Topology of Online Dating
Andrew Draper has undertaken an interesting piece of work, analyzing the network of the most popular dating sites. Some of the numbers are off, notably Matchmaker supposed 12 million members, however I applaud his attempt at this type of analysis. Andrew says:...SITRACON II – Background Checks
Background checks Panel members: Tal Moise, CEO – Verified Person Ed Raines, Dir. Govermental Affairs – Rapsheets John Cardillo, CEO – Sentry Jeff Collins, CEO – Integrated Screening Peter bianco, CEO – Trufina Trufina, Rapsheets,...Mobile phone video dating
A reader alerted me to the fact that video dating on mobile phones is already in play in the UK. From Springwise: Mobile device-centered dating services, have been around in Japan for more than 3 years – all of the major Japanese mobile service providers have...Send in those press releases
Promote yourself: If you are responsible for marketing or PR for a dating site or a related company, send me those press releases.From beach to brrrrr
Back from SITRACon II. Legislative issues, background checks and mobile dating applications were the primary themes. Sparse attendance due to the post-Turkey Day timing. Don’t let attendance figures fool you, the deal-flow is heating up on the down-low. As with...Warehouse dating
I overheard someone at last night’s cocktail party use the term “warehouse dating” to describe the customer experience at Match and Yahoo! Yahoo! has begun to address this with their Premiere service and rumor has it that Match is not far behind....Where’s the customer service?
At the last SITRAS event down the road in Miami Beach in June, there was lot’s of talk about how bad the customer service is at most online dating sites. It was the number two complaint from customers and I’m not hearing anyone address this. I’m...Scientific matching
I’m here at SITRACon II, seeing lots of familiar faces and lots of new people as well. It’s always good to spend time with peers and listen to new business ideas and value-added services, and that’s what SITRAS is all about. Not as many offline...Webdate reaches 2.5 million
Webdate announced today that they have reached 2.5 million members in less than a year and currently signing up 10,000 members a day. Webdate offers 100 percent free access — including video chat and unlimited messaging. Additionally, Webdate.com offers Webdate...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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