by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Sites & Startups
I’m getting tired of hearing how great Friendster is. Like the usual Silicon-valley startup, they ejected the original management and brought in so-called superstars to take over the reigns. Now these greybeards are leaving in droves. The Frienster-killer is...
by David Evans | Dating Conferences & Events
An inversion is about to occcur. Social Networking will become the meta-market, with online dating, and business networking as sub-segments. Dating sites are beginning to integrate social networking into their sites. Don’t leave money on the table. Found your...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Partial October visitor stats from Reuters press release on the Friendster/eHarmony deal: Yahoo Personals: 6.2 million unique visitors Match.com: 5.5 million eHarmony: 3.2 million Friendster: 945,000
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
Looks like Yahoo! is taking eHarmony seriously. Yahoo Inc. late Tuesday launched Personals Premier, a premium online dating service aimed at attracting serious relationship seekers with deeper pockets. The move challenges eHarmony, a popular online dating site that...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Spearheaded by TRUE’s chief psychological officer, Dr. James Houran, the paper, entitled “Do Online Matchmaking Tests Work? An Assessment of Preliminary Evidence for a Publicized ‘Predictive Model of Marital Success,'” is the first academic...