobile Dating
I’ve been going through old news and have come up with some examples of missed predictions. According to Yankee Group research, active users of mobile interactive, entertainment and community applications, which include premium chat, flirting and dating...Online Dating Insider Sponsor Interview: Boonex
Dating Ad Network has interviewed Andrew Boon, Director of Boonex, about the upcoming Dolphin 7 and underlying Poseidon infrastructure. Disclaimer: Both companies are sponsors of this blog.Spark Networks
Spark Networks is trending down, with a few positive notes. JDate revenue and subscribers down General market revenue down 49% Revenue for Offline & Other Businesses down Average paying subscribers down 10% The Company purchased 1.6 million shares during the...eHarmony and Yahoo Announce partnership in Australia
The unofficial eHarmony Blog continues to break great stories. Some of the posts are news oriented, like this post about how eHarmony partners with Yahoo for advertising in Austrailia. Other posts tend to dig deep into how eHarmony functions. Great stuff.Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Nov 12, 2008
Tip of the hat to Jeremiah for continuing to produce the fantastic Weekly Digest of the Social Networking Space: Nov 12, 2008.More people Meeting, Getting Married Online
One in eight people married last year in the US met online. That’s it? Let’s see that number somewhere around 3 and we’ll have something to talk about. Right now we’re still fumbling around trying to figure out what works and what...Online Dating Links for 11-11
Craigslist charging for erotic services. We’ll see how using a fake credit card to authenticate pimps works out. “Single?†Lawn Signs Conquer the American Landscape. Adaptive Websites: MIT Technology Review has a great article about Adapting Websites to...Videospokesmodels, Cheaper than Dr. Phil
If you can’t afford a celebrity for your website, you may want to check out VideoSpokesModel.com. Not a bad deal for a couple hundred bucks. I’ll take her over your pitch/Help/FAQ section any day.
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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