Month: October 2010

Alikewise.com Takes A Novel Approach To Love

Posted on October 11, 2010

Alikewise_logo ORLANDO SENTINEL – Oct 11 - Matt Sherman launched Alikewise.com, a dating site for book lovers, in late July, and it's now approaching 4,000 members. Finding a literary mate is just the latest addition to the ever-expanding world of niche matchmaking sites. Animal owners in search of love get datemypet.com, people with inky bodywork get tattooedsingles.com and the URL says it all at www.womenbehindbars.com.

The full article was originally published at Detroit Free Press, but is no longer available.

Mark Brooks: Other interesting niche dating sites include FarmersOnly.com for those looking for a more rural lifestyle. Veggiedate.com for vegatarians. Alt.com for the whips and chains crowd.

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iDating Industry Job Offers (October 2010)

Posted on October 11, 2010

AreYouInterested (SNAP Interactive)
   Project Manager
   PHP / MySQL Software Developers

More info: http://www.snap-interactive.com/jobs.htm

Be2
   Customer Service Agents / Germany – Munich, Luxemburg
   Business Intelligence (Senior) Analyst
   Senior Software Engineer
   Senior Software Architect
   Student Online Marketing – Poland
   Online Marketing Manager – Poland
   Online Marketing Manager – Nordics

More info: http://corporate.be2.com/jobs, contact: jobs@be2.com

Bharat Matrimony
   Telemarketing Executive

More info: http://www.clickjobs.com/MicroSite/BharatMatrimony/

buzzArab.com
   SEO Expert
   Facebook Group Manager
   Online Marketing Expert
   Arabic Advice Specialist Volunteer
   English Advice Specialist Volunteer

More info: http://www.buzzarab.com/content/jobs.php

Catholic Match
    Office Manager  

More info: http://www.goacolyte.com/company/jobs.shtml

ClickTonight
   Web Developer / UK – London
   Party Planner / UK – London

Cupid Media
   Senior Cold Fusion / SQL Developer
   Junior Cold Fusion / SQL Developer
   Online Marketing Assistant (Graduate Position)
   Web Site Translators and Localizers
   Bilingual Customer Service Representatives and Translators
   MS SQL Developer / Data Warehouse Developer (6 months contract)

More info: http://www.cupidmedia.com/Career.cfm

eDarling.de
   Web / Fronted-Entwickler / Germany
   Customer Care Agent / Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Spain
   Senior Datenbank Administrator
   Display Marketing Manager / Spain
   Various Internships  

More info: http://www.edarling.de/jobs

eHarmony
   Sr. Java Engineer / US – CA, Pasadena
   Offline Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Pasadena
   Director, Staffing / USA – CA, Pasadena
   Premium Service Sales Advisor / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Director, Strategic Planning and Analysis / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   QA Engineer II (Matching) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Product Manager (Content/Publishing) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Customer Care Quality Assurance Specialist / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Sr. Software Engineer (Matching) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   HR Generalist / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Department Coordinator / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Marketing Intelligence Analyst / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Marketing Manager / AU – NS, Sydney
   QA Engineer II (Matching) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   QA Engineer II (Singles) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Senior Director, Creative Services / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Account Executive / USA – NY, New York
   Sr. Network Engineer / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Web Development Engineer / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   QA Engineer I (Publishing) / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Public Relations Manager / AU – NS, Sydney
   Product Manager / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Technology Coordinator, Customer Care / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Data Mining / Machine Learning Engineer / USA – CA, Santa Monica
   Business Intelligence Analyst / USA – CA, Santa Monica

ElitePartner.de
   Email Marketing Manager / Germany
   Ausbildungsplatz zum Fachinformatiker für Anwendungsentwicklung / Germany
   Ausbildungsplatz zum Mathematisch-technischen Softwareentwickler / Germany
   Junior Software-Architekt / Germany
   Junior Controller / Germany
   Ausbildungsplatz zum Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration / Germany
   Various Internships
  

FriendFinder Networks
   Customer Service Tier 2 / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   French Translator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Front End Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Perl Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   German Translator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Jr. Web Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Mobile App Developer (iPhone/Android) / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Product Manager / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Analytics Perl Programmeer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Business Analyst / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   User Experience / Interface Designer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Fraud Prevention Coordinator / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   QA Intern / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Risk Analyst / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Senior Flash Actionscript Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Senior Flash Actionscript Game Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Software Engineer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Senior Software Engineer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Senior Perl Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Senior Perl / Database Programmer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Senior Web Developer / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Web Development Intern / USA – CA, Sunnyvale
   Romanian Compliance Agent (2nd Shift) / USA – NV, Las Vegas
   Russian Translator / Customer Service Agent / USA – NV, Las Vegas
   Customer Service – Tier 2 – Romanian Speaking / USA – NV, Las Vegas
   Fraud Review Analyst / USA – NV, Las Vegas
   Spanish Speaking Compliance Agent / USA – NV, Las Vegas
  
