Vertrue in $800M LBO
Dating site owners continue to get out of the market while the getting is good. A few more consolidations and it’s going to be a handful of mega-sites and a thousand niches struggling to survive. In today’s news, it looks like Vertrue has found a buyer,...My Almost Last Twitter Mention
David Cassel at 10zenmonkies.com has a funny Twitter post. I am loving 10zen, RU Sirius, video interview with Rudy Rucker, references to Jaron Lanier, early days of Virtual Reality and lots more edgy stuff. Good stuff for your brain. Also, they use Blip.tv, which...Chemistry.com Launching Ad Campaign, Affiliate Program
Chemistry.com is set to launch a TV campaign that will debut in late April and early May and run for over a month. They also announced a 100% commission structure for affiliates.Illinois Legislature Defeats Online Dating Bill
Fresh from the comments, Brandon at Net Choice says: Today the Illinois legislature did what the Florida legislature wouldn’t do – crush a bad online dating bill in committee. I had a premonition that things would go well in Springfield. Hey, it’s the Land of...Installing Boonex Dolphin in 42 Minutes
I was on the phone today with a client who had an older version of aeWebworks (now called Boonex) dating software, which is now called Dolphin. I went over to Boonex and checked out the live demo and thought, what the heck, lets’ see how difficult it is to...Head On Over to The Progress Bar
I just finished adding a new theme to my other blog, The Progress Bar, with a new template. TBP is where I write about Web 2.0, social media, identity, leading-edge internet marketing and other early-adopter topics that don’t quite fit into a blog about the...Lavalife’s 600k members Feeling Chatty
Enjoying the nice traffic spike from the link from the New York Times True.com article. Lots of IT-related posts about dating sites recently. Today, Level 3 announces it has launched an Internet-based phone service for online dating service Lavalife. Lavalife, which...True.com: Hot but Virtuous
Welcome visitors from the New York Times. Readers of this blog know I have a good deal of contempt for True.com, one of the most talked about online dating sites in recent years. True, which attracted 3.8 million visitors last month and boasts 16 million members,...iPhoto, meet Facebook
Facebok had a Hackathon back in January that resulted in a plug-in for iPhoto that enables photo uploads directly into Facebook profiles. Gone are the days of the 10-step photo upload. Now you can export photos directly from your iPhoto library to a Facebook album,...
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