by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
I had a chuckle this morning when I saw that Markus says that HotorNot competed with OkCupid. He thinks HotOrNot will move to a hybrid YouTube/dating model. Bizarre that they are shutting down HotOrNot, $5 million revenue for 5 people, but then again, they have to do...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
I like how Classmates has added further customization of profile pages, including the ability to create new pages featuring blogs, photo galleries and articles. If they can do it with hundreds of thousands (millions?) of members, what’s holding back dating sites...
by David Evans | Marketing
It looks like American Singles is the only dating site taking advantage of Valentine’s Day promotions by offering special affiliate banners. I’m surprised more sites are not doing this. An easy way to get out in front of affiliates, re-establish...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Industry
Eharmony needs a Product Manager and a Java/J2EE Developer to work on an emerging eHarmony service. I’m not sure what exactly the service is, let the rumors begin the the comments.
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation
Userplane has announced the availability of online two-player games within the Userplane Webmessenger instant messaging platform. Users can now play games right from the IM window. Userplane Webmessenger users have their choice of four two-player games: Fruit Mixup, a...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
OkCupid.com is looking for a Director/VP (depending on experience) of Advertising Sales who will report to the Chief Executive Officer, overseeing and executing all of the company’s advertising sales. We are looking for a dynamic, successful and experienced sales...
by David Evans | Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching
TechCrunch has a review of ProfileLinker, a Boston-based (for now) company working on aggregating your social networking experience. You tell ProfileLinker your site credentials and it pulls your bio, friends and other information from those sites and centralizes it....
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Markus says that Lavalife is for sale. Actually, the whole company, Vertrue, is on the block. Vertrue could fetch around $640 million including debt or around $43 a share, The Post said quoting its sources. However, its sources said the company could get more than $50...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
PerfectMatch announced it has partnered with Be Better Guys to provide lifestyle advice to it’s male members. BeBetterGuys brings its expertise in men’s fashion, grooming, dating, and etiquette directly to Perfectmatch’s more than four million...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events
Readers know how fond I am of Boston-based HeyLetsGo. I found an event on the site called Speed Friending. It’s kinda like Speed Dating, but it’s not about dating…it’s about making new friends and connections! Hey, that’s what we’re...