PlanetOut Stock Plunge
According to Barron’s, by way of SeekingAlpha, PlanetOut is running out of cash and the stock is down more than 31% in the last two days of trading. With the ongoing slide in the stock – on Monday, PlanetOut shares fell 17 cents to 98 cents – the...PlentyofFish Has the Perfect Bait
I couldn’t improve on that classic headline in today’s Wall Street Journal article about PlentyofFish. Reporter Lee Comes calls PlentyofFish a “model for the next generation of Web entrepreneurship.” He actually travelled to PoF world...Notes from iDate Shanghai
I’ve received some general feedback from attendees of last week’s Internet Dating Conference, which took place in Shanghai, May 17-18, 2007. Here are photos from the event. I realize this isn’t much. If you were there, leave your thoughts on the...KissCafe Launches with Ajax and RoR
If that headline didn’t do it for you, it probably didn’t work for the intended audience either. Touting a user interface technology and a development platform in the title of press release is not the smartest way to go about promoting a new dating site....Myspace Cleans up Its Act
After week of political posturing, the New York Times says that Myspace will hand over to state attorneys general the names, addresses and online profiles of thousands of known convicted sex offenders who have opened up accounts on the service. More than 7,000...Friday Weekly Wrapup for 5/18/07
Nelson Rodriguez at Love Access in a dating scammer tell-all. Moving from typical Nigerian Ghana to mail-drops to Russian mail order bride scammers. Why didn’t I think of making profiles on Match via my own affiliate ID and taking the money for myself? Those...Game Review: Playing the Field
Playing The Field is a Q&A style card game from The Power Sisters. They sent me a copy and I recently I had the chance to play the game with my girlfriend. Playing the Field contains four boxes of cards, labeled 1st Base, 2ndBase, etc. One player asks the other...Interview: Mate1 Co-Founder Liz Wasserman
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Mate1 co-founder Liz Wasserman. Much thanks to Liz for letting me share our conversation with Online Dating Insider readers. What’s the story behind Mate1? I started with my Father in 2003. I previously worked in film and...Online Dating Ad Spend Continues to Increase
Online dating ad spend data from Brandweek’s Kenneth Hein: True.com is going to spend $90 million on advertising over the next 12 months. If you think True’s membership doubling in the last 12 months has anything to do with safer dating I’ve got a...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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