DIGITAL LIFE – Aug 10 - Extramarital "dating" service Ashley Madison.com has crossed the 10 million-member mark worldwide. Noel Biderman, founder and president of the site, who is married with two young children, launched the site in 2002 after he "discovered that countless numbers of married men and women were using traditional ‘singles’ dating sites."
Month: August 2011
Twitter Dating: Even in 140 Characters, Love Can Bloom
BALTIMORE SUN – Aug 9 - Yes, Twitter love. It’s happening. Love shows up in unexpected places online. Several dating services and relationship coaches are geared to the social media platform. “Social media has a big role to play in dating because social media is all about connections and communication, and dating is the same thing,” said Ben Parr, editor at large at Mashable. “Twitter will always have a role just as Facebook has a role in dating … and the entire relationship cycle.” Some Twitter-based services, like Luv@FirstTweet, which launched this year, cater to those used to traditional online dating services like Match.com. ~1,200 people are currently signed up for Luv@FirstTweet, a free service that co-founder Jon Lehr bills as “building an online dating profile on the go.” Some would argue the Twitter dating pool may be a bit shallower than general. A recent poll by OkCupid found that people who use Twitter tend to have shorter relationships.
by Raven Hill
Full article at Baltimore Sun
SNAP Interactive Reports Q2 2011 Results
MARKETWIRE – Aug 9 - SNAP Interactive, a social app developer with ~49M installs across its properties, announced financial results for its Q2 2011. SNAP posted record quarterly revenues of more than $4.82M, putting it on an annualized revenue run-rate of ~$19M. Q2 Revenue increased 288% to $4,826,723 compared to $1,243,082. Net loss increased to $632,868 compared to a net loss of $68,861. AreYouInterested.com brand added ~10M new installs during the quarter. AreYouInterested.com iPhone Mobile Dating app was downloaded more than 370,000 times.
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Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – August 2011
OPW – August 11 – New iDating jobs listing is live on the Internet Dating Jobs blog.
Below see a couple of this month's most interesting offers:
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From our esteemed Courtland Brooks clients:
WhiteLabelDating
PPC and Affiliates Executive / UK, Windsor office
DatingStartsHere
Affiliate Manager, Dating Aggregator / USA – VA, Reston
OculusAI
System Developer (description in Swedish) / Sweden – Stockholm
Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
Internet Affiliate Sales Managers / Online Buyers
More info: http://www.globalpersonalsmedia.com/careers.html
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Badoo
HR Director
eHarmony
Director, Legal Affairs
FriendFinder Networks
Marketing Director, Casual Dating
FriendScout24 (description in German)
Head of Online Marketing - focus on International Business and Performance /Analytics
Gaydar
Chief Information Officer
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
VP Public Relations and Communications / USA – NY, New York & TX, Dallas
Zoosk
Director of Talent Acquisition Empleyment Brand Programs
To see more open positions go here.
Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to petra@courtlandbrooks.com and we will add it to the list.
MatchingApp (Intelligent Elite) Looking for Investors
OPW – Aug 11 – Matching App is looking for smart money. Specifically, they are offering a $500K investment for 20% of the company. The company makes $13,500 a month right now but is expected to generate an annual revenue of $400K in a years time. Matching App operates several applications on Facebook and other social networks, the most popular of which are matchingapp.com and IntelligentElite.com. MatchingApp combines matchingmaking and social dating and has grown to 3 million registered users within a year. See our CEO interview.
Young Chinese Singles Join Online Search for Love
THE STRAITS TIMES – Aug 9 - For many young singles in China, Saturday's Chinese Valentine's Day was an urgent reminder for them to get hitched quickly. That in turn prompted more of them to turn to online matchmakers for help. Jiayuan, one of the country's largest dating site, is no exception. It has ~19M active users under the age of 25. The number of unmarried men is expected to exceed that of available women by 24M in 2020, according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
What 50+ Need to Know about Online Dating
OC REGISTER – Aug 8 – OurTime.com points out someone turns 50 every seven seconds today, on average. The 50+ demographic is the fastest growing in the country. It includes 78M baby boomers, and a 30% of them are single. Single and, for the most part, seeking love, romance and companionship at almost any age.
– It takes time.
– Use the phone. You definitely need to talk on the phone with potential dates before meeting them.
– Exercise patience. You'll likely run into a lot of "frogs" before your prince or princess shows up.
– You can't believe everything you read.
– You'll hear from a lot of people that don't fit your needs.
Boom or Bust?
OPW – Aug 9 – Have you seen a rise or fall in your internet dating business traffic and signups on Monday and today? Please comment, or email me at mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com. If I get enough interesting responses, I'll push out some news to press summarizing your responses. First I need to know if you're seeing any trending in your idating business. Please advise.
DuoDater Wants to Make Online Dating More Social
TECH CRUNCH – Aug 8 - Michael Parikh and Andrew Flachner, the co-founders of a new dating site DuoDater, agree that there are still some very fundamental problems with current approaches to online dating. Creating an online dating profile can be difficult. DuoDater is aimed at men and women in their 20s and 30s who are looking to socialize and meet new people — with the help of a co-pilot. The co-founders think that, by allowing users to have a friend by their side while on a date, the interaction can be more natural and less awkward way to socialize and make friends.
The full article was originally published at Washington Post, but is no longer available.
Profile Pictures on Social Networks ‘Are a Privacy Risk’
COMPUTER WORLD – It's becoming easier for strangers to identify people and infer detailed information about them from their publicly available images on sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Alessandro Acquisti, associate professor of IT and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, used a facial recognition tool called Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (PittPatt) developed at CMU to see whether he could find matches between the dating site images and the Facebook profile pictures. ~5,800 dating site members also had Facebook profiles. Of these, more ~4,900 were uniquely identified. The numbers are significant because a previous CMU survey showed that 90% of Facebook members use their real name on their profiles.