Archive for the ‘Dating 2.0’ Category
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
After Google’s stock took a hit based on reports that Google ads are not being clicked on as much as they use to be, comScore is reporting today that the market may have got it wrongthe evidence suggests that the softness in Google’s paid click metrics is primarily a result ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
WHAT?!!? Yes, you heard me... it's dead! The "traditional" online dating site is dead, especially paid sites (Sam I look forward to hear how I am crazy :D). I'm calling it right now, 2008 will be the worst year for paid online dating. More and more users are starting to ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Who owns your friends (or rather the list of who your friends are and how they are connected to you) has been a big source of debate in the social networking world. Control over that data is what makes social networks like Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn so potentially valuable. Yet ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Congrats to James and Jim! This couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. The integration with facebook, is what put HotorNot over the edge into something viable. It's gonna be interesting to see what happens to the site under new ownership...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
WooMe’s online network that can be used for virtual introductions ranging from speed dating to job interviews has just announced a $3 million bridge round, led by Mangrove and previous investors Atomico (which was founded by Nikas Zennstrom and Janus Friis), and Klaus Hommels. WooMe has also added the help ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
The rumor last week was that Google (as well as Verisign and IBM) were mulling over the idea of joining the OpenID 2.0 single sign-on framework. But the real news comes today, as Yahoo and its roughly 250 million user IDs officially jump on the bandwagon. Today, there are only ...
Posted in 360, Api's, Dating 2.0, Online Dating Identity, Web 2.0, bandwagon, ibm, ids, jump, mulling, openid, roughly | No Comments »
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
What’s it take to make $10 million in 12 months in these wonderful times of mighty Web growth? Apparently not very much.
Not very much work, that is. Today’s New York Times delivers a nice, sprightly memo about a 29-year-old coder based in Vancouver, Canada, who managed to put together a ...
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Now before you start scratching your head on this one let me explain.
A recession is coming, and it's is not question of if, only when.
So why is this a good thing? Well it won't be a good thing for some
people, but it will be a good thing for the FREE ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Online Dating News, Web 2.0, economy, give, pof, recession, scratching, slows, views, weak | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 11th, 2008
Not much action on this blog lately, but for good reason. Me and my partner have been pounding the pavement getting the new project to fruition. We've taken a few concepts into play while developing this new project.
1. One click profile import - people are tired of having to spend ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Two new features from Match.com are aimed at getting new users to sign up for the service. One is targeted at the shy crowd, and one is targeted at the outgoing crowd–Facebook.
The Little Black Book feature lets Match.com users find other Facebook members that also have an account on Match.com. ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Online Dating News, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Widgets, black, book, crowd, crowd–facebook, facebook, fitting, shy, targeted | No Comments »
Friday, December 7th, 2007
Adult dating site AdultFriendFinder, rumored to have been acquired in November for $1 billion is on the wrong side of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with a settlement that restricts AdultFriendFinder’s promotional activities.
The FTC said in a statement that AdultFriendFinder affiliates used pop-up ads to drive traffic to the site, ...
Posted in Adult Dating, Dating 2.0, Online Dating News, Site Info, Spam and Security, Wall of Shame, adult, adultfriendfinder, adultfriendfinder’s, affiliates, commission, exposed, ftc, settlement | No Comments »
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
A recent MSN dating survey reported that more than 40 million Americans have dated online — a staggering 40 percent of the country's 100 million single adults according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Unsurprisingly, online dating safety has been a growing concern as more and more Americans log on and ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Dating Video, Online Dating and Relationship Tips, americans, documentarian, dvd, exposing, isenberg, nick, pitfalls, unsurprisingly | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
When my editor suggested that someone put an ad on Craigslist and find out why people use online dating services to meet people, I was more than eager. Meeting new people has always fascinated me, and it seemed like it might be interesting to use a new forum to make ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
WooMe puts users in quick, 1-on-1 video conferencing sessions during which they can determine whether to pursue a relationship (romantic or otherwise) with the stranger on the other end. While the site is not explicitly marketed as a dating site, it competes quite directly with SpeedDate
The online speed date seems ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Sex and spontaneity are the two magic ingredients for a new startup called CrazyBlindDate, which launches today in Boston, New York City, and San Francisco after beta testing in Austin, Texas for over a month.
The idea behind CrazyBlindDate is to bring the scheme of blind dating to the web. Sign ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Some big things to announce.
Collaboradate.com is going away :( But wait! Not to worry, just the name is going away. I'm excited to announce that I've brought in a partner, and this was the first order of business.
We are not set on the new name yet, but over the past ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
The official news is out on the MySpace and Google deal, first rumored earlier today. The big news: the two companies have actually been working together on OpenSocial all along, which launches officially tonight.
Other “founding partners” of the project include: Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Hey folks, haven't been blogging a lot this week. I had a good friend of mine pass over the weekend, so needless to say I've been more then a little out of it. I had been moping around, but I found that if I keep busy working It will keep ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, General News, Just Because, Site Info, Web 2.0, blogging, folks, friend, mine, moping, needless, pass, weekend | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
This Monday, MTV quietly deployed a Hot or Not competitor called NextorNot.
The premise, as with Hot or Not, is simple: users flip through “profiles” of other users (consisting mainly of a portraits) and indicate whether they think the people in the profiles are attractive or not. In NextorNot’s case, you ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
MySpace is gearing up to launch MySpace Platform, according to a number of third party developers who’ve been contacted for input on the product. While this has been rumored since June, this is the first indication that the service is preparing to actually launch. And we also have information that ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
I thought it would be interesting to go back and give myself a report card on my predictions for the online dating market in 2007. Though the year isn't over, we are winding down as we get towards Halloween and Thanks Giving. See my comments in bold below.
2007 will bring ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Global Dating Market, Online Dating Features, Site Reviews, Uncategorized, golden, weakness | 7 Comments »
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Meet Michael Stajer. By all accounts, Stajer has it all: He's attractive, single and owns a multimillion-dollar company in San Francisco. Sure, Stajer has no problem landing a first date, but subsequent dates and a relationship are more difficult to navigate. So what's the problem? Simply put: He owns a ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Tips, Uncategorized, difficult, dollar, landing, multimillion, owns, relate, stajer, subsequent | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 17th, 2007
According to some recent snooping around by Juniper Research, mobile dating services will bring in a hefty $1 billion from the lovelorn by 2010. This year 40 million people are expected to use mobile dating services such as chat rooms for singles. That number will surge to 260 million by ...
Posted in 2010, 2012, Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Finding Love Online, Online Dating Features, Online Dating News, Uncategorized, hefty, iphone, japan, juniper, loneliest, lonely, mobile | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Read the Collaboradate blog on your iphone. You can now get your online dating news on the go! Just point your iphone browser to the normal address of http://www.collaboradate.com/blog/ and the display will automatically be formated to your iphone. If you don't have one yet, you may want to consider ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Enter UK based First Move, which just emailed us. It’s a dating site where you create a private profile. You then buy black or hot pink credit-card type cards that have your First Move user code on them - they cost about $2 each. When you see someone you want ...
Posted in Dating 2.0, Dating Industry, Mobile Dating, Online Dating News, Startup, aka, aki, card, cards, hand, persue, plastic, shove | 1 Comment »
