by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
The Red Sox win World Series The curse is officially over!!!
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Love em or hate em, banner ads turned ten years old on October 25. AdLand is showing the first banner ad ever and ‘you will’ banner, and the commercials from 1994 that go with it. The banners turned ten years old October 25, 2004. I was part of the group...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
Quest Personals affiliates now earn commissions for the life of a Quest member. Quest boasts of over 100,000 unique visitors. “The advantage to dating affiliates,” explains Susan Arts, Product Manager for Questpersonals.com, “is that new members...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology
With so many dating industry executives floating around looking for something to do I thought I would throw out an idea for a new dating service. First, I’ll buy a dating site from aedating. Or Relationship Exchange for that matter. Then I’ll license...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
Vertrue Incorporated (Nasdaq: VTRU), reported revenues of $135.6 million, compared to $113.8 million reported in the fiscal 2004 first quarter, and $133.2 million reported in the fiscal 2004 fourth quarter. Revenues from Lavalife Inc., which was acquired on April 1,...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing
I received an email from Match to participate in their survey. Mark Williamson, Director of Research at Match.com, is responsible for the survey. I took it, and here are my initial comments. Ideas they are testing 1) Ability to turn off ads on the Match.com site 2)...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups
The October Userplane Partner newsletter mentions that they have a partner program in place. Check out the website for more information.
by David Evans | Dating Safety
I was checking out FriendFinder and all it’s associated sites and came across ConfirmID, which is providing identity verification to the FriendFinder network. ConfirmID provides exclusive 3rd party verification services for many of the leaders of online...
by David Evans | Dating Safety
Bugaboo Incorporated announced today the launch of a new web site that enables individuals to share feedback on people they have met through an online dating service. The site, called theDateScoop.com, is believed to be the first dedicated as a dater feedback forum...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Yahoo has a new personality test called the Yahoo Personality & Love Style test. It was developed by WeAttract, the same people who developed the Match Personality and Physical Attraction tests. In less than 10 minutes, you will receive a free, personalized report...