Gavin Potter at IntroAnalytics has written a white paper titled Making Behavioral Recommendations Pay, An Analysis of Returns Achieved. I am pleased to see some of the early results discussed publicly. While not exactly earth-shattering in terms of depth, I applaud Gavin for making the results available and urge him to continue to update. In [...]
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A few weeks ago I got a chance to talk to Ian Swanson, founder of Sometrics. Ian was previously at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. Sometrics is focused on monetizeing the social web, providing solutions to maximize revenue from virtual currency. Initially was a banner ad manager which did optimization based on [...]
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Today’s guest post is by Ross Felix. Ross has been paying close attention to Spark Networks for quite some time and is well-versed in the challenges it faces today.
Spark Networks reported their year-end results on Thursday March 4th. Much of their results came in as expected with a few big surprises. All in all, it [...]
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Dan Wohlfeiler wrote in to let us know that there is a unique study now underway to help determine which online strategies are preferred by webmasters, public health experts and users for how to reduce HIV and STD infections among gay and bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) who meet [...]
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I’ve been checking out the Basisnote Chemistry Check system running on Swissfriends.ch. Here are some screenshots I took of the testing process.
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Social dating site Thread continues to slowly releasing new features. the latest batch lets people offer rewards to their friends if they successfully match them up. For example, wine for the first date, $100 to become exclusive and a trip to Australia if they get married. Great idea, and fun.
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It may not be standard fare, but consider adding a few buds for your best gal pals to your Valentine’s Day budget this year. Now, don’t get weird — it doesn’t have to be a gigantic vase of red roses. Tulips, carnations and other “friendly” flowers are totally acceptable and can tell someone you’re thinking about them without pissing off your significant other or being creepy. And if you order early from sites such as the aforementioned FTD, 1-800-FLOWERS and the like, you can probably even get some good deals on V-day bouquets that will reward you for your rampant generosity!
We women understand that just the thought of February 14 has the power to inspire pure panic in most men. We get it — Valentine’s Day is the one 24-hour period when the likelihood of a potential misstep that negates all the work you’ve put in trying to think up “sensitive” questions to ask us and pretend you’re not a mouth breather increases exponentially.
In online dating, there’s a certain situation we hear about all the time: a couple checks out each other’s profile, and they’re both happy with what they see. Soon they’re exchanging emails, and things are going swimmingly. After emailing for awhile, they finally decide to meet – and in person, things fall flat. Maybe one or both of them don’t look exactly like their photo, but even more than that, they just didn’t have that chemistry in person. Great match on paper, but not a spark to be found in the real world.
We’re so accepting of that scenario, but does it ever occur to us that chemistry works both ways? That maybe someone who doesn’t make us swoon in a single photo could cause heart palpitations in person?
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard the phrase, “Yeah, looks like a great match based on his profile… but physically he’s not my type,” or “She seems really cool, but maybe as a friend. I don’t usually like curvy girls.” Not only are those people limitin…
