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SpringStreet is moving offices

by | Dating Sites & Startups

SpringStreet Assistant Directory of Marketing, going by the nom de plume eighthblackbird blogs that SpringStreet is moving from their current Varick Street office in NYC to 419 Lafayette Street (reg req’d): there’s talk of abandoning our (hugely expensive...

Trustadate.com new background checks entrant

by | Dating Safety

An article in the Southern Illinoisan about a company called Trustadate.com caught my eye. Jeremy Maloney and Brian Chapman are co-owners of My Background Instantly, a business designed specifically for pre-employment background checks for businesses. The article...

Take a test, go to Paris

by | Marketing

Take a test, go to Paris: Take the Yahoo! Personality & Love Style test for free and they will enter you in a drawing to win a trip for two to Paris for a week and $2,000 spending money.

Be a matchmaker at Yahoo!

by | Dating Sites & Startups

When I finished posting my video greeting I saw a sidebar ad that says “Be a Matchmaker. Get dates for your friends and family! Don’t keep the fun to yourself… Search for a friend”. This links to Mymatches which has absolutely no follow-on...

Yahoo! video greetings

by | Dating Site Technology

This has been around for a while and I ran across it while doing video greeting research. Yahoo! will enter you in a $1000 sweepstakes after you post a video greeting and fill out a survey. I love the hints on what not to do on cam: 1. Don’t take your clothes...

Research paper request

by | Dating Research

I received an email from a student looking for online dating research. Email me and I’ll pass along any info you can provide. I am interested in doing reasearch on online dating in the London area, specifically focusing on the role of the internet as a new media...

Sex offender database as dating service

by | Legal

According to the San Jose Mercury News, California sex offenders have begun to set up trysts through the Megan’s Law database. In a case of bizarre justice, one offender who received a request to meet from another equally disturbed individual actually told his...