Posts Tagged ‘innovation’

Online Dating Industry Links 10-16-09

October 16th, 2009 by David Evans

I finished reading The Game last night. turns out Courtney Love is on Suicide Girls. So of course I have to go check it out, haven’t been there in years. When I signed up, I was asked if I wanted to join the newbies lounge. Why don’t more dating site offer this kind of a forum for new members? I got a few choice quotes in this Austin Business Journal article about Gelato (warning: paywall)

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Online Dating Industry Links 10-16-09

Online Dating Industrt Links 10-15-09

October 15th, 2009 by David Evans

From the Frisky, Hong Kong School Girls Dig “Compensated Dating” : In Hong Kong, teenage girls are going on “compensated dates” after school. Basically, they go out with older men in exchange for money, but they don’t see this as prostitution, because in their minds they’re in control of whether or not sex is involved … even though sex is usually involved. Activity Streams is an extension to the Atom feed format to express what people are doing around web. The Activity Streams format has already been adopted by Facebook , MySpace , Windows Live , and Opera. Here’s the wiki and the mailing list . See this presentation on Activity Streams and this post .

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Will Advertising Exchanges Be Better at Matching People Than Compatibilty Systems?

October 14th, 2009 by David Evans

My friend Dave at EatMedia send me the following from WIRED : Seamless ad trading may turn out to be just the start. Google could also encourage buyers and sellers to exploit the hidden value of inventory by blending their clickstream databases with data gleaned from the likes of Experian and Acxiom as well as social networking sites. Make no mistake: Google intends to move beyond behavioural advertising to much more profound levels of insight about web users. Overlaid with externally-sourced data and allied with Google’s knowledge of search, large-scale automated trading could be a game changer. A successful ad exchange will also open up opportunities for arbitrage – spotting value, buying it cheap and selling dear. Some anticipate secondary derivatives markets based around a big, central exchange. This TechCrunch post, Job Boards Are So Over

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Online Dating Industry Links 10-14-09

October 14th, 2009 by David Evans

Look at all the amazing stuff happening on the interweb.

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OKCpuid Research: Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back

October 5th, 2009 by David Evans

If you haven’t read it, OKCupid’s Online Dating Advice: Exactly What To Say In A First Message , should be required reading for every online dater, regardless of which sites they are on. It should be a must-read for every dating coach or profile writer out there. OkCupid is really hitting their stride with their analysis of how members use the site. I love their intro to Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back . Welcome back, dorks

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