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PRESS RELEASE - Nov 14 - ChristianCafe.com is now in alliance with Focus on the Family and its singles ministry, Boundless, to help Christian singles connect online for marriage-focused relationships. In this alliance, Focus on the Family and Boundless will promote ChristianCafe.com to their followers.
The full article was originally published at Focus on the Family, but is no longer available.
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OPW - Nov 12 - 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:
WhiteLabelDating
Partner Account Executive
Global Personals USA (Webdate, Fling, WealthyMen)
Internet Affiliate Sales Managers / Online Buyers
Twoo
Marketing Director
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Badoo
HR Director
eHarmony
Director, Digital Marketing
FriendFinder Networks
Director, Online Marketing
Match.com, Chemistry.com, People Media
Director, Product
Mektoube.fr
Artistic Director Web and Mobile
To see more open positions go here.
Do you have an idating industry job offer which is not included? Please, send it to [email protected] and we will add it to the list.
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OPW - Nov 11 - iDate Moscow took place on September 29-30, 2011. A surprising number of internet dating and social networking executives, VCs, affiliate managers and payment processors were in attendance.
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INTERNET DATING SCIENCE – Nov 11 - Internet Dating Science summarizes the best academic papers so you can improve your idating site, and help users make better connections.
Study: From Dating To Mating And Relating: Predictors Of Initial And Long-term Out Comes Of Speed-Dating In A Community Sample
Authors: Jens B. Asendorph, Humboldt University Berlin; Lars Penke, University of Edinburgh; and Mitja D. Back, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The authors of this study observed the behaviours of 190 men and 192 women at various speed dating events. The people who made a connection at an event were then observed by the researchers over the course of the following year. The increased likelihood of a match was predicted by one factor: similar level of facial attractiveness for both people. In the more long term, dating intentions influence the outcomes of the relationships that are formed.
Dr. Brenner: Based on this information, you should:
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MARKET WIRE - Nov 11 - Revenue grew 28% YOY and 6% compared to last quarter, marking our fourth consecutive quarter of revenue growth," said Greg Liberman, Spark's CEO. Revenue for the Q3 was $12.7M. Jewish Networks revenue was $6.7M, a decrease of 1% YOY. Average paying subscribers for Jewish Networks were 88,976, a decrease of 1% YOY. Average paying subscribers for Other Affinity Networks were 113,972, an increase of 84% YOY.
The full article was originally published at MarketWatch, but is no longer available.
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HUFFINGTON POST - Nov 11 - According to AshleyMadison.com, the Hispanic community is "the fastest growing community when it comes to infidelity." Since launching the Spanish-language version of their website in 2009, 1.1M Latinos have signed up, accounting for 31% of their total new membership.
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FT - Nov 11 - Kelly Hitchcock works as a virtual dating assistant. She is penning profiles and making contact with potential matches on behalf of men and women who are too inept, too strapped for time or simply unwilling to do so themselves. Ms Hitchcock is employed by Scott Valdez, who launched Virtual Dating Assistants in 2009. The US census calculates that of the nation’s 87m singles, 40m have tried online dating. Annual revenues from dating sites are $1.2bn in the US and $3.5bn worldwide, according to Courtland Brooks, an internet dating consultancy. Mark Brooks, a consultant to dating sites, believes virtual dating assistants have a future. “A significant proportion of people don’t have time to filter through online matches. They are cheaper than matchmakers, who typically charge between $5,000 and $50,000”. Virtual Dating Assistants charges $147 for a basic profile, while $600-$700 a month will buy you date selection and correspondence.
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WEBWIRE - Nov 10 - The 9th iDate Startup event will take place on November 11 at 6:00 PM in Hollywood, CA. DatingHype.com is the sponsor of the dinner and the party. The networking dinner will have some of the top dating executives and internet entrepreneurs in the LA region.
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COMPUTERWORLD - Nov 8 - The system that powers eHarmony's matchmaking operation relies on four products: Oracle Corp.'s database, the open-source MySQL database, an open-source data-crunching app called Hadoop, and Netezza Corp. data warehousing appliances. Joseph Essas is VP of engineering and operations at eHarmony. 236 of its 20M members get married every day, the site claims. That's just one of "hundreds of metrics" that we "deeply care about," Essas said. eHarmony uses Oracle's database software to do much of the initial matching. But for hard-core data processing, the company relies on a speedy 50-node Hadoop cluster. Speed is important, because eHarmony updates the scores of its relationship matches whenever new members sign up, as well as when existing members update their profiles.
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PRESS RELEASE - Nov 8 - The 9th annual Miami iDate SuperConference will be held in Miami Beach on January 23-30, 2012. 66% of the event attendance consists of dating industry owners and operators. The remainder includes: software companies, social networking owners, consultants, payment processors, background screening services, mobile app providers and others.
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HUFFINGTON POST - Nov 8 - A Swiss company called GenePartner has developed a biological matching system using your human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, genes to find your perfect match. The company works with several dating sites around the world--Sense2love and Eventful Dating to name two--and tests interested people by mail. You get a couple of Q-tips, scrape the inside of your cheek and that of the other party or parties you'd like to have checked, and return it to the company. Later, you receive access to a closed account on the company's website, where you can read at your leisure about how well you supposedly fit together, genetically. The company's total manpower proves to be two women: the director, Joelle Apter, and the head of research, Tamara Brown.
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WEBWIRE - Nov 7 - The finalists have been selected for the 3rd annual iDate Awards. Voting for the winner is now open to the public at www.iDateAwards.com and ends on January 4, 2012. Both industry professionals and the general public are encouraged to vote for the best candidates in each of the award categories. Finalists were selected based on the number of nominations they received.
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OPW - Nov 7 - We're starting a question of the week feature on Online Personals Watch. Just let us know your questions on the business of internet dating by emailing [email protected] and we'll select and run one a week and Irena and I and the Courtland Brooks team will do our best answer.
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SNAP BLOG - Nov 4 - No longer are singles relegated to their laptops -- as demonstrated by the AreYouInterested.com mobile dating infographic
- 4 out of 5 people surveyed prefer mobile dating to online dating sites.
- ~ 600 online dating profiles are viewed each minute on AreYouInterested.com.
- 61% of AreYouInterested.com users surveyed believed they are more likely to “hook up” on a mobile dating app than an online dating site.
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MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE - Nov 4 - Badoo claims to be the 4th largest social network in the world. Russian owned and London-based, Badoo is available in 35 languages in 180 countries on the web, and also as an iPhone, Android, Facebook and Blackberry app. Badoo has 130M members, up 62% compared to the last year.
by Tim Green
The full article was originally published at Mobile Entertainment Magazine, but is no longer available.
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