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Dr Dato’s Briefs in Video Online Dating

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Article Subject: Dr Dato’s Briefs in Video Online Dating

Dr. Dato’s Brief:

Video dating is not all that new, in fact, it was a big fad back in the 80s and you can check out some great youtube videos of this.

However, those days are now long and gone (thank goodness) and we now live in the age of the internet and have many new and interesting applications that might become a craze in the online dating scene.

Although voice chat has been around with us for a while, it hasn’t really taken a good hold in the online dating world. This is probably due to the lack of easy-to-use tools that facilitates the voice chat over the internet with other users. However, for IM this is becoming more of a common place but the dating websites have yet to take full advantage of this.

The only complete one-to-one video dating service was being offered by a dating company called SpeedDating which they launched back in 2008. However, it would seem that this initial craze has become lukewarm and there are some sites which allow you to upload videos but not have a one to one conversation eg. Woome.com.

It’s early days yet, but the potentially biggest breakthrough is likely to happen through the hand-held market, since more people are accustomed to talking and now browsing on the internet, it will be a matter of time when they will be talking face to face. This is already happening to some level with iPhone’s FaceTime application.

apple video face time application could potentially be used for dating

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Online Dating Startups Drive Matchmaking Makeover - Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Article Subject: Online Dating Startups Drive Matchmaking Makeover

Article Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/13/online-dating-startups-social-matchmaking_n_822650.html?ir=Business

Article Rating: 4.0 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This is a detailed post and highlights some of the important trends in the online dating industry. It’s probably the reason why huffingtonpost.com caught the eyes of AOL who eventually purchased them.

Several points have been made, but since I keep my post short and concise, I will only list a few of the very relevant points.

The worldwide dating industry is estimated to be worth $4 billion a year with a handful of the top sites occupying a bulk of the space ie. match.com and eharmony which pulls in hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The writer has pointed out that there hasn’t been any significant changes in these sites in the last four years to keep abreast of the ever changing pace of technology and users needs. It’s possible that the same business model has been working well for these sites.

However, there have been new players on the market who have utilized facebook very well like zoosk to become a strong player in the market. The thinking is that as more people become more accustomed to the foray of new technology such as the smartphones, ipad there needs to be a new mindset with regards to ‘dating’. The old ways of dating may change completely.

A relevant point mentioned for newcomers to the online dating industry is the cost of starting a website and getting the acquired member base on the site. This could potentially rule out many of the new-comers and only allow a handful of dating sites to succeed.

could the future of online dating be on the mobile platform?

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With improving technology and decreasing stigma, online dating appears nowhere near saturation - Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Article Subject: With improving technology and decreasing stigma, online dating appears nowhere near saturation

Article Link: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2011/02/13/20110213online-dating-technology-decreasing-stigma.html

Article Rating: 4.0 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This post goes into details of the history of online dating, naming successful companies such as match and eharmony see no end to the growth in the online dating industry. In addition, new technology making use of smartphones and GPS are finding their way into this area although the article doesn’t’ go into much details in this area.

A few issues that usually plague online dating sites include, not being honest with the profile, many scammers on the site, and the overload of too many profiles making it difficult to filter through them. Matchmaking technology has been mentioned and companies claim that their technology works in several levels of personality dimensions in finding your suitable partners. Personally, I don’t believe any matching technology out there can work as described because the human nature and its interaction with each are way too complex to narrow it down to a handful of personality traits.

Despite some of the issues faced by dating companies, the online dating industry is not yet saturated and more and more people are clambering on this bandwagon looking for love. Expect to see more players coming into this market and equally more players falling off the market. This is why its important that you put your energy on sites that will work for you. Look for dating companies that have been around for many years to be in the safe bet.