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March 31, 2006
Posted by Dave Evans
Comments should be working again.
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February 23, 2006
Posted by Dave Evans
iDate Radio is on at Webmasterradio.fm. Lot's of vendor pitches, useful if you weren't at the conference.
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January 17, 2006
Posted by Dave Evans
iDate is approaching, and what better way to do pre-event promotion than advertise your dating site, value-added service or other dating-related initiative than on the blog read by most dating and social networking executives? We've got several different options depending on your needs and budget. Email devans at corante dot com for more information.
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January 16, 2006
Posted by Dave Evans
I received a 25% off discount from Yahoo Personals today. I've been a member for 4 years. How difficult is it to scan the database for existing accounts?
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Posted by Dave Evans
Please excuse the problems with posts and comments disappearing, we're experiencing a few server hiccups.
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December 9, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
I've re-inserted links to MP3 versions of every post, courtesy of Talkr.com.
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December 7, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
PaidContent: MySpace.com is already available around globally but its formal localized expansion efforts will start in 1Q06 in the UL followed by China in the second quarter.
[tags: myspace]
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September 28, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Comments and trackbacks are back on and the formatting has been tweaked a bit.
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September 26, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
For the moment it looks like comments and trackbacks are not working, apologies for the issue, hope to have it fixed soon.
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September 25, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
The last several days we had some major downtime due to some technical glitches. Things are back to normal.
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June 7, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
According to the Palm Beach Post, True founder Herb Vest said he spent $200,000 last year on lobbyists around the country.
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June 6, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
From now on, all comments and trackbacks will be moderated, which means I will approve each and every one. In three years I have removed only a handful of comments due to extremely unjust remarks. today I counted 55 spam comments from same person by noon. Comment and Trackback moderation will keep the blog clean of Viagra and mortgage ads, at least for the time being. I will turn them back on as the spam-fighting technology improves. The only downside is your comments may take a few hours to show up which shouldn't be a problem for most people. Thanks for understanding.
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Posted by Dave Evans
I am upgrading our publishing platform to Movable Type 3.17. Pardon the dust during the process, some links may not work while I consolidate three years off posts and images. We're excited about the many new features that Movable Type provides - better search, less comment spam, easier trackbacks and more. If you find anything funky or broken let me know.
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June 2, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Ever since I added audio version of this blog (thanks Chris!) I've been listening to a lot more podcasts. One issue I find over and over again is that people leave a lot of empty space in between sentences while they gather their thoughts and before and after the audio intro's and extro's. That and all the "ummm's and ahhh's" that come across far too, um, often. This is annoying beyond belief if you listen to more than a few posts at a time. I need Tivo for my iPod.
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Posted by Dave Evans
eHarmony's new "Endless Love" ad campaign features a man proposing to his girlfriend. Supposedly the proposal wasn't staged. The press release equates the fact that the guy, Nate, is doing the stunt because he likes eHarmony so much. This rings hollow but I love the "marriage" of marriage and online introduction services. That's what eHarmony really is. Nothing to do with online dating as much as trusted introductions. The ad reminds me of recent diamond industry ads where the man proposes to his wife again after 10 years, chokes me up every time, great stuff.
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June 1, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Link to my comments on Steve Winkler's comments on the MySpace business model and long-term viability.
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May 31, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Criterion Capital Management, a San Francisco based Investment Firm further invested in shares of Spark Networks plc (MHJG: Prime Standard Frankfurt). Criterion currently holds 11.07 percent of Spark Networks' outstanding 25,540,982 shares.
Story
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May 26, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
I just tried to leave a comment on Mark Brook's blog and his spam filter is asking me for my personal phone number for "customer support" reasons. How ironic given my last post. Perhaps I should get a g*number or MyPrivateLine anonymous number? Mark, just go get TypeKey, it's a lot less invasive and annoying than SpamArrest.
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May 18, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Making changes to my blog client software, please pardon the dust.
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May 13, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Online Dating Insider is now audio-enabled! Select "Listen to audio" at the bottom of each post to listen to the text in your default audio program. Brand new posts take a while to be converted, most of the older posts at the bottom of the page are ready to go. Text-to-speech services brought to you by Talkr.com.
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May 12, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Making some changes to the way our RSS feeds are processed. From now on, if you want to subscribe to Online Dating Insider you should link to www.corante.com/dating/index.xml or simply click on the Feedburner icon at the bottom of the right column. Existing feeds should be redirected appropriately.
