November 2009 – Page 3 – Online Personals Watch

Looking For A Job?

Posted on November 19, 2009

OPW – Nov 18 – We've updated the iDating industry job listings again. Here are some sample job listings that we thought were interesting…

Be2
   Executive assistant to the Founder/CEO

Bharat Matrimony
   Project Manager – Technical / India – Chennai
   Key Account Manager / India – Bangalore

Catholic Match
Editor/Public Relations Coordinator

Dating Direct
   Account Executive – Search Enginge Marketing – Marché UK / France, Boulogne – Billancourt

eHarmony
   Sr. Financial Accountant / US – CA, Pasadena
   Director, Executive Office / USA – CA, Pasadena
   Social Media Consultant / USA – CA, Pasadena
   General Counsel / USA – CA, Pasadena

FriendScout24 (description in German)
   Marketing Performance Manager / Germany – Munchen
   Product Owner / Produkt Manager Online / Germany – Munchen
   Marketing Manager / Germany – Munchen

Lavalife
   Sales Manager / Canada – Toronto
   Customer Service Representative / Canada – Etobicoke

Match.com, Chemistry.com
   Finance Director – People Media / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Associate Central Counsel / USA – TX, Dallas
   Corporate Counsel / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Online Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Sr. Product Manager – Latin America / USA – TX, Dallas
   Public Relations Coordinator / USA – TX, Dallas
   VP, Marketing and Acquisition / USA – TX, Dallas
   Associate Product Manager / USA – TX, Dallas

Online-Buddies
Product Development Engineer

PerfectMatch
Full Time Member Service Representatives / USA – WA, Bothell

Shaadi
Product Manager / India – Mumbai

Spark Networks
Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Beverly Hills

World Singles
Chief Technology Officer / USA – CA, Aliso Viejo

Yahoo! Personals
Project Manager (Yahoo! Personals Japan)
Director, Business Development and Strategy

Zoosk
Affiliate Manager
Marketing Manager – Facebook Specialist

For the full listing, go here.

Do you have an idating job offer which is not included? Please, send the details (company, job title, location, link to details) to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add your offer to the list.

Are You Interested? iPhone Dating App Unveils Live Chat For Singles

Posted on November 19, 2009

MARKETWIRE – Nov 18 - SNAP Interactive launches a new GPS-based chat feature on its Are You Interested? iPhone mobile dating app. The chat functionality enables singles to communicate with other singles through their iPhone in real time in their choice of chat rooms, which are broken down by age range and other categories including sexual orientation. Additionally, singles have the ability to identify users that are nearby and initiate private chat conversations with a specific user.

The full article was originally published at Marketwire, but is no longer available.

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OkCupid Checks Out The Dynamics Of Attraction And Your Love Inbox

Posted on November 19, 2009

TECH CRUNCH – Nov 18 – Every few weeks OkCupid shares a few truths
about the online dating scene and human nature in general. The latest
report to come out addresses ‘Your Looks And Your Inbox’, charting the
number of messages users receive in relation to how attractive other
members rate them. The “most attractive” women receive five times as
many messages as the average female does. Men on the site tend to be
more generous than women when it comes to rating attractiveness. But
despite their fair ratings, they tend to ignore many of the women they
find reasonably attractive and primarily target the most attractive
females. Women, on the other hand, rate a whopping 80% of men on the
site as ‘below average’. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH

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Plentyoffish Self Service Advertising Platform

Posted on November 18, 2009

THE PARADIGM SHIFT – Nov 18 – Plentyoffish.com will start serving ads from their own self service advertising platform located at ads.pof.com. Advertisers can target based on zip code, age, gender, ethnicity, income, education, profession, if a user drinks, smokes, etc.

The full article was originally published at The Paradigm Shift, but is no longer available.

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eHarmony Rapped For Misleading Ads

Posted on November 18, 2009

MARKETING WEEK – Nov 18 – eHarmony.co.uk has
been slammed by the advertising watchdog for misleading claims in its
television campaign. Five viewers complained to the Advertising
Standards Authority to challenge the claim that 2% of US newlyweds met
via the site. eHarmony said the 2% figure was extrapolated from an
online study of 7,000 respondents undertaken by an independent market
research company. The ASA ruled eHarmony’s ad was misleading because it
had made an “absolute claim” that suggested a “definitive figure” of
marriages based on an extrapolated 2007 online survey. FULL ARTICLE @ MARKETING WEEK

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CAMEyeO Partners With PG Dating

Posted on November 18, 2009

PR WEB – Nov 17 - PG Dating is integrating CAMEyeO's online video dating component 'faCetalk Online' into its dating software PG Dating Pro. 'faCetalk Online' has been nominated for the "Best New Technology" award at the iDate Conference to be held in Miami in January 2010. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB

SNAP Interactive Q3 2009 Operating Results

Posted on November 17, 2009

MARKETWIRE – Nov 16 - SNAP Interactive, a provider of online dating apps for social networks, announced operating results for Q3 '09. Q3 '09 revenue increased to $801,120 as compared to $784,242 in Q2 '09 "We are excited to report our seventh consecutive quarter of operational profit," stated SNAP President & CEO Clifford Lerner. "With ~3M monthly active users and very limited spending on user acquisition to date, we are aggressively pursuing non-advertising based monetization opportunities, including virtual gifts and subscriptions. We plan to roll out these features to our user base over the next several months", he added.

The full article was originally published at CNN Money, but is no longer available.

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Anotherfriend.com Acquires MakeFriendsOnline.com

Posted on November 16, 2009

OPW – Nov 16 – Gráinne Barry & Kevin Greene, the Internet entrepreneurs behind the Irish dating site AnotherFriend.com, have acquired the UK dating site MakeFriendsOnline.com for an undisclosed sum. MakeFriendsOnline.com has been in operation since 2001 and has featured in the UK top 10 dating sites on occasion. AnotherFriend.com currently has 60% + market share of the Irish online dating market.

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Over 55s Are Most Active Daters

Posted on November 16, 2009

TELEGRAPH.CO.UK – Nov 16 - People approaching or already past retirement age are the most active and experimental of all daters, according to a study for The Sunday Telegraph. The survey found that 62% of men and women over 55 have joined a dating site compared to 21% of 18-24-year-olds. They also met up with more internet dates (an average of 8.2) and found more relationships online (2.1) than any other age group.

The full article was originally published at Telegraph.co.uk, but is no longer available.

Internet Dating Twitters List Update

Posted on November 16, 2009

OPW – Nov 16 – We've updated the list of Twitters associated with various internet dating sites. You can find them on the News Listed By Company page (on the right under "Research") and the Internet Dating Twitters page (on the right under "Handy Links"). Here is the list of new iDating Twitters that we've added:

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