Launched: Crazy Blind Date
The giant pulsating brains over at OKCupid have launched a new site which promises short-notice blind dates. Crazy Blind Date is a place where you can coordinate a date on extremely short notice. Online dating sites are cool but sometimes you just want to go out...Meeting Voice and Image Analysis Startups
I’m near the Jersey Shore meeting with TelTech. They are demoing their LoveDetect, Liar and Spoof phone services. Fascinating technology and applications and the discussion about how dating and social sites could use the services has been interesting. I have...Plentyoffish Worth $1 Billion According to Founder
I was reading Steve Rubel’s post about yet another Internet bubble about to burst, which led me to this article that says Plentyoffish.com is worth $1 billion according to it’s founder. POF being valued at one billion dollars? Not a chance. Hundreds of...Congrats Red Sox
I watched the game last night at the Warren Tavern, the oldest pub in America. The place was packed with Red Sox Fans who didn’t want to go down to participate in the insanity that occurred around Fenway. Congrats once again, you guys made us proud. The winter...New Chief at Yahoo! Personals
 Anna Zornosa is leaving Yahoo! Personals. Today we are announcing a transition in leadership within Yahoo! Personals. After two years driving Yahoo! Personals to be one of the leading online dating sites in the industry, Anna Zornosa has decided to pursue a career...Facebook Sells Little Toe to Microsoft for $250 Million
Big news, Microsoft paying $240 million for a sliver of Facebook, 1.6% to be precise. What does this mean to the user? Not much, It’s just corporations doing business with each other. Google has a $900 million ad revenue sharing deal with Myspace. Microsoft gets...October 23 Links
It’s Just Lunch sued. A group of well-heeled women who paid up to $1,500 to snag a man through one of the nation’s priciest and fast-growing online dating services It’s Just Lunch has filed a civil lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, claiming the...Looking For a Group Script
I am back from a fantastic birthday weekend in Vermont. 45 mile bike ride and a Red Sox win to put us in the World Series, can it get any better? I have a question: What scripts are companies using to power dating site groups?This Week in Online Dating
SinglesNet and PlentyofFish at #1 and 2 on Hitwise rankings. Ok, but how much are they paying for the traffic? One million dollars? $10 million? The cost of traffic is something nobody talks about. MSN Dating (Match.c0m), went from #3 to #14, ouch. True.com selects...
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