Who’s Keeping Tabs on New Jersey?
Now that that online dating legislation has passed in New Jersey it’s time to find out who is checking on compliance with the NJ safe dating rules. Have sites been shut down, reprimanded or letters sent out? How do they compile a list of online dating sites in a...Dating Sites Don’t Know Their Customers (Why Search Is Broken)
The majority of online dating companies know little about how people are using their sites. I had this thought while I was reading about Rearden Commerce, which just raised $100 million. Patrick Grady has spent the past eight years of his life building the ultimate...WooMe Harriss Poll
Online video introduction site WooMe sent me the results of a Harris Interactive poll that point to one of the main reasons why online dating sites fail – because there is no live interaction with video. I disagree that video is a main reason why online dating sites...Why I am not a Lawyer or Reporter
I learned several lessons yesterday after posting incorrect information about personality testing legal issues. Posting inaccurate information gets people talking more than usual and tends to bring out the worst in people. You can never be to careful about...Personality Testing legal issues
An informed insider tells me that Integrated Knowledge Systems claims they have a patent on personality testing and anyone who does personality testing owes them royalities of up to 60% of all revenues. If your dating site has been contacted by IKS I’d like to...OKCupid Adds Forums
OKCupid is looking more and more like PlentyOfFish every day. First came the sex ads and now we have forums. I trolled the forums this morning for a bit and came away with my head spinning. Where do people have the time to write things like “looking for someone...World Dating Partners Buddies with BuddyCheck
World Dating Partners today announced that they have selected BuddyCheck to provide Age & ID Verification Services to its’ members. The BuddyCheck Age & ID Verification solutions consists of providing a matching technology driven through match codes that...Facebook Mega-Update
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...Online Dating Insider Update
Spring is here in Boston. The striped bass are jumping out of the water in Boston harbor down the street, expect some fish pix next week. The grill is out, wifi working on the porch and I’m working with some fantastic clients on making their dating sites more...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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