by David Evans | Audio & Video
Eharmony has launched anonymous calling. Given how long it takes to decide on a solution, integrate, test and roll out, this has been in the works for a while. They must have heard how successful the Match Jangle integration was. eHarmony Secure Call is the private,...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
Looks like the new trend in online dating is finding out what kind of dog you are, your stripper name or your love score. Even PlentyOfFish is getting into the game. Here at Plentyoffish.com we have gone and hired some of the worlds leading experts in Personality...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Legal, Profiles & Matching
Law enforcement officials are charging that the online social network MySpace has discovered thousands of known sex offenders using its service, but has failed to act on the information. So much for the Sentinel Sentry sex offender database. Hemanshu Nigam, the chief...
by David Evans | Marketing
Match gets animated, via Adrants. I think these ads must be a hoax, they are insane. Reminds me of a Tim Burton film. In the more-sane department, Match CEO blog has photos from the “Rejected” commercial shoot.
by David Evans | Marketing
Lot’s of attention being paid to the recent Chemistry.com “Rejected” ad campaign, which clearly places eHarmony in Chemsitry’s crosshairs. The media attention is approaching the True.com level, which is to be expected, because let’s face...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
OkCupid has launched a totally new design. I can’t log in to every page because I forgot my password and the system says I’ve tried to retrieve it five times in a row, which I haven’t. Still free, looks clean, what’s not to like? Well, a few...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
HOTorNOT, the site where I never get rated higher than 5.8, is now free. Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that we’ve made HOTorNOT free! You no longer need to buy a star membership in order to write your double matches ;) We’ve made a lot of...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
What a week, I’ve been up to my eyeballs in dating scripts. I’ll be back to blogging regularly next week. A few dating-related domain names are for sale. Whether RelationMag.com, Smutweek.com or KingMagazine.com are of any value remains to be seen. I...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
A big welcome to SkaDate, the latest sponsor of Online Dating Insider. I’m in North Carolina working on a new dating site. Last night was a big night out with the client, who knows how to have a good time. Asprin and strong coffee, stat! The news this week was...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
2007 marks the 20th anniversary of Lavalife. Originally called Teleclassifieds, Lavalife was founded in 1987 by five young Toronto-based entrepreneurs who had been experimenting with then-breakthrough IVR technology (Interactive Voice Response). Since 1987, the...