LA NACION – Oct 9 – According to Match, there are more than 16M singles in Argentina; that's why online dating is an attractive business in Latin America. The number of Match.com's registered users grew 250 % compared to 2009. Zonacitas, the local player, has more than 300.000 registered users and hopes for 400.000 at the end of the year. Claudio Gandelman, General Manger of Match.com Latin America, says his site sees 50.000 new subscribers per month in Argentina and that 800.000 e-mails are exchanged each day in Latin America. FULL ARTICLE @ LA NACION
Month: October 2010
Gay Sex Vs. Straight Sex
– only 0.6% of gay men have ever searched for straight matches.
– only 0.1% of lesbians have ever searched for straight matches.
– only 0.13% of straight people's profile visitors are gay.
Another common myth about gay people is that they sleep around, but the statistical reality is that gay people as a group aren't any more slutty than straights. OKCupid asked 252,900 straight people have you ever had a sexual encounter with someone of the same sex? ~25% answered 'yes'.
FULL ARTICLE @ OK TRENDS
Internet Advertising Hits New Revenue Record
MASHABLE – Oct 13 – According to IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report, businesses and individuals spent ~$12.1 billion on online advertising in the first six months of 2010, up 11.3% from the from the first half of 2009 and 13.9% from the Q2 '09. Search advertising has attracted ~$5.7 billion in spending between January and June this year — a YOY increase of 11.6%. Display advertising, which includes banner ads, digital video, rich media and sponsorships, garnered ~$4.4 billion in the first half of 2010, a 16% increase over the same period in 2009. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
Mark Brooks: Ad Tech should be busy this year.
This post also appears on FrequentFlirters.
Looking For A Job?
OPW – Oct 12 – We've updated the iDating industry job listings again. Here are some sample job listings that we thought were interesting:
Be2
Business Intelligence (Senior) Analyst
More info: http://corporate.be2.com/jobs
Cupid Media
Web Site Translators and Localizers
Bilingual Customer Service Representatives and Translators
More info: http://www.cupidmedia.com/Career.cfm
eHarmony
Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
Director, Strategic Planning and Analysis / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Product Manager (Content/Publishing) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
HR Generalist / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Senior Director, Creative Services / USA – CA, Santa Monica
Public Relations Manager / AU – NS, Sydney
FriendFinder Networks
Product Manager / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Business Analyst / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Fraud Prevention Coordinator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
Fraud Review Analyst / USA – NV, Las Vegas
FriendScout24 (description in German)
Product Owner / Germany – Munchen
Controller / Germany – Munchen
Gaydar
Customer Relations Officers
Global Personals (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
Internet Affiliate Sales Managers / Online Buyers
More info: http://www.globalpersonalsmedia.com/careers.html
Lavalife
Customer Service Representative / Canada – Toronto
More info: corp.lavalife.com/web/corp/careers
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Associate Manager, Online & Mobile Marketing / USA – CA, Los Angeles
Product Manager / USA – TX, Dallas
Director, Marketing – Singlesnet / USA – TX, Dallas
Manager, Product (Mobile) / USA – TX, Dallas
Online-Buddies
Mobile (Android) App Developer / USA – MA, Cambridge
Mobile (iPhone) App Developer / USA – MA, Cambridge
RSVP
Product Manager
More info: http://jobs.camdenadvertiser.com.au/overview/7568902/
Shaadi
SEO Expert / India – Mumbai
Smartdate
COO / France – Paris
Product Manager – CRM / France – Paris
More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/
Spark Networks
Director of Acquisition Marketing / USA – CA, Beverly Hills and UT, Provo
WhiteLabelDating
Cold Fusion Developer / UK, Windsor office
JavaSript/Front-end Developer / UK, Windsor office
Software Engineers / UK, Windsor office, remote working considered
Ruby on Rails Developer / UK, Windsor office
WooMe
Community Manager
More info: http://www.woome.com/woome/jobs/#sysadmin
Zoosk
Accounting Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
Product Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
More info: http://www.zoosk.com/jobs.php?from=footer
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.
Fernando Rips On Recommender Systems
OPW – Oct 12 – Fernando is on the rampage again. This time he's ripping on recommender systems. He says that new recommender systems are rubbish. They provide many false positives. Ultimately, people don't know what they want, and what they say they want is often inaccurate. So I had to ask Nick and Gavin at IntroAnalytics what they thought? Here's their response…
We are more interested in the sweet-spot of "attraction", or grey areas of discovery and serendipity, rather than finding the bull's eye of an exact life-partner match. I'm quite annoyed with him that he is calling all dating recommender systems rubbish. Not sure he understand how sophisticated our work is. Is he going to claim that Netflix and Amazon's use of recommender systems is rubbish too?
I'll be launching InternetDatingScience.com at iDate Miami in January. We'll be making more sense of academia and next generation matchmaking for you. – Mark Brooks
Jason Chuck To Manage eHarmony In Australia
THE AUSTRALIAN – Oct 12 – Former Google marketing head Jason Chuck has been appointed country manager for Australia by eHarmony. "We continue to invest heavily in research, with six PhDs on staff at eHarmony labs in California," says Chuck. FULL ARTICLE @ THE AUSTRALIAN
Santa Monica Legalizes Online Dating
OPPOSING VIEWS – Oct 12 - Santa Monica officials are preparing to get with the times by repealing a 1954 ordinance that prohibits "personal introductory service, marriage bureau, lonely hearts club, or other business of a like nature" from operating within the city limits. "With the advent of computer technology, personal introduction and dating services have expanded and become a common and reputable way to meet others for social interaction," a City Hall report stated. "Permitting bona fide matchmaking and dating services to operate within the city will benefit city residents and also benefit the city's economy," the report continues. FULL ARTICLE @ OPPOSING VIEWS
SNAP Interactive Expects Surge In Q3 Revenues
STOCKMARKETS REVIEW – Oct 11 - SNAP Interactive, a provider of online dating apps for social networks and mobile platforms, has announced unaudited revenue guidance for the Q3. SNAP anticipates revenue of more than $1.65M for the quarter, more-than-double compared to $0.80M reported to Q3 '09. The company said that this projected revenue represents the largest quarterly revenue in the company's history. FULL ARTICLE @ STOCKMARKETS REVIEW
Mamboo Launches In UK
INFO TECH – Oct 11 - Mamboo, a free online dating services, is launching in the UK. With over 10 years in the global online dating industry, Mamboo has ~10,000 white label partners with a user base of ~7M active users. Each day over 1 million people use the Mamboo platform to communicate and more than 60,000 users are dating online at any one time. FULL ARTICLE @ INFO TECH
Daterate.com.au: Anonymous Feedback On Dates
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – Oct 11 - Daterate.com.au works by collecting anonymous feedback from men or women who go on dates and often don't get their calls, emails or texts returned, said Gabe Hollombe, one of the creators of the site. All a man or woman needed to do was to give their date a unique number that they could then use to fill out an anonymous survey form online. Hollombe said the site hoped to make money by charging for the unlocking of feedback or by getting targeted advertising. A similar site exists at daterate.net. FULL ARTICLE @ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD