by David Evans | Dating Markets
InternetWeek wrote an article I contributed to which does a decent job explaining the draw of niche sites in the social networking and dating space. The author sent me a link to a new site, check out Quirkyalone, “a community of independent thought on singledom,...
by David Evans | Dating Markets
Thirtyplussingles is a dating site focusing on, you guessed it, over-30 singles. I received a good-looking promotion from one of their affiliates. Interesting that the “offer” is not for twenty-somethings. I have not signed up for the service, but I cannot...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Spending the week on Plum Island in Massachusetts with family and friends. Replaced my pic to the left with a new one, the blues and stripers are running hard this week and this fellow put up the best fight of the morning. Comments about the FastCupid situation...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Match.com Director, Strategy and Planning Specialist, Public Relations Sr. Engineer, Email Applications – International HR & Office Administrator Engineer, Quality Assurance Eharmony Senior Data Mining Analyst Quality Assurance Engineer / Tester Elove.com...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Various websites are offering SpringStreet members special “switchâ€? deals on membership. Consumating is the first I heard about, which offers a special promo code for people who want to quit Spring Street — they get 5 free points for signing up. Let me know...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Reader comments continue to come in about the FriendFinder/SpringStreet integration. Andrew Conru, CEO of FriendFinder, responds, saying that the new SpringStreet database is separate from FriendFinder and pledging commitment to “preserving unique character of...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
[FriendFinder](http://www.FriendFinder.com/ “FriendFinder.com”) is in the middle of a major network upgrade as it migrates hundreds of thousands of SpringStreet Network members on to the FriendFinder Network. FF has rebranded it’s SpringStreet...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
[Userplane](http://www.userplane.com/ “Userplane Website”) announced the release of plug-in modules for software platforms Simple Machines, vBulletin, Mambo and phpNuke. With the release of the modules, website developers and administrators using these...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab researcher Anmol Madan has created a PDA application that uses a microphone to measure compatibility between singles. The mobile matchmaker earned the nickname Jerk-O-Meter because the application not only...
by David Evans | Dating Markets, Dating Sites & Startups
Lately I have felt that just about everything that can be said about the major players in the online dating industry has been said, either here, in the MMS (mainstream media) or on other blogs. To that end, I’ve decided to cancel my Match, Yahoo and other...