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May 7, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Add this dating and social networking stick ticker to your RSS newsreader here. Easy to revise, change the ticker symbols between the plus signs.
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May 4, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Site update: I'm getting around to updating the Trendwatching section in the left sidebar. I'm going to treat is more like a blogroll and put in links to sites I think are of interest. First up, Consumating, of course.
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May 3, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Send me an email if you see the email entry textbox in the left column protruding into the center column.
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Posted by Dave Evans
According to Online Media, Marketing, and Advertising magazine, about 40% of all Yahoo! traffic is from users checking their webmail.
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April 22, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Survey Says. We are currently conducting a survey to learn more about our readers and how we can improve Online Dating Insider. We value your feedback, and would appreciate if you took a few moments to respond to a few questions.
Click here to take survey
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April 20, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Departure: Ray Newall has left Lemontonic. Ray was the VP of Business Development. No word yet as to his replacement.
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April 13, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Wanadoo and Match UK: Two-year deal, six-figure UK deal is an extension of a partnership between Match.com and Wanadoo in Spain, France and The Netherlands. [Update: Marc@Meetic tells me Meetic has the Wanadoo deal in France, as well as 60 others, the Wanadoo relesease is incorrect.]
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April 8, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
360 Degrees of Separation- I finally logged into my Yahoo! 360 account. Withholding comments until I've had more time to play around with it. It's asking me to create yet another blog. Let's see, 4 or 5 blogs that I post to, 10 or so personal profiles on all the major dating sites, scores of one-off TypeKey like mini bios for blog posting, regular Yahoo, MSN, Myspace profiles, bank accounts, site subscriptions Nerve, Salon, WSJ, and almost 100 RSS feed subscriptions, talk about an information management problem!
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April 5, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
SITRAS is sending out emails to SITRAConIII attendees stating the event has been postponed. More details to come.
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April 4, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Did you know that eHarmony accounts for almost 40% of all dollars spent in the online dating space?
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April 1, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Purchase price reported to be $95 million. Yahoo! changing name to Spark Networks Premiere Personals and will trade under the symbol SNAP. Members must provide DNA samples and fill out a free 90-page personality test administered by dating coaches that visit each member. $84.95 monthly fee includes free background checks, guaranteed 5 great dates a month and marriage within 12 months or your money back.
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March 30, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Invites went out today for Yahoo! 360º. If you're signed up, let me know what you think of the service.
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Posted by Dave Evans
Local newspapers have the leading websites in 74 of 81 markets, according to a new survey by The Media Audit. Personals providers such as SpringStreet and Premiere Singles are uniquely positioned to leverage the local paper market. SpringStreet has deals with scores of newspaper and special interest websites, while things have been quiet about the deal Premier Singles has with Knight Ridder.
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March 29, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
I learned a few minutes ago that the FL legislative meeting is off, the bill is being amended. More details when I have them.
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March 23, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
AshleyMadison.com, an online dating serivce that caters to people already in relationships which purports to have over 375,00 members, is introducing an affiliate program. Details here.
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March 22, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
This just in. Identity Verification in California is basically dead. Mike Jones tells us the sponsor is currently not renewing their interest in sponsoring the bill. On to Michigan.
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March 16, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Traffic and ranking statistics from Comscore, Hitwise and other vendors will begin appearing in the new Traffic category.
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Posted by Dave Evans
The email sign-up box in the left column of this page is where you enter your email address to receive our soon-to-be-launched weekly digest. Get the best of Online Dating Insider each week in your inbox. You'll also receive periodic special alert emails covering important events and topics.
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March 15, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
MySpace, Inc., the leading social networking site, announced the site's February page view ranking, as reported by comScore Media Metrix. The industry standard for Internet audience measurement data, comScore Media Metrix ranked MySpace as the as the 7th largest Web domain in February, in terms of page views. Additionally, comScore Media Metrix data reports that MySpace attracted nearly 9 million unique visitors for the month of February.
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March 10, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
WeAttract has published a report titled "Consumers are having second thoughts about online dating." The report examines seven opportunities and threats facing online dating sites. Link to report.
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March 8, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
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March 4, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
True has sponsored research that shows 77 percent of voters would support state legislation requiring background checks.
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March 3, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today listed the common stock of CGI Holding Corporation under the ticker symbol THK.
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Posted by Dave Evans
A new dating site called eDipity sent out a press release saying that they built their whole site using Macs. One wonders if the site will crash less than Windows-based sites.
