Monday 11-6-2006 Links
Someone sent me this link to a Web 2.0 event where FriendFinder CEO Andrew Conru does a presentation titled “what can we learn from the adult industry.” I’m posting this because some people argued that I called Friend Finder network...How Many Singles in Your Area Code?
I haven’t been able to post images to blog entries for a few days. All of a sudden it works again, and then it doesn’t. Perplexing. Here we have part of the SecondLife login screen. Notice the Total Residents, and the Logged In Last 60 Days number. Notice...How Many Paid Subscriptions?
Interesting tidbit: Match CEO Jim Safka says there are 90 million people over age 18 who are single in the United States and actively looking for a relationship, yet only 3 million people actively subscribe to any kind of Internet matchmaking service. I’m...Yahoo, Beliefnet Take to Faith-Based Compatibility
Hot on the heels of the Adult Friend Finder story, we find out that Beliefnet.com and Yahoo! Personals have gotten in bed together to create the what’s being called the largest online community of spiritual daters. I met a Beliefnet staffer a few years ago at a...Sex Sells, Just Ask Adult Friend Finder
Adult Friend Finder (not safe for work!) founder Andrew Conru was profiled in the Mercury News. I met Andrew a few years ago at a dating event in San Francisco. Come to think of it, I met Evan Katz and Mike Jones from Userplane at that event as well. That was the...Match.com To Debut Anonymous Calling
When it comes to innovation, the dating industry is usually one of the last places early adopters will look for examples of cutting edge features. Until now. Match is slated to begin offering free anonymous phone calling between members. But this isn’t your...Myspace DNS Poisoned?
Sysadmins and those in the know, what is wrong with this picture? % dig myspace.com … ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;myspace.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: myspace.com. 85833 IN A 216.178.32.50 myspace.com. 85833 IN A 216.178.32.51 myspace.com. 85833 IN A 127.0.0.1...Dating Industry Jobs I’d like to have for a day
I love Mike Rowe, host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. He gets to do some of the dirtiest, and often interesting jobs on the planet for a single day. I sit in front of my computer 10 hours a day drinking coffee, participating in conference calls on Skype and...Links for Tuesday October 31 2006
Online Dating Insider sponsor Thomas Technologies announces LoveandFriends has integrated Thomas’ web-dating suite 1.0. Thomas hopes to show that Thomas’ tools can be tailored to any demographic be it Jewish, Catholic or any other niche. LoveandFriends is...
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