Wednesday, July 28, 2010

IAC Q2 2010

In previous posts I had written about
Match is desperately buying traffic

IAC Personals has less than 2,000,000 subscribers.


The IAC Q1 2010 said "Match" had nearly 1,585,000 paid subscribers but it really means [Match + Chemistry + NetClubEncuentro + Udate + PeopleMedia communities + SinglesNet].

The IAC had acquired YahooPersonals unit in this period, so
The new IAC Q2 2010 says "Match" had nearly 1,716,000 paid subscribers but it really means [Match + Chemistry + NetClubEncuentro + Udate + PeopleMedia communities + SinglesNet + YahooPersonals].


I think it is a serious US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fraud to use the word "Match" meaning [Match + Chemistry + NetClubEncuentro + Udate + PeopleMedia communities + SinglesNet + YahooPersonals].

Monday, July 26, 2010

Are We Good Together?

Are We Good Together?:


"If two people meet each other's basic relationship requirements, and if they also feel mutually attracted, they have a good chance of being able to build a happy, long-term, loving relationship."
That is exactly what WeAttract said during 2003 (WeAttract no longer exists, it failed).

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I had checked the test (it includes)
2. MUST HAVES: Characteristics your partner must have.
2.1 Basics
2.2 Appearance and Fitness
2.3 Sex and Romance
2.4 Personality
Even tempered
Confident
Well mannered
Optimistic
Outgoing
Creative
Musical
Artistic
Patient
Punctual
Forgiving
Spontaneous
Adventurous
Passive
Dominant

3
... select characteristics that your partner absolutely must NOT have
3.3 Personality Problems
Neurotic
Unstable
Condescending
Set in his or her ways
Overly emotional
Demanding
Materialistic
Self-centered
Spoiled
Possessive
Suspicious
Insecure
Controlling
Jealous
Boring
Needy
Lazy
Impulsive
Depressed
Pessimistic
Introverted
Moody
... select characteristics that your partner absolutely must NOT have
3.4 Lifestyle Issues
A workaholic
A smoker
A drinker
A heavy drinker
A drug user
A frequent drug user
Living with his or her parents
A sports nut
A couch potato
A television addict
A video game addict
An Internet addict
A party animal
Obsessed with cleanliness
A slob
A city person
A country yokel

3.6 Character Concerns
A convicted felon
Shallow
A bigot
A believer in ESP
A believer in the occult
Arrogant
Aggressive
Passive
Uneducated

That test is only a recommendation engine based on self reported data and not a compatibility matching method per se.


Using a recommendation engine based on self reported data gives you 2 possibilities:

The person you look for does not exist in this World.
or
The person you look for does not want to meet you because you are not compatible at all.


It seems Dr. Epstein is not aware about:
- The discovery uncovered by Eastwick and Finkel 2008; also Kurzban and Weeden, 2007; Todd, Penke, Fasolo, and Lenton, 2007 who found that people often report partner preferences that are not compatible with their choices in real life.
- A collection of fresh and new papers clearly showing a connection between personality similarity* and marital happiness / dyadic success (stability and satisfaction) for some persons.

*Similarity is a word that has different meanings for different persons or companies, it exactly depends on how mathematically is defined.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Match desperately buying traffic

When a site is desperately buying traffic, there are some trends showing it.
This is how Alexa shows Match is desperately buying traffic.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

all 9s and all 10s

Pattern
9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9
is ?9.261???97% +/- 0.00000001%
similar to pattern
9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9.9


Pattern
10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10
is ??.348??329% +/- 0.00000001%
similar to pattern
10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10

Friday, July 9, 2010

eHarmony Labs

A series of 6 short videos explaining what is exactly eHarmony Labs.

http://www.eharmony.com/labs/category/videos/


What is eHarmony Labs?
A tour of eHarmony Labs: interaction room
What's our approach to international matchmaking?

Why should we study relationships?
Do opposites attract?
A tour of eHarmony Labs: audio/video control center

The sound and the illumination are awful and they are not subtitled but:
It is clear that eHarmony Labs seems to be only 3 or 4 sofas in a living room.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Some screenshots from Opposites Connect

I had been testing OppositesConnect using some fake (dummy) male/female profiles for test purposes and my bet is that OppositesConnect will be the next "chatroulette" in the online dating industry. It will peak and decay in less than 6 months. It seems that proposal attracts young men and not women. Perhaps women do not like at all that proposal for serious dating.

The fake profiles I had invented, over 30 years old, were matched with young persons, 17 - 20 years old.

Moreover the questionnaire do not ask about your smoking/drinking habits.