by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
I’ve been using various video-conferencing applications since 1993. CUSeeMe, iVisit, Netmeeting, icuii, Paltalk, Jmeeting, I’ve tried them all. I even got paid to talk to scantily-clad women on iFriends.net at one point, but that’s another story. Who...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Reverse Matching is the latest feature on Match.com. From the website: With one click, we can deliver the members who are looking for you using the personal information you’ve entered in your profile. That sounds interesting. Let’s try it on my profile....
by David Evans | Uncategorized
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by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Way back in May, Meetic became premium dating partner of LYCOS Gütersloh/ Paris. They had 4 million members, the deal with Lycos is what got them to the nine million member mark I mentioned earlier. According to comScore, Meetic has 2.2 million visitors. I...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
Get out your Euro calculator. Meetic, with the support of its new shareholder AGF Allianz, is busy strengthening its leadership before its listing on the stock market, planned for 2005. The French dating site launched in early 2002 by Marc Simoncini will open up to 4...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Most press releases tout new features or membership growth. Taking a different approach, LDSpromise sent out news that using its SureMatch Compatibility Algorithms, LDSPromise has compiled more than 20,000 Potential Relationship Matches matches during the first two...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
SpringStreet is supposedly down to a few employees and their partners are out looking for new deals.
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Learn how to expose your brand to thousands of decision makers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, Wall Street analysts, attorneys and journalists covering online dating and social networking.
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Joel Cohen, Chief Operating Officer at Match: Subscribers stay for only about five months on average. 40 percent of those who leave eventually return. We’ve tried a number of things to keep them around longer,” he said. “But you know what? We...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
“Matchmaker needs a matchmaker. Post $10m ad spend, white flag flying. Suffering from recent bout of brain drain. Needs TLC, url to die for. Gr8 potential for right buyer. $2M or B.O.”