MASHABLE – Apr 24 - Clique is a new private dating site which launched on Valentine’s Day. On the invite-only site, only you, your friends and people connected to you by fewer than three degrees are visible. When you’re browsing profiles, you can see how you’re connected to each person, and your friends can make match suggestions for you.
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Gay Dating App Grindr Now On Android
MASHABLE – Mar 8 – Grindr, the popular location-based app gay guys use to find other gay males, is out today with an Android version. 1.5M male users already use the iOS and BlackBerry apps in 180 countries.
OkCupid CEO: We Will Not Charge Users Following Match.com Acquisition
MASHABLE – Feb 2 – Match.com had acquired OkCupid for $50M in cash. "Our goal is that the acquisition will have no effect whatsoever,” CEO Sam Yagan said, saying that no positions will change within the company, and that it will continue full-steam ahead as usual — sans censorship or fees. Yagan says it will be releasing a location-aware app in the coming months, as well as a new OkTrends piece. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
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.
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OKCupid Analysis Reveals Interests Of Different Races
MASHABLE – Sep 8 - According to OKCupid's blog, OKTrends, the website took 526,000 of its members’ profiles and split them into groups based on race. It then highlighted popular and unique words and phrases within each group to create the below graphics, which apparently reveal the inner desires of the various denizens of OKCupid. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
Japanese Resort Caters To Men With Virtual Girlfriends
MASHABLE – Aug 31 - A beach town near Tokyo has begun catering to a
specific segment of young men, ones who play the game Love Plus and have
a strong desire to take their virtual “girlfriends” from this game on a
romantic holiday in the real world. Love Plus is a typical dating sim
game in which the protagonist, a high school boy, finds himself in a
relationship with a young woman. He must work to maintain the
relationship. Players can become deeply involved and engaged with their
virtual girlfriends, to the point that one young man even married his
in a Tokyo ceremony last year. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
New Matchmaking Site Lets You Date By The Book
MASHABLE – July 21 - Alikewise is an online dating site that matches people based on their book tastes. You can only search for other users by typing in a book title or author or by username — not by any other interests. A front page newsfeed also notifies you when others add books in your profile to theirs. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
Dating Site Launches Online Sperm And Egg Bank For “Beautiful People”
MASHABLE – June 21 – BeautifulPeople.com, the controversial dating site,
now has a forum/sperm bank where one may search for genetic material
from beautiful people. Members can use these forums to meet other
members who are keen on having a family. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
OkCupid Uses Click Data To Match Most Attractive Users
MASHABLE – May 25 – OkCupid sent an e-mail to some of its users
nforming them that they’ve been placed in the top half of users in
terms of attractiveness by its algorithms. As a result of the
categorization, the attractive users will be more likely to see one
another in match searches, while the users who are in the lower tier
will not see a change. The e-mail specified that the determinations
were made through analysis of clicks on users’ photos and reactions in
the Quiver and QuickMatch features. Those two tools ask users to
quickly respond positively or negatively to photos accompanied by
segments of profile text. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE
Craigslist Adult Services Listings To Generate $36 Million In 2010
with their annual report on Craigslist and estimates that the
classified listing site will generate $122M in revenue in 2010. More
than half of that revenue comes from recruitment advertising, but 30%
of it comes from Craigslist’s adult services ads. The listings, which
have been thenceforth referred to as adult services, include moderation
and charge clients $10 per post, with proceeds no longer going directly
to charity. FULL ARTICLE @ MASHABLE