Month: January 2014

Facebook Bans Dating Affiliates

Posted on January 15, 2014

Facebook fuck affiliatesCHARLES NGO – Jan 13 – If you try to submit a dating ad on Facebook, you might get a rejection. Not only are dating ads going to be rejected, but anyone caught running them will get their accounts banned. Starting now the only people allowed to promote Dating ads on Facebook are white listed advertisers and the affiliates that the advertisers have approved. Why would Facebook do this? The ads were getting too risque and hurting the user experience.

by Charles Ngo
See full article at Charles Ngo blog

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Mobile Technology Makes Online Dating The New Normal

Posted on January 14, 2014

Online-dating heart shaped touchpadFORBES – Jan 14 – 11% of American adults now use dating sites, up from 3% in 2008. Dating sites are seeing a shifts towards the mobile web. Also it's not a private, semi-embarrassing activity anymore but part of how we spend time with friends and entertain ourselves at parties. Bravo is launching “Online Dating Rituals of the American Male,” a show that follows men in their search for love and/or action online. The show captures an insider’s perspective of the male psyche and how they approach dating in the digital age.” It’s possible the show will reveal men and women have more in common than expected. It premieres on March 9th.

by Katheryn Thayer
See full article at Forbes

Jiayuan.com Surpasses 100 Million Registered Users

Posted on January 14, 2014

Jiayuan logo new Aug 13PR NEWSWIRE – Jan 14 – Jiayuan.com, the largest Chinese dating site, claims 100M registered users. According to iResearch, Jiayuan.com accounted for 57% of user time spent on online dating sites in China, more than five times that of the next closest competitor.

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

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Andrew Conru Of AdultFriendFinder.com Forecasts ‘Peak Orgasm’

Posted on January 13, 2014

Ffn peak orgasm graphOPW – Jan 13 – Dr. Andrew Conru is the Founder of FriendFinder and took the reigns as CEO again last month. You've heard of peak oil, but have you heard of peak orgasm? He's developed a formula for Peak Orgasm. "We combine stats for sex frequency and population by age," said Andrew Conru. "This allows us to locate where the most people in the world are having the most sex at any given time". FFN found out that Japan reached Peak Orgasm in 1993 and has been on a steady decline ever since. The U.S is just on the crest of Peak Orgasm. Stats warn of a downhill slump to come. Central Africa, Pakistan and India are on their way up.

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Turks Won’t Admit They Met Online

Posted on January 13, 2014

Pembepanjur logoAL MONITOR – Jan 12 – The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) finds that only 0.1% of 603,751 marriages in 2012 happened after couples met online, compared to 41% tying the knot with people introduced by family. “I don’t take TUIK’s findings seriously," said Haluk Akin, co-owner of PembePanjur, a dating site with ~2M visitors. “There is a negative perception about finding your partner online, and couples usually end up lying about it." Ersan Ozer, owner of Istanbul.net, Ankara.net and Izmir.net, agrees.

by Tulin Daloglu
The full article was originally published at Al Monitor, but is no longer available.

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SinglesAroundMe: #1 Dating App On Android

Posted on January 13, 2014

Singlesaroundme logo Jan 14SAM – Jan 13 – The Android version of SinglesAroundMe was launched in Dec 2012 and became #1 dating app on the android platform in just one year. The app lets users meet and date one another locally.

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Fresh New Book: Online Dating Economics

Posted on January 12, 2014

OPW – Jan 12 – Here’s a new book worthy of your attention.  By Paul Oyer, a Stanford University professor of economics.

Everything I Learned About Economics I Learned Through Online Dating

And here’s an 4 minute intro by Professor Oyer.

  • Online dating is one of the most interesting markets in the world.
  • Should I go big, or go niche?
  • Dating sites should allow people to send one or two messages a month as exclusive, ‘you’re my top choice messages.’
  • Verification is lacking.  People lie, and people are driven to lie because of competition.  Its a problem.

Internet Dating Jobs Listing Update – January 2014

Posted on January 11, 2014

Internet dating jobs logo OPW – Jan 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:

AnastasiaDate
  Director of Brand, Offline Advertising, & Partnerships

Dating Factory
  Customer Support Advisor (foreign language)

Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
  Country Web/Net Affiliate Marketing Manager

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eHarmony
  Director, Quality Assurance

HowAboutWe.com
  Digital Sales Director

Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
  Director, National Sponsorship Sales

Meetme
  Sales Director – Social Theater (Digital Advertising Sales)

Zoosk
  Director FP&A

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.

iDate Las Vegas Is Next Week

Posted on January 10, 2014

Idate2014 logoOPW – Jan 9 – Only 4 days left until iDate Las Vegas 2014. January 10th is the final day for online registration, after which you will have to complete your registration in person at the door. As always, there is a solid agenda planned for the three day event, which is also expected to have a strong media presence this year. Jon Birger of Fortune/CNN Money will be in attendance, along with Keynote speaker, Dr. Wendy Walsh of CNN, and panelists, Sharon Jayson of USA Today and Jackie Ried of NBC. To view the full agenda, see here. Last chance at online registration here.

iDate Interview With Markus Frind Of PlentyofFish.com – Questions Request?

Posted on January 10, 2014

Pof markus frind jan 14OPW – Jan 10 – Last year I was thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Dr Neil Clark Warren, Founder and CEO of eHarmony, at iDate. Video.

This year, given that Sam Yagan, the Founder of OKCupid, is now the CEO of Match Group, I thought I'd have a fireside chat with his instigator and nemesis, Markus Frind, the Founder of PlentyofFish. He's a controversial figure in the iDating industry executive. Let's hear what he has to say about the past years events and the future of iDating.

Please email me your thoughts on questions you'd like me to ask during the interview, to mark@onlinepersonalswatch.com. Thanks for your consideration.

(Full Disclosure: Markus Frind/POF was a client of Courtland Brooks from Oct '06-Mar '10, and July '11-Mar '13)

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