OkCupid Developing Facebook Application
I had a great conversation with OkCupid’s Sam Yagan last week. Sam had this to say about social networks and the Facebook application OkCupid is developing: OkCupid.com has always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the social networks. Our user-generated...WPP Takes Stake in Chinese MySpace
WPP has invested in the Chinese venture capital firm which is spearheading the launch of MySpace in China. The marketing services group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell has ploughed an undisclosed sum into China Broadband Capital Partners, a Beijing-based investor in the...Yahoo Personals GM Zornosa Remains at Helm
Recent PaidContent post about the major Yahoo! reorganization mentions that Anna Zornosa will continue to lead Yahoo! Personals. Three cheers for corporate stability, the last thing Y! Personals needs is a new GM. Have you seen the changes to the site that have...Playboy Launching Social Network
Playboy is launching a social network for college students called PlayboyU, billed as an exclusive college-only non-nude social network. I have a feeling this isn’t going to work out so well for Playboy. Why don’t they sponsor an area on Facebook or...Yahoo! Personals Settles Class Action Suit
Yahoo Personals has settled with one Robert Anthony over a date-baiting case from last fall. Yahoo has avoided wasting an enormous amount of time by settling, which means they paid the guy off. I don’t know much about the issue but it sounds like the guy thought...The Ultimate Photo cropping tool
I was talking with someone recently about how important good personal ad photos are. This tool looks like it could do wonders for automagically resizing or cropping people out of the middle of a photo.Multiple Orgasmums at Lavalife
Adrants is one of my favorite places to read about the wild and wacky world of advertising. BoingBoing links to an Adrants video of a hot Italian guy trying to say the word “orgasms” for a Lavalife ad. Interesting to see LL promote intimate encounters so...Blog Maintenance and Improvements
Working on rearranging sidebar links to bring the popular stuff to the top and consolidating categories this afternoon. So far I’ve removed 25 categories, hopefully this will make finding what you’re looking for easier. I tend to use the Search box when...Online Personals Watch Comes to Boston
Fellow social networking/dating blogger and consultant Mark Brooks and I got together last weekend for a long breakfast in Boston’s Seaport District. My meetings with Mark are always informative and entertaining. Every time you think you know everything,...
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