Dr. Phil on Match.com
Match.com is paying Dr. Phil an undisclosed sum to offer dating advice to Match subscribers for $12.99 a month. “MindFindBind” will offer provocative tips and techniques, workshops and 50 video segments. Match CEO Jim Safka: We listened to our customers....MySpace Streaks Ahead
Read/WriteWeb mentions a USA Today article which states Myspace has reached 47.3 members. Also of note, MySpace is signing up 160,000 new users A DAY according to MediaPost. Stunning numbers to be certain, but how long will they last? The USA Today article compares...Date.com Adds Relationship Advisor
Date.com has hired Anna David to replace Brenda Ross a Relationship Advisor. David will write a monthly column devoted to contemporary dating and relationship issues, which will appear on Date.com’s interactive webzine “Date Info.� She will also write a monthly...65% of UK Daters looking online
Parship.co.uk, a British subsidiary of Europe’s largest dating service with more than 1.5 million members, says that 3.6 million Britons used online dating services last year. That is 65 per cent of the 5.4 million Britons who are looking for a relationship and have...The State of Online Dating Advertising
I used to work at an advertising agency. Suffice to say I enjoy good advertising. I’m reading “Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands” and thinking about how the dating industry approaches branding and advertising. I came across this ad and have to say...Finding people on Flickr with retrievr
Retrievr is a web app where you draw something and retrievr goes and finds all the images on the photo sharing service Flickr that resemble what you drew. I had fun with this, trying to draw people and seeing what retrievr returned. Perhaps an enterprising dating site...eHarmony Compatibility Profile
Eharmony has announced the Compatibility Profile, which helps members avoid common matchmaking mistakes by providing insight into potential match’s adaptability, passion, sociability and self-image. The new report is based on the existing 436-question...Marketing statistics for dating websites
I found this answer at GoogleAnswers. Some of the information is dated but worth a few clicks. Match.com on skimmers, conversion numbers, banner CTR’s and more. [tags: dating+site+marketing]Chemistry.com is live
Chemistry has emerged from beta and is now live. It’s unclear why Match didn’t add the new profile and questionnaire features to their existing mega-brand. This was a big mistake. Chemistry will not pose a serious threat to Eharmony unless they spend an...
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