PR NEWSWIRE — Aug 22 — The fifth annual European Internet Dating Conference will commence on September 22-23, 2008 at the Millennium Gloucester Conference Center in London. iDate2008 Europe will focus on management, mobile / internet technology and marketing for the dating and personals industry in Europe. Speakers at this event include executives from: Easydate, Maxymiser, Online Personals Watch, 3G dating and others. FULL ARTICLE @ NEWSWIRE TODAY
Month: August 2008
Speed Dating Goes White Label With Randodate.com
PR WEB — Aug 22 — Randodate.com, a speed dating application, released their free speed dating application available to everyone from webmasters to bloggers. Randodate.com’s white label application gives webmasters and developers the ability to incorporate a full speed dating experience into their existing site with only a few lines of code. This service is available in integrated and instant install (speed dating widget) formats. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
Online Dating: How To Spot Duds
REUTERS — Aug 22 — Jane Coloccia, author of "Confessions of an Online Dating Addict: A True Account of Dating and Relating in the Internet Age" says that in her online dating experience married men tend not to post photographs of themselves, often won't give a cellphone number and tend to IM late at night. Jane is also developing an online course on web dating. The growth in the online dating industry has been massive and is expected to continue. Figures Jupiter Research show revenue has almost doubled in the past three years to $1.04 billion in the U.S. alone and is expected to rise 16% a year until 2012.
The full article was originally published at Canada.com, but is no longer available.
OPW Changes?
OPW — Aug 22 — I was toying with the idea of reducing the number
of links on the right bar, reducing it to a single column and
increasing the font text size of the posts text? Is this a good move?
What can we do to make OPW more useful for you? – Mark Brooks
Penguin Launches Dating Website
BOOK SELLER — Aug 21 — Penguin book publishers is launching a dating website aimed at book readers in conjunction with match.com. The service goes live this week and can be accessed via the Penguin home page and at http://www.penguindating.co.uk. Members will be asked to write in their profile about the last book they read and will also be able to search through the site's other profiles for mentions of their favourite book. "At Penguin we believe that the books we cherish and read over and over say something defining about us and the type of people we are", said Penguin online marketing manager, Anna Rafferty.
The full article was originally published at Book Seller, but is no longer available.
RussianScamCheck.org
DATING AD NETWORK — Aug 21 — Interview with Damien Skolnik of RussianScamCheck.com
Q: What was the reason for starting anti-scam services?
A: During the first 2-3 years in [the flower] business we started to note that approximately one of every 20 orders was sent to the address without intended recipient – the person was either not living there, or wasn't ever seen. This situation led us to the conclusion that we are, somehow, helping some people who are trying to earn money by scamming Americans. The service is called RussianScamCheck.org. The main idea of this site is to help our clients to check if their foreign lady isn't a fake. Basically, for $40 our courier delivers one beautifully wrapped rose, with a message on a card to the woman of client's concern. If the girl exist, she opens the door and gets rose and a card, shows us some piece of ID and signs the acknowledgement of receipt. For an additional small charge, courier also makes a photo of this woman and we send it to the client.
Q: With permission from the woman, right?
A: Yes, of course.
Q: Do you have any statistics regarding such scam checks?
A: Approximately 80% of all scam checks we conduct lead to scammers of different kinds. While the other 20% are absolutely normal people, who then become recipients for the gifts and flowers of our clients.
This original exclusive interview was made for daters.ru
6 Online Resources For Group Dating
MASHABLE — Aug 20 — Group dating has become a cultural phenomenon, gaining popularity in the UK and now the US. Here are some popular online services that cater to the group dating/compa concept:
– Ignighter – a new group dating service from the TechStars camp. You can use their free service on their site or via their facebook app.
– Team Dating – is from http://www.Match.com which focuses on group dating
– Date-My-Mates – started in the UK in 2006
– Let's Meet Out – serves only the New York City area at this time
– PlanJam – they aren't actually a group dating site but they can facilitate such an event
– I Am Free Tonight – is owned by eTwine and offers two Facebook apps called Meet New people and Are You Interested?
FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
Internet Dating Conference Hosts Presentation On Virtual Dating
PRESS RELEASE — Aug 19 — Dr. Igor Kotlyar, CEO and creator of OmniDate, and Ravit Abelman, co-founder, will present the reality of virtual worlds to the personal and social networking community at the Internet Dating Conference, taking place on September 22 and 23, 2008, in London, England. OmniDate is a plug and play application that transforms any online dating site into a virtual world. According to Dr. Kotlyar, virtual dating can help dating sites boost traffic and conversions. "In the near future, virtual reality on dating websites will be mainstream." Mark Brooks agrees: "Virtual dating environments are the way of the future and OmniDate is leading the way in the dating space."
The full article was originally published at PR Inside, but is no longer available.
Mark Brooks: Userplane offers great IM. I see this as the next step on, for something a bit more interesting and unique. (DISCLOSURE: OmniDate is a client of Courtland Brooks, Mark handles media relations for the iDate conference)
Meet2Go.com Adds Social Bookmarking
NEW DESIGN WORLD — Aug 19 — Meet2Go has taken its popular dating platform and added a social book-marking system that allows users to post all of their favorite activities. Other members can vote, comment, and show interests in the events by adding their profiles to the events.
The full article was originally published at New Design World, but is no longer available.
Tagged Does Dating?
OPW — Aug 20 — Is Tagged a dating site or a social network? I just got this email
through. Looks like they want to reel me in as a casual dating
site/SNS. Your comments please. – Mark Brooks
This post also appears on SocialNetworkingWatch.