Match.com Acquires PlentyofFish
This just in. Match.com has agreed to purchase PlentyOffish for $175 million. Sources say Match will be integrating PlentyOfFish profiles with the Match.com database. Especially excited are the Match Platinum team, which will be selling former PoF member $1,000...Zoosk, The X-Multiplier and Social Networks
Facebook dating applications (1,414 and counting) are starting to get some serious traction. Recently week I spoke with Alex Mehr, who, along with Shayan Ghazizadeh and two developers, launched Zoosk, a popular dating application on Facebook. Zoosk was funded by...Why Myspace is So Over (for me)
Look at my week’s worth of Myspace friend requests, every single one is a pr*stit*te. Calling Client-9. And let’s not get into the gaping security holes at Myspace. The company will push back against legal actions being taken against the site for as long...Online Dating Industry Legal Update
Lobbying firm KSE is reaching on behalf of Internet Alliance, which is heading to Illinois on April 3 to fight the ”Internet predator awareness and online safety act”. I work w/ Emily Hackett of the Internet Alliance. We represent Yahoo!, Match.com and...Facebook Global Growth
For those of you trying to figure out which social networks to roll out your dating applications, notice Facebook is about to pass MySpace in worldwide traffic, at least according to Comscore, which famously is responsible for dropping Google’s market value...Bone Fish To Offer SpectrumX Personality Tests
Talk about an awkward headline. Bone Fish Ltd, the world’€™s first ever free provider of white label dating solutions with a membership base that spans the globe of over 3 million, has partnered with SpectrumX to expand its ever-increasing portfolio of...One Million Speed Dates and Counting
SpeedDate.com has announced it has hosted over one million 3-minute online speed dates. One woman in California, has gone on 40 dates in an evening. How can you keep track of 40 people? While SpeedDate is one of the most visible players in the current crop of...Viral Marketing 101: Viral and Retention Loops
All to often I am accosted at networking events by so-called social media experts who, when pushed, admit they don’t know the first thing about social media marketing except that “you have to be on Facebook and have a YouTube video.” Run from these...Taaz Virtual Photo Makeovers
Let’s face it, most personal ad photos are a faint glimmer of reality. Men and women are equally guilty for posting photos that don’t reflect their true self. Photo variations include the “10 years ago” photo, the “hide the body” or...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
@datinginsider
