Match Takes over True on Myspace
It appears Match.com has finally had enough of watching True.com come out of nowhere to cruise past them in the unique visitor rankings at Hitwise (at least according to Hitwise). Here we have the latest Match ads on Myspace, which feature the video of various women...Dating & Discovery Consulting Services
Much of my work in the dating and social networking industry involves working with startups looking for a way to leapfrog their way into a market-leading position in a particular niche. Other times it’s developing new growth strategies for established sites that...Friday wrap-up: Who Shot PR?
A whole slew of dating sites are interviewing or closing deals with new PR shops. Looks like in several cases the old guard and we can only hope that fresh ideas are being put on the table. You need to get into the hearts and minds of singles before you can get into...Using Customer Churn To Your Advantage
Last night I was tweaking my Match profile. I saw that it asked me for the town I grew up in. I don’t remember that as a question before, and have no way of telling if that’s a new question or not because who can keep track of these things? Sometimes it...Jewish Dating Sites Using Psychological Profiling to Match Members
Benny Fluman at Zoozamen tells me that Spark Networks is building a premium service based on the Zoozamen psychological testing engine. Every Jdate members will have a free personal psychological profile which can be used during the matching process in addition to the...Think Thinks About Selling Itself, Again
Think Partnership Inc. has announced a new letter of intent to sell its Internet dating business to Mountains West Exploration Inc. for $21 million. More at Tampa Bay Business Journal. If the deal closes under the stated terms, MWXI will pay $5 million in cash, a...Links for 11-15-2006
Consumer Reports sends a staffer out on an online dating spree at AmericanSingles, eHarmony, Match.com, True, and Yahoo Personals. Shout-out to sponsor Userplane. Check out their latest newsletter. SLProfiles, enhanced profiles pulled from SLprofiles.com, displayed...Stalking by Slider: Facebook Updates News Feeds
Fred Stutzman tells us that Facebook has announced a series of changes to their controversial news feeds product. Here are the two major modifications. The coolest is the mixer-style slider controls which adjusts the frequency of different types of stories delivered...A Peek Behind the Curtain at Myspace
Markus links to a video of Myspace CTO talking about how they pay billg a lot of money to run the site on ASP.NET. When they had 65 million users, 250 servers were used to just serve up the homepage! The performance gains cannot be denied, but still, I think most of...
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