FriendScout24 (description in German)
   Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
   Senior Software Developer m/w / Germany – Munchen
   Junior Business Intelligence Developer / Germany – Munchen
   Product Owner / Germany – Munchen
   Controller / Germany – Munchen
   Senior Web Architect / Developer / Germany – Munchen
   Scrum Master / Germany – Munchen
   Business Intelligence Architekt / Germany – Munchen
   Praktikanten / Diplomanden im Bereich Business Intelligence / Germany – Munchen
   Various Internships, student jobs  

Gaydar
   Web User Interface Developer
   Customer Relations Officers

Global Personals (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
   MySQL Database Administrators / USA – FL, Miami
   Strongmail Engineer/Administrators / USA – FL, Miami
   PHP/LAMP Programmers
   Internet Graphic Designers
   Linux Systems Administrators
   Internet Affiliate Sales Managers / Online Buyers
 
More info: http://www.globalpersonalsmedia.com/careers.html

HowAboutWe
   Top-notch Lead Developer
   Front- and Back-end Developers
   Product Manager
   National Marketing Coordinator
   Biz-Dev Coordinator
   Operations Manager
   Online Marketing Coordinator

More info: http://www.howaboutwe.com/jobs, email: jobs@howaboutwe.com

KissNoFrog
    Dialogmarketing / Werbetexter
   Various internships

More info: http://www.kissnofrog.com/info/jobs

Lavalife
   Customer Service Representative / Canada – Toronto
   Mobile Developer / Canada – Toronto

More info: corp.lavalife.com/web/corp/careers

Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
   Senior Linux Systems Engineer / Remote; near USA – MA
   Associate Manager, Online & Mobile Marketing / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Product Manager / USA – TX, Dallas
   Lead Application Engineer (C#, .Net, SQL) / USA- TX, Dallas
   Sr. Application Engineer – Mobile (Blackberry) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Application Engineer (C#, .Net, SQL) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Pricing Analyst / USA – TX, Dallas
   Senior Finance Manager / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Systems Engineer (IIS, Windows Server Admin) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Manager, Online Marketing / USA – TX, Dallas
   Online Marketing Manager, Search (SEM, PPC) / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   Senior PHP MySQL Engineer / USA – TX, Dallas
   Manager, Ad Yield Campaign / USA – CA, Los Angeles
   BI Manager (SQL Server / SSAS / OLAP) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Finance Intern (MBA) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Designer, Visual / USA – TX, Dallas
   Director, Marketing – Singlesnet / USA – TX, Dallas
   Manager, Product (Mobile) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Sr. Engineer, Quality Assurance (MS-SQL) / USA – TX, Dallas
   iPhone Developer (contract) / USA – TX, Dallas
   Senior Application Engineer, Social Technologies / USA – CA, San Francisco

More info: http://www.match.com/cp/careers/CurrentOpenings.html  

Meetcha
   Ruby on Rails Developer

MyPartner
   Senior Ad Sales Manager

Online-Buddies
   Bilingual Customer Service Representative
   Bilingual Customer Service Supervisor
   Senior PHP Developer
   Senior Java JSP Developer
   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
   Customer Relations Officer / India – Mumbai
   Web Developer / India – Mumbai
   Software Engineer / India – Mumbai
   Senior Software Engineer / India – Mumbai
   SEO Expert / India – Mumbai
   Telecalling Operator / India – Mumbai

Smartdate
   COO / France – Paris
   Product Manager – CRM / France – Paris
   Senior Software Engineer / France – Paris
   Web Services Developer / France – Paris
   Various Internships / France – Paris

More info: http://jobs.smartdate.com/

Spark Networks
   HurryDate Host
   Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – CA, Beverly Hills
   Affiliate Marketing Manager / USA – UT, Provo
   Director of Acquisition Marketing / USA – CA, Beverly Hills and UT, Provo
   Corporate Systems Administrator / USA – UT, Provo
   Systems Administrators / USA – UT, Provo
   Sales and Events Assistant / USA – CA, Beverly Hills

SpeedDate
   Front-end Develoment
   Marketing
   Product Management
   User Experience Design
   Visual Design
   Back-end Development and Architecture
   Data Analytics and Statistics

