INEWSWIRE – May 12 –
BadOnlineDates.com people an opportunity to
connect, vent, tell the truth and ultimately laugh about their online
dating misadventures and mishaps. iPhone users can post their bad date experience as
it’s happening from their phone. FULL ARTICLE @ INEWSWIRE
Month: May 2010
WhiteLabelDating.com Sees Boom In South Africa
PRESS RELEASE – May 12 – WhiteLabelDating.com latest figures show a boom in the South African online dating
market. Over 345 different online dating sites have been launched for
the South African market using WhiteLabelDating’s platform, increasing
revenues by over 1,153% as membership numbers increase by over 800%. Globally the company
now runs over 4,000 dating sites in the UK, South Africa, Ireland, USA,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand. FULL ARTICLE @ REALWIRE
Mark Brooks: Revenue is up more than the number of paying members. This indicates that conversions for the South African market are improving for WLD, as they go beyond critical mass.
Protecting Yourself From Internet Hook Up Crimes
OPW – May 12 – I advise singles that are going out on a first date with someone they met online to do the following…
1. Let a friend know where they are going, along with the other persons name and contact info and the dating site they met them on.
2. Have the friend call in them an hour into the date. This can also help them escape the date if isn't going well.
3. Meet in a public place, not at home.
This is memorable but overly simplistic. Washington D.C.'s police department recommends the following:
– Stay sober, know your limits
– Be aware, go with your gut. We all have a sixth sense and it is usually right.
– Protect your Identity and Personal Information
– Document the Liaison
– Get a Photo
– Talk on the Phone Before Meeting
– Meet in Public
– Have an Escape Plan
– Don't Take Valuables
– Notify the Police if you are victimized
Meetic.com’s Q1 2010 Results
PRESS RELEASE – May 12 – Meetic, the European leader in online
dating, has announces its consolidated results for the Q1 2010. The
revenue totalled 43.4M euros, up +37.6% compared to the Q1 2009. The
Meetic Group had 829,258 subscribers at 31st March 2010, compared to
844,360 at the end of December 2009, i.e. a decrease of -1.7%,
exclusively amongst Dating subscribers. Marc Simoncini, CEO of Meetic,
concludes: “This first quarter marks the completion of a transition
period that lasted almost a year, during which we have carried out the
integration of Match.com’s European activities. This integration has
now been achieved, the synergies recorded are in line with the Group’s
forecasts and the Group is now ready to pursue its profitable growth
strategy. FULL ARTICLE @ OPW
LittleHint.com Adds Facebook ‘Like’ Button
OPW – May 11 – Social dating site LittleHint.com has added a Like button to profile pages. They claim to be the first dating site to do so. Is this correct? LittleHint.com is based in Zurich and Brighton. Users can enter their Genepartner DNA test id, and take a 25 question personality profile.
Online Dating Service Outsources The Search For Love
AOL NEWS – May 11 – Virtual Dating Assistants is an online service
that helps busy and picky execs improve their chances for love by doing
all the boring data-dating entry: writing online profiles, combing
online profiles of prospective partners and sending responses to
prospective partners. "Online dating is very competitive. Attractive
women get 100 e-mails a week, and they may not open up every e-mail,"
said Scott Valdez, Virtual Dating Assistants' founder. "Our strategy is
to write very good e-mails with an interesting subject head. You
wouldn't believe how many guys just write 'Hi' or 'Hello' in the
subject head — or nothing at all." The company writes all the profiles
and the responses, but runs certain phrases or answers by the client to
see if it sounds like something they'd say. They also double-check to
see if the client is interested in settling down or catting
around. Currently, Virtual Dating Assistants is extending into gay
dating. FULL ARTICLE @ AOL NEWS
AnotherFriend.com’s First “Singles In The City” Event
PRESS RELEASE – May 11 – Social events can be a nightmare for singles. AnotherFriend.com, Ireland's largest dating site, is hosting the first offline ‘Singles in the City’ event in Galway on May 26th. The entry is free. According to Sara Kate Hurley, AnotherFriend.com’s Marketing and Events Executive, “’the whole point of this event is to give singles a chance to get together in a casual, relaxed atmosphere without the usual fuss of singles activities. Galway is the ‘Singles Capital’ of Ireland.
Instant Messengers Providers
Many dating sites and social networks offer free IM and there are many more IM service providers and most view the online dating industry as a key vertical market. Here is the list of some of them.
AVChat
CometChat
FlashComs
Interactive Networks
Omnidate
Trillian
VisitorsCafe
Courtland Brooks has reviewed 4 top IM service providers in July 2009; toksta.com (dead now), ekko.tv (dead now), Meebo.com (dead now) and Omnidate (also seems to be dead now). You can download the Basic IM Analysis here.
Record Numbers Of Women Looking To Cheat After Mother’s Day
WGNTV – May 10 – AshleyMadison.com says it sees a huge increase in women signing up to cheat on two specific days each year- the day after Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. On a typical Monday ~3,000 women join AshleyMadison.com. But on the day after Mother's Day last year the site saw close to 24,000 new members.
The full article was originally published at WGNTV, but is no longer available.