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Clement & Co.'s writer of Adventures in Social Media tries to find love through eHarmony, the online dating service, but can't find a match she wants to date.Clement & Co.'s writer of Adventures in Social Media tries to find love... more
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IntroAnalytics recommendation engine enhances profile matching for partners
14 January, 2010: WhiteLabelDating.com (WLD), the international leader in customer focused, flexible and scalable online dating systems, has taken the industry-leading step of offering improved profile matching technology to all its partners and brands looking to build online dating sites, after signing a deal with IntroAnalytics.
The technology partnership will dramatically increase the successful matching of member profiles based on implicit behaviour as they move around the site, rather than relying on the user’s preferences or questionnaires around who they want to meet – a first in the online dating industry.
Extensive consumer research revealed that online daters want edited choice and recommendations to make the experience and results easier and more rewarding. As a result, WLD decided to integrate IntroAnalytics’ recommendation engine into its platform to enable all partners to benefit from the technology as well as building in to its own dating sites, from mid-January 2010. Current users of WLD and its partners’ sites will now enjoy a richer online experience and receive a list of recommended members including the likely degree of mutual attraction based on member behaviour.
Ross Williams, CEO of Global Personals said: “We are really excited about the impact that IntroAnalytics’ technology will have on the online dating experience of those members that are part of our own and our partner’s sites. We strive to provide consumers with the best experience possible which is why they are at they are at the heart of every decision we make. While new online daters usually have a preconceived notion of who they want to meet online, the information gathered by observing behavioral patterns will allow members to increase their chances of meeting someone that they might have missed out on before making their experience second to none.
“WhiteLabelDating.com offers the most advanced and user friendly way for businesses or individuals to build their own online dating businesses. By investing in cutting edge technologies such as this, we are ensuring customer satisfactions delivering maximized returns for our partners.”
Nick Tsinonis from IntroAnalytics said: “Our Algorithms are based on a combination of mathematics and psychology that provide similarity analysis, can identify who will like whom, and recommend mutual matches to members. IntroAnalytics adds “discovery” features to online dating sites which is in line with how the social web is evolving. WhiteLabelDating.com is the perfect partner for us to work with and we are excited to see how far this collaboration can take us.”IntroAnalytics recommendation engine enhances profile matching for partners
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Meet Koh and Yurie. They're a happily married young Japanese couple who moved from Tokyo to San Francisco a year ago due to a job transfer. In early September, while on a business trip back home, Koh bought a new game cartridge for his Nintendo DS. It was mostly out of curiosity — the Japanese Twitterati were all abuzz over a new dating sim called Love Plus, and he just wanted to see what the hype was about. "I've tried the other dating sims before just for kicks, but I never got hooked," he says. "I didn't expect this to be any different." He was wrong.
During that one week in Tokyo, Koh found himself fully committed to his virtual relationship with Rinko, a pouty, hard-ass high school girl who hung out at the library. The relationship was formal at first, consisting of awkward whispered conversations in which she sent mixed signals and called him by his last name. As things got more heated, though, she started calling him Kohichi (calling someone by the first name still carries a degree of intimacy in Japan) and became more demanding of his attention. "I felt like I might get sucked into this world," Koh, who is an engineer at a major game manufacturer by day, tells me. "It's not like any dating sim with young girls in it becomes a hit, but this one is really well-made."
An article posted on a Japanese tech site in September told the story of several women who had complained on an online bulletin about how their family lives were disrupted by husbands addicted to Konami's hit game. Last weekend, I invited Koh and Yurie over to my house to talk about Koh's virtual relationship with Rinko, and how — if at all — it had impacted their real world husband-and-wife dynamic.
Interview at link.Meet Koh and Yurie. They're a happily married young Japanese couple who moved... more
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A dating website has been launched which guarantees an attractive date -- because it only allows 'beautiful' members.
Would-be members have to submit a photo of themselves which current members use to decide if they are attractive enough to join.
Over the next 48 hours the BeautifulPeople.com community vote on whether they are hot or not. If not they are not allowed to join.
Personally we can't see how this is going to work… does anyone really us a genuine photo of themselves when signing up to a dating site?
A spokesperson for BeautifulPeople.com said: "The concept and site was founded on one very simple principle of human nature – the fact that people want to be with someone they are attracted to."
"It may not be politically correct to say so… but it is honest."A dating website has been launched which guarantees an attractive date -- because it... more
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The following sites are up your alley, as the first group are totally free, and the other sites offer free trials, free basic memberships or free options to meet people through specific formats. Check them out...The following sites are up your alley, as the first group are totally free, and the... more
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