To learn more, email: jobs@speeddate.com

SpeedDatingConnection
   Hosts
   Event Coordinators
   Marketing Managers
   IT Administrators
   Various Internships
   Upper Level Management positions available as well

More info: http://www.speeddatingconnections.com/Careers.html

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       
   System Admin / UK – London, USA – Los Angeles
   IM Engineer / UK – London
   Fronted Guru – HTML/CSS/javascript/AJAX / UK – London
   Site Operations Manager / USA – Los Angeles
   Community Manager
   Site Operations Analyst / USA – San Francisco
   Senior Django Developer / UK – London
   Dev Intern / UK – London
   Marketing Intern / USA – Los Angeles

More info: http://www.woome.com/woome/jobs/#sysadmin

World Singles
   Cold Fusion Developer / USA – CA, Aliso Viejo
   Cold Fusion Intern / USA – CA, Aliso Viejo

More info: http://worldsingles.com/ws2010/careers/

Zoosk
   Accounting Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Product Manager / USA – CA, San Francisco
   Software Engineer – PHP & JavaScript / USA – CA, San Francisco
  
More info: http://www.zoosk.com/jobs.php?from=footer

The CEO Of eFlirt Expert VIP

Posted on October 8, 2010

Eflirtexpertvip logo CREATIVE LOAFING – Oct 8 – Laurie Davis, founder and CEO of eFlirt Expert VIP, was an early adopter of online dating; she wrote her first profile ten years ago when she was 18. When Davis realized just how many of her friends she had helped meet partners online, eFlirt Expert was born.

Q: What exactly is eFlirt Expert VIP?
A: eFlirt Expert VIP is for people who don’t have the time to be proactive about their dating life. We manage your dating accounts, schedule dates, make reservations, recommend date spots. We even do offline services like help you with your wardrobe. 

Q: How is this different than your first company, eFlirt Expert?
A: eFlirt Expert helped singles date online and transition offline. The demand for the VIP care came before the brand. I had some executives come to me not just wanting me to help with their profiles, they wanted me to help with the whole online dating process.

Q: What’s the demographic of your client base?
A: Clients are 60% male, 40% female. The youngest is 28 and the oldest is 69.

Q: What is one tip you can give us for making your online profile more enticing?
A: Be specific. Don’t list a bunch of adjectives that describe you, like you’re funny, adventurous, cute… What works better is if you were to tell a story, like how are you adventurous.

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

Flirtmaps App Hits 200,000 Users

Posted on October 8, 2010

Flirtmaps logo VIRTUAL PRESS OFFICE – Oct 7 – Zodiak Media Group announces that FlirtMaps, its LBS multi-channel dating app, has successfully completed the beta test phase, with more than 230,000 registered users since April’s launch. Users of FlirtMaps can chat and share photos, based on their current location and dating preferences.

The full article was originally published at Virtual Press Office, but is no longer available.

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Love Scammers Use Dead Soldiers To Snare Victims

Posted on October 7, 2010
Scammers1 AOL NEWS – Oct 7 – Using photographs and biographical details culled from Facebook pages, memorial sites and news accounts, the perpetrators pose as living soldiers looking for love online. The idea of a man in uniform, purportedly writing from a war zone, has proven powerful on a more ruthless level. After exchanging pledges of romantic intent, the perpetrators often complain of poor support from the military, including a lack of telephone access, supplies or transportation. The Army has received complaints from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Great Britain and elsewhere, with victims reporting losses from a few thousand dollars to $28,000 in one case. FULL ARTICLE @ AOL NEWS
Mark Brooks: Absolutely deplorable. Companies like iovation and ThreatMetrix help dating sites beat scammers. iovation has the most traction in the dating industry. We helped them – Courtland Brooks. The dating industry has many systems in place to catch abuse, and beat scammers.

Online Dating Reaches Colleges

Posted on October 7, 2010

Oonline-datin-350x291 THE MINARET – Oct 6 – According to Business Insider, online memberships are up 15% since 2007 for daters between the ages of 18 and 24. University Student-driven dating sites are free. Over 20 universities have joined in this trend. Love Connection has over 130,000 members, some of whom attend the University of Tampa. Cornell University created their own online dating site. At Cornell’s GoodCrush, you log in and list five crushes you have on campus. Those students then receive an email telling them someone has a crush on them, but it is anonymous unless you join the site expressing interest in finding a potential partner.

