Neat that they used Match and OkCupid in the examples of Facebook “Sponsored Results” search ads. What other dating sites are going to participate in the bidding war for Facebook search. Sponsored Results are available to advertisers on a CPC and CPM basis, though they must bid on objects and not keywords. Advertisers can create [...]
When you are thinking of a Christian country, UK may not be the first country that comes to mind, however if you look at the facts, UK actually have a large population of Christians, millions of then in fact. Whilst you may not associate UK with bible bashing or extremely conservative brands of Christianity millions [...]
Its never been easier to launch a social dating service. These days all you have to do is license an event database, throw in a social feature or two (who’s near me, friends matching friends, etc), “go viral” amongst the early adopters via mobile or HTML5 apps ( I call it the TechCrunch 10,000- the [...]
I’ve talked to a number of producers and casting agents for online and cable dating reality shows in the last month. Some of the ideas are decent and some of them make me want to curl up into a ball and sob about the sorry state of humanity. This just in, the audio version of [...]
Old-growth social network Tagged has raised $15 million. As the other top social networks struggled in a Facebook-dominated world, Tagged was busy acquiring its competitors and complimentary services to firmly position itself as a competitor to MeetMe and Badoo. It used to be Facebook is for keeping in touch with people you know. Myspace is [...]
Interesting to see the continuing divergence between TheComplete.me and LikeBright (I’m an advisor). One practically needs an operating manual to understand how it works and the other you can use when you are hammered on Chardonnay. I am gunning for TheComplete.me to step up their game, get the site working consistently show us how awesome they [...]
I love this non-description of what is generally considered a “people search” engine masquerading as a social site. Mirror is a new form of web interaction. It is not a social network. It is not a review site. It is not an online dating site, nor is it a people search engine. However, it combines the [...]