Meetic 2010 Financials
Total subscriber numbers, the Meetic group had 858,197 subscribers at 31st December 2010, compared to 844,360 at 31st December 2009 and 869,022 at 30th September 2010. Monthly ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) improved to €19.10 over the second half of 2010,...Hollywood Executive Demands Change for Online Dating Sites During Sexual Assault Awareness Month
A Hollywood executive raped by a man she met on Match.com is suing the popular dating site, a press release which went out over PR Newswire this afternoon states. Jane Doe, an Ivy League graduate, currently working in television and film, met Alan Paul Wurtzel, on...Online Dating Industry Links 4-8-11
Welcome to the Friday Edition of Online Dating Insider. Show some love and support by signing up for the newsletter (coming next week), follow @datinginsider on Twitter and friend us on Facebook. Industry executives, consider advertising here or purchase an hour or...Tru.ly Identity Verification For Dating Sites
In Identity and Reputation as (Social)Currency I mentioned Dave Gordon’s startup, Tru.ly. The following is taken from numerous conversations with Dave in recent months and the tru.ly website. The idea of verification on dating sites has been met with much...Identity and Reputation as (Social)Currency
This week I met up with Shawn Broderick. Shawn and I met for a burrito a few years ago when he was launching TrustPlus. Since then he went on to run Tech Stars Boston. Tech Stars accepts a handful of startups every year, providing $18,000 in seed funding and an...Dating Industry Tweets 4-4-11
I’m going to start publishing a weekly update of things I post to the datinginsider Twitter account. These are quick hits, things I don’t want to write an entire article about, sometimes a bit more risque in nature. They tend to get a lot of retweets and...Correction to Guardian Soulmates Post
Back from a big wedding weekend. I met so many amazing couples who have been married forever, incredibly inspiring. Added bonus, married women are the best wing-people, hands down. The weekend also re-enforced the idea that you have to marry your best friend. Initial...Online Dating News 4-1-11
Bracelet features built-in GPS and security alarm system – Springwise. Inside the bracelet, however, is a GPS device which sends a tracking signal and an alarm to the wearer’s “shields” when the bracelet is pulled. With the Basic service these...March Member Madness
Dating sites are slowly warming up to the idea that mining member data can lead to striking insights about behavior, trends and demographics. Speaking of member data: We here at Adult FriendFinder decided to conduct a tournament of our own, based on our area of...
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