Elliot Spitzer gunning after Myspace
Myspace is disputing charges in the press that its downloadable toolbars “spy” on consumers. The announcement came in the face of being investigated by the New York Attorney General for practices associated with spyware. The company has decided to cease...Florida Approves disclosure requirement legislation
The House Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-to-2 in favor of HB 1035, and members of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Services Committee voted 6-to-2 in support of SB 1768. The bills would require providers of online dating services to disclose if they do or do not...Dating Services Industry Study price reduced
Through a generous deal with Marketdata Enterprises we are able to offer this exceptional report to you for only $1195 $995, that’s $700 less than MarketData’s list price. Publication Date, April 2004, 173 Pages. Concern over the age of the report is...Striving for mediocrity
Yup, I’m in a mood today. I’m amazed at how many dating sites email me about uploading photos without providing resources for getting my photo taken. Where is the coupon for a webcam, where is the LookBetterOnline link? $130 is still way overpriced but...Aggregated advertising
Buying advertising on dating sites used to be an expensive proposition. It wasn’t long ago that impressions on a medium-sized site could run you $10,000 per month. Most of the graphics looked poorly integrated and un-targeted because the low-budget ad networks...ID verification shootout postponed
I’m swamped with a bunch of different project so I’m going to postpone the ID verification shootout. After thinking about diving into the details of adjudication processes, the “who’s data is better” arguments and all the rest I’ve...ODI Sponsorship and email list
SITRAS is postponed, IDate is next year, how are you going to promote your products and services to the online dating industry? Simple. Sponsor Online Dating Insider with an ad, a sponsored entry or special newsletter. There is no better way to get out in front of the...Wanadoo and Match UK
Wanadoo and Match UK: Two-year deal, six-figure UK deal is an extension of a partnership between Match.com and Wanadoo in Spain, France and The Netherlands. [Update: Marc@Meetic tells me Meetic has the Wanadoo deal in France, as well as 60 others, the Wanadoo...Userplane announces Sitesearch
Last week I mentioned Sitesearch, comparing it to Transparensee. It turns out that Sitesearch is in fact the Transparensee technology. Userplane’s search application re-indexes membership data to allow “most-similar” search results, providing users...
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