Will Poker Dating Ever Become A Successful Dating Niche?
Poker dating. Chances are you’ve never heard of it. If you have – chances are you’re rolling your eyes at
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Opinion
How Do People Become A Victim Of Sextortion?
This is a blog post by Selcen King, Marketing Director of PlatformDating. We will show you how easy it is to get someone’s personal
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The End Of Open Social Network APIs?
This is a guest post by Dr. Alex Kilpatrick, co-founder and CTO of BeehiveID. Although there were many social networks before
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Has LinkedIn become the new dating app?
A guest post by Renee Slansky from Bella and Darcy. Another day, another way to meet people, or so it
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Did BT block your online dating site yesterday?
This is a republished blog post from PlatformDating. After another busy day of development, PR and marketing for our portfolio of dating websites,
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25% Of Dating Sites Are Not Ready For Google Update
This is a republished blog post by Selcen King, Marketing Director of PlatformDating. On the 21st of April 2015, Google will roll out its
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Will wearables change the online dating market?
This is a guest blog by George Sanders from Dating-Experts.co.uk. Smartwatches are increasing in popularity in today’s market. The Apple Watch will soon become
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How Scammers Are Using WhatsApp, Facebook and Skype To Entrap Singles
The scammer ecosystem extends beyond just dating sites – the typical scammer will also require a separate communication platform upon
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How We Detect Fraudulent Images by Beehive ID
BeehiveID provides two types of image matching services, fuzzy content and biometric face. Fuzzy content matching identifies duplicate images that have
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Whether to Buy or Build Scammer Detection
“Effective scammer protection” is not a USP you often see in dating site marketing campaigns. This backend problem tends to
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Dating Fraud and Scammers: An Introduction To The Problem
Any platform that allows communication between two or more strangers is open to exploitation by scammers. Online dating is particularly
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The 3 Shifting Landscapes of Online Dating by Jessica Kohl
Sitting in the hotbed of online dating development and watching new ideas fly around the conference rooms, there are three
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Online Dating — A Fantasy Game? by Kate Mansfield
The media is awash with guides about how to date online – dos and don’ts like always meet in a
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Dating in the 21st Century, by Cupid’s Cronies Matchmakers
It’s safe to say that dating, in the traditional sense at least, is a thing of the past. Dating site
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What Dating Sites Can Learn From their Users By Laura Gub, Brand You
Despite the widespread use of online dating sites over the past five years – Pew Research said that one in 10
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Is Online Dating Really Much Worse For Women? By Kate Mansfield
As a relationship coach, by far the most common complaint that I hear among my female clients is… “There just
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5 Online Dating Trends for 2015, by Saskia Nelson
1. Embracing the power of images This might sound an obvious prediction coming from a dating photographer, but the fact
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Can Mating Science Increase Dating Industry Profits? By Wendy Walsh
With revenue moving from traditional online dating sites to mobile dating apps, relationship industry owners are scrambling for the
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How Psychometric Profiling Can Help You Create More Efficient Marketing Campaigns
Understanding Customer Motivation Organisations have never had so much customer information; yet in many cases they have never had less
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Online Dating In 2015: Hub People CEO Michael O’Sullivan On Payments, Mobile and Growth
Looking forward to 2015, we asked Michael O’Sullivan, the CEO of white label platform Hub People, about what trends companies should
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‘Up to Date With Responsive Web Design’, by Chris Kähler, CMO of DatingPartner.com
The amount of devices with which websites are accessed is constantly increasing, and thus also the necessary adaptations of these
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An In-Depth Look Inside The Incredible Turnaround Of Niche Site Toyboy Warehouse
We recently spoke with Mike Bandar, founding partner of Turn Partners, who specialise in turning round under-performing businesses. Alongside fellow
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‘Niche sites work just as well as any other dating site – but is that good enough?’ – A response to Jackie Elton
To clarify, the fundamental question I addressed in my previous blog was not whether niche dating sites work - niche
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‘Online dating: growth, regulation, and future challenges’ by Elena Magrina, Inline
It has become increasingly common for individuals to find their partners online, a trend which started around 1997. Back then,
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‘Niche Sites Do Work’ – A Response to Shmuel Gordon, By Jackie Elton
In a recent blog on GDI, Shmuel Gordon of Neumate suggested that niche dating doesn’t really work, and just seeks
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‘Personal Trainers Of The Dating World’ – Interview with Arthur Malov, LiveDatingAdvice CEO
As the online dating industry becomes more and more competitive, sites are always looking for new ways to acquire users,
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Does Facebook Hate Small Businesses?
Guest blog by Lisa Schmidt, dating coach and matchmaker. There is a growing frustration with dating affiliates and Facebook. The
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Grindr Top Dating App in Africa, Says Study
Grindr is the hottest dating app in Africa, according to a study by the Mail & Guardian. The gay hookup
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‘Niche Markets Don’t Address Real Frustrations for Online Daters’ – Shmuel Gordon, Neumate CEO
When someone learns that I own and operate an online dating site, the first question is usually “What’s your niche?”
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The Five Graphs of Love By Amanda Laucher, Senior Consultant at Neo Technology
The online dating industry puts people’s interactions and connections at the very heart of its business. And these two concepts
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