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February 23, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Redpoint Ventures to invest in MySpace: Geoffrey Yang, VC with Redpoint Ventures, said he is days away from investing in MySpace; "these guys in a sense are trying to be an MTV for the Internet."
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Posted by Dave Evans
The blog is peppered with hundreds of bogus spam comments. I've hired a team of trained monkey's with Tasers to hunt them down and make their lives miserable.
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February 22, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Emails to Friendster about their ties to Eharmony and by association Focus on the Family are being answered by Friendster customer service reps who call the well-publicized partnership with Eharmony a "rumor and a hoax".
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February 14, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
The latest online dating report from Jupiter is out.
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Posted by Dave Evans
Match is supposedly reporting 50,000 new registrations daily.
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February 9, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
VenGrowth first invested in Lavalife in 1997, becoming the largest shareholder. Memberworks Incorporated (NASDAQ:MBRS) acquired Lavalife for $152.5 million. VenGrowth received $28.4 million for its stake in the company, recording a $13.3 million gain.
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February 5, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Take a test, go to Paris: Take the Yahoo! Personality & Love Style test for free and they will enter you in a drawing to win a trip for two to Paris for a week and $2,000 spending money.
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February 4, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Newsletter signup: Stay on top of breaking news by adding your email address to our low volume email list (2-3 special alerts a month on average). You will also start receiving the weekly digest-style version containing the top stories of the week, special features and additional sponsorships (as soon as we work out the details which should be soon).
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February 3, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Interesting note from Match. Word on the street is that they will implement an optional background check in the next 60-90 days
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Posted by Dave Evans
HUMOR: Little flash movie that gives a good illustration of where things are going in regards to information privacy.
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February 1, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
The Spotless Mind says that eHarmony ranks #1 on Alexa's science list. Sure enough, there it is, above NASA. Wonder how they got that ranking?
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January 31, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
ComScore presentation is available, fixed link to Date.com presentation.
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January 25, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Did you know: Adult sites get 18% of internet visits and online dating only gets one percent? Source- Hitwise
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Did you know: Friendster captures 85% of the Singapore dating market. Source- Hitwise.
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January 24, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Link to some photos taken at iDate.
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January 21, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
I'm taking a few days to unwind and process everything that happened in Miami. Early next week I'll post notes from the sessions I attended and dig into the juicy details on what went down in the hallways. Post your thoughts about the show in the comment field (the number next to the "#" sign below). What impressed you the most, the least? What you would change to improve the next conference?
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January 11, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Pahty in Miami- SafeDate is throwing a soiree and it's safe to assume that MatchNet will do something on Wednesday night. Even Discovery channel is involved. What is your company doing to get out in front of the dating industry? Now where are my faux-alligator shoes?
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January 10, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
iDate 2005 hotel rooms sold out, for real this time. Other options.
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January 8, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
eHarmony was originally venture-funded to the tune of $3 million by Fayez Sarofim & Co.
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January 7, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Apparently Match is going through another restructuring. That makes two major reorganizations in the last few months.
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January 5, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
After completing the integration of PreDating with Cupid.com, Mark Brooks have moved on to work with diet.com and reservations.com. Congrats Mark.
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January 4, 2005
Posted by Dave Evans
Pure play online dating sites tend to sell at 4x earnings.
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December 21, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
BoingBoing has a mention about good word algorithms gone bad. Go type the word "dead" into Google and check out the interesting AdWords recommendations.
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December 16, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
Want to enlighten your peers, share a rumor or set the record straight? Email me.
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December 15, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
SpringStreet is supposedly down to a few employees and their partners are out looking for new deals.
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December 13, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
Learn how to expose your brand to thousands of decision makers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, Wall Street analysts, attorneys and journalists covering online dating and social networking.
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"Matchmaker needs a matchmaker.
Post $10m ad spend, white flag flying.
Suffering from recent bout of brain drain.
Needs TLC, url to die for.
Gr8 potential for right buyer.
$2M or B.O."
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December 11, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
True.com is rehiring after slashing 60 percent of its 162 original employees.
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December 8, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
Newsflash:
SITRACon II speaker presentations will be made available to all attendees tomorrow.
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December 7, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
Thought of the morning:
eBay has millions of members from vastly different backgrounds from all over the world who come together on the marketplace every day for business and fun. What's to keep them from starting a social networking/dating site?
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December 4, 2004
Posted by Dave Evans
Promote yourself:
If you are responsible for marketing or PR for a dating site or a related company, send me those press releases.
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