by David Evans | Uncategorized
Dating sites are taking a liking to Twitter. Jazzed and SpeedDate have official Promoted Accounts. It looks like these cost at least $5,000 a month in advertising dollars. Tweeting is great for customer service, wonder how many new memberships they drive? This does...
by David Evans | Dating Research
According to the The latest OKCupid blog post, if you are on a big dating site and aren’t white, your dating life is pretty bleak. This is one reason why niche dating sites are great for latino’s, asians, blacks and other minorities. Its 70 degrees out in...
by David Evans | Dating Research, Online Dating Industry, Profiles & Matching
Google’s Marissa Meyer on how much credit card Companies know about us. I read the other week that credit card companies know with 98% accuracy two years before that you’re going to get divorced – that’s crazy. News of this came about last year when...
by David Evans | Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups
Developer Dan Moore has a good bullet-point Review of SkaDate dating software. Dan wrote the article after helping a client move an existing dating site from a custom ASP/MS-SQL system to SkaDate’s PHP/mysql platform. Dan gave SkaDate a B-. Disclaimer: SkaDate...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance
While several large dating sites are preparing for court battles, Spark Networks has sued Zoosk and OKCupid. Spark claims infringement in regards to them having “invented a method or apparatus for automating the process of confidentially determining whether...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Can Google and Facebook Push Adultery Sites Off the Internet? New York Magazine has fascinating article about FindYourFaceMate, which is set to launch later this month. Seems like everyone is getting into matching based on facial features like symmetry. License-plate...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
While the social gaming market is absolutely red-hot right now, I’ve never bought into the idea that people want to play Backgammon or some goofy Flash game as part of the flirting process. But there are 6 billion people on earth, and it turns out that a whole...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
The popularity of certain blog posts always amazes me. By far the most popular post in recent times has been about Chatroulette and a few years ago I dashed off a missive about the Craigslist killer which was at the top of the charts for a long time. While...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Sponsored Post Real flowers have always been a part of dating and romance. Shouldn’t flowers be a part of online dating? Dating websites can now let their members send each other real flowers. Florist One Inc has created a free application that allows a dating website...
by David Evans | Profiles & Matching
I recently helped my running partner rewrite her personal ad. As someone who has rewritten about 1,000 personal ads, I kind of know what I’m talking about. I gave my friend some general advice and suggestions. She’s very cute and I get a dinner out of it,...