by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
According to News.com, Investment firm Montegomery & Co. has been hired to find a buyer for Friendster. Again. Earlier this year they were asking $200 million, that price has been lowered to the $50 million range. Lack of a solid business model and the MySpace...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
I recently was invited to join a group called Anti-scammers at Yahoo Groups. Members share experiences, screen names tips and tactics for dealing with scammers on dating sites. Perusing the group, I found photos of fake passports, photos of scammers and...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
My notes from the call. No Q&A session due to Quiet Period Full press release at Spark Networks News Room. 3rd amendment to S-1 filed today. The company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, which will make Spark Networks an SEC reporting company, will be...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
American Singles and JDate have been redesigned, along with a few other Spark properties. Standardizing on a design template is a smart move but it also makes you realize there is very little difference between several of their sites. You could replace the home page...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Online Dating Innovation
This week I spoke with Userplane CEO Mike Jones, who tells me Userplane is offering permanent profiles for their free ad-supported app clients users. Anyone can still jump in with just a screen name assuming they set up the app to work that way, but for users that...
by David Evans | Dating Safety, Legal
It was only a matter of time. True.com made it’s name as a website dedicated to safer dating. Now, it’s fighting to keep a convicted sex offender off it’s site. True reportedly took quick action, reporting the offender to the authorities and filing a...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Spark 3rd Quarter 2005 financial results investor conference call is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 14, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Call Title: Spark Networks 3rd Quarter 2005 Results Toll-Free (United States): +1-800-370-0898 International:...
by David Evans | Dating Site Features
Online directory service 192.com has launched a new local dating service in partnership with Datingdirect. 192Dating also lets users locate the ideal place and practicalities needed to create a romantic evening. 192Dating enables a user to select potential partners...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups
Last week Match.com launched a Singles Observatory in France that it intends to use as an “independent” body to publish data about singles, their lifestyle and the hunt for the perfect partner. This just shows how much they want to be able to soundly claim...
by David Evans | Dating Research
A reader named John Brown left a comment stating that Dr. James Houran did not in fact create the True personality test. According to Brown: The test was developed by Plumeus, Inc. and the “brain� behind the test is certainly not Mr. Houran but Ilona Jerabek Ph.D....