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

Baby Boomers Embracing Online Dating

Posted on October 7, 2010
Baby boomers online dating UK NETGUIDE – Oct 6 - Among those embracing online dating are Canadian baby boomers, according to research by the Canadian Liver Foundation. 41% of those aged 46 to 64 have tried their hand at online dating, while 28% are open to seeking less serious relationships. This age group also appears to be carefree, if not a little bit risky, as more than one in ten (14%) admit they like taking more risks now that they are older. 23% are more open to a one-night stand, while 20% have got or are considering getting a tattoo or piercing. FULL ARTICLE @ UK NETGUIDE
Mark Brooks: Wow! Slow news day. We're quoting the Canadian Liver Foundation!?!

Trinity Mirror Partners With WhiteLabelDating.com

Posted on October 6, 2010

Whitelabeldating logo WLD BLOG – Oct 5 – Trinity Mirror, one of the UK’s largest newspaper publishers, with a portfolio that includes The Mirror, The Sunday Mail, People and The Daily Record, has partnered with WhiteLabelDating.com. New sites have now been launched for MirrorDating.co.uk, SundayMailDating.co.uk, PeopleDate.co.uk, and DailyRecordDating.co.uk, also 59 regional sites including ChronicleLive.co.uk/dating and LiverpoolEcho.co.uk/dating.

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Siamak Ayani, CEO Of OculusAI

Posted on October 5, 2010

Ayani_Siamak OPW INTERVIEW – Oct 5 – I worked in manufacturing automation before prior to 1998, when I started working with dating services. Machine vision was a big deal back then. OculusAI applies machine vision technology to profile image inspection to speed up the approval process. (Full Disclosure: OculusAI is a client of Courtland Brooks) – Mark Brooks

Tell us about OculusAI?
The company started about 3 years ago. I think most people in the idating industry agree that the most important thing for online dating sites is to have a large, high quality database of profiles. Most dating sites review the photos manually, and that means people have to wait a considerable amount of time before the image is published on a site. Around 20% of images uploaded on the major dating sites are rejected. We saw a correlation between the time you have to wait for your profile picture to be published and the conversion. The more we looked into this, the more we realized that there was a need for automating the picture approval process and that is exactly what we do.

We’ve taken very advanced computer vision technology and applied that to the needs of this industry. We help dating sites to automate either parts of, or the whole image review process. By doing so, we can help drive revenue, bring down overhead costs, and improve the perceived quality of the site.

There are other things we do as well. Because the picture can say a lot about the person, we realized that it is a pretty good way of detecting if the user is a serious user, scammer or someone playing around. We can also determine if that profile belongs to someone who is not serious and we can flag that profile.

What else can you offer to dating sites with your technology?
The technology is very advanced. There are a number of things you can do with this type of technology. We want to offer inexpensive, value adding services that drive conversions and improve retention in the dating industry. There are a number of different applications of the technology that can help do this. For example, we are currently experimenting with making images searchable based on facial features like, hair color, eye color, etc. This kind of application would be an amazing search and matching tool for the dating industry.

What are the benefits dating sites will see in terms of using your technology?
By changing the picture approval process from a manual process to an automated process, dating sites can improve conversions quite dramatically, cut the cost and improve revenue. We are able to decrease customer complaints and improve the perceived quality of the site. Let’s talk about integration and how your technology can fit into the role or the function of customer service on an Internet dating site. It is very easy to implement; it is a web based service. Once the user uploads a photo, it is sent to us and we scan through that photo and return a message that the image has been either approved or rejected. Also, if we think it belongs to a scammer, we flag that picture. Based on that information the dating sites can decide what to do.

You’re working with a couple of internet dating sites now; can you talk a little bit about those at all?
I can’t answer this question because of NDA’s. But we work with both European and US customers. Because it is a web based service, it doesn’t matter where we are located or where they are located. It can be anywhere in the world.

Siamak Ayani is the CEO of OculusAI Technologies AB and can be contacted directly at siamak@oculusai.com

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From Speed Dating To Chat, Via Facebook

Posted on October 5, 2010

Rounds logo ISRAEL MFA – Oct 4 - Rounds from Israel takes video chat and games inside Facebook to bridge the online and offline worlds. The start-up Rounds isn’t the first app to allow Facebook friends to chat by video from within the social network. Friendcam is a notable forerunner. While it’s all free today, Rounds plans to release "premium" coins that users will have to pay for, along with virtual gifts. Advertising is also in the cards. Rounds has raised $2M from a group of angel investors, including Startup Factory and $1.5M from the Rhodium Investment Group.

The full article was originally published at MFA.gov.il, but is no longer available.