Back in the Saddle
I’ve been at the Berkman Identity Mashup conference at Harvard and MIT all week. I’m behind on just about everything this week, the problem with events like this. I love being at conferences just when things start to coalesce, the energy was palpable and...Yahoo, True, JDate Sued For Keyword Infringement
MarketingVOX says the lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Colorado by JP Enterprises, which runs online dating service lovecity.com. The suit alleges that Yahoo and the others of bidding on “lovecity,” “lovecity.com” and...Friday Update
Between family events, a three-day Identity Mashup conference at Harvard and finishing up a few consulting projects, expect light posting next week. People have been leaving great comments, keep it up, great insights in some of the discussion threads. Technorati Tags:...Match Fights Bachelorism
Match has a new tongue-in cheek site at Bachelorism.org. I feel the need to go into Adrants mode when I see this kind of marketing. This really needed to be a video, not a static PDF. There are so many fun things they could have done. Where the heck is Dr. Phil? Can...Match Extends MSN AGreement
Match.com today announced the extension of its global relationship with MSN. The multi-year agreement expands the companies’ existing partnership, which began in 2000. The MSN Dating and Personals service(1) powered by Match.com attracts more than 30 million...Giant POF Adsense Check
Holy cow. Plentyoffish AdSense check for $901,000. Subtract $5,400 for hosting/month and Instant Messenger at $8,000/month and you have a nice little internet company going for one guy. I love his blog title, The Paradigm Shift subtitled Adapt or die. Favorite entry,...True.com Almost Gets Social Networking
After watching True continue to appeal to lower and lower functions of the brain, my guess was the next round of ads would be comprised of nothing more than a pair of talking breasts. Imagine my surprise when I saw this ad on Myspace. Instead of areola, Myspacers are...Myspace Offers Controlled Hubs
Mediaweek talks about Myspace adding program channels designed for advertisers who wants a more controlled environment for their messaging. Photo reviews of 3 million daily uploaded files are planned and FIM is talking with 10 companies a week, the acquisition are...Plentyoffish Makes Plenty Of Cash
In case you didn’t know him, Markus runs the Canadian dating site plentyoffish.com. Markus is a true character in the dating industry. He posts a lot of comments here, which are often self-aggrandizing, thought-provolking and Canadian in nature. A lot of his...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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