Online Dating Industry Journal

2 Days Left to Save on Online Dating Domain Names

There's only two days left to save 20% on Online Dating Magazine's annual Online Dating Domain Name sale. Every April Online Dating Magazine offers 20% off the domain names it is selling for one week only and only once a year. Keyword domain names are vital to increasing traffic. Click here to see the full list. The sale ends Wednesday, April 27, at 11:59pm. To inquire about a domain name, email [email protected].

New Online Dating Domain Names for Sale

Online Dating Magazine has added several new online dating domain names to its repertoire of domain names being sold to companies serious about making a mark in the online dating industry. New domains added today include:

OnlineDatingChristian.com
OnlineDatingMiami.com
OnlineDatingProfile.com
LondonOnlineDating.com
DeafOnlineDating.com

That list is added to dozen of other high-profile online dating domain names already listed for sale, including:

OnlineDatingCalifornia.com
OnlineDatingPictures.com
OnlineDatingPlanet.com
OnlineDatingBlogs.com

To see the full list of domains and prices, click here.

Online Dating Tonight has Animated Twist

In mid-March 2011, Online Dating Magazine launched a weekly video series called "Online Dating Tonight". Each video is 3-5 minutes in length and is presented as an animated talk show about online dating. While most of the episodes are on a serious topic, once in awhile the series breaks from the norm, like this week's video titled, "Charlie Sheen and Online Dating" (see directly below - article continues after video.

The series is produced by Online Dating Magazine publisher Joe Tracy as a new medium for dispensing important information about online dating. Here are links to the first five week's worth of videos:

> Week 1: Online Dating Satistics
> Week 2: Online Dating Scams
> Week 3: Online Dating Safety Tips
> Week 4: Online Dating Questions & Answers
> Week 5: Online Dating with Charlie Sheen

The show also has its own Website at http://www.onlinedatingtonight.com. The videos are Embed friendly so that others can post them to their Websites. You can subscribe to Online Dating Magazine's YouTube page here.

Online Dating Domain Name Sale Until April 27

Online Dating Magazine's once a year Online Dating Domain Name Sale launched today with domain names being sold by Online Dating Magazine being 20% off between April 20 and April 27, 2011. During that time, every online dating domain name being sold by Online Dating Magazine is being reduced by 20%. So domain names that normally sell for $5,000 are only $4,000 and domain names that normally sell for $1,500 are $1,200.

Online Dating Magazine only holds a sale for its online dating domain names once a year and only for a week. If a person buys 2 or more domain names they get 25% off each name.

Here's how it works:

Step 1: Go to http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/industry/onlinedatingdomainnames.html

Step 2: Find one or more domain names you'd like to purchase to increase your online visibility. The prices are listed by each name, however you will pay 20% less than that price. If you order two or more, you'll get 25% off the total pricve.

Step 3: Email Joe Tracy via [email protected] with a list of domain names you want.

Step 4: You will receive an email with payment instructions. Once payment is made, the transfer of the domain to you will be worked out and completed.

Click here to visit the online dating domain name page...

Online Dating Spam Rampant on YouTube

YouTube is being spammed with thousands of online dating mass advertising spam videos (see image to left) and the lack of user reporting tools is allowing the spam to "stick".

Several months ago, YouTube removed the ability for people to report a user for violating community guidelines. Instead, YouTube allows its users only to flag individual videos. So when a company started creating thousands of duplicate mass advertising spam videos, YouTube was overwhelmed with spam (and didn't even realize it). The spam program uses random online dating keywords for the video titles and an autoposter to upload its videos, promoting a site called Lovely Dating, on YouTube.

YouTube, which claims to have real people immediately responding to flagged messages, has made it nearly impossible for someone to report numerous spam videos by causing a person to have to enter a CAPTCHA phrase after flagging just a few videos.

In essence, YouTube has created the perfect environment for spam to thrive.

Here's how the spamming works:

First, one long video is created that just shows a slideshow of women in the background along with text telling people to see "More Info" to visit the site. A randomizer then slices the video into dozens of different lengths so that YouTube can't see the videos being uploaded are the "same size".

The "more info" area contains a link to the site followed by a new paragraph with dozens of randomized spam words.

A video spam program is then used to automatically create new YouTube accounts. In each account, the random length videos are automatically uploaded up to fifty times using random popular online dating keywords.

YouTube's inability to allow reporting of user violations and limiting the number of videos that can be flagged, allow the spam to remain in the system and overwhelm ligitimate online dating videos while clogging the search feature.

Online Dating Peak Season Advertising

The last week in December through the third week of February is the biggest for online dating, making it vital to spend most ad dollars at that time. One great advertising option is Online Dating Magazine.

The Ultimate Advertising Package on Online Dating Magazine is available, which is a rarity. The package gives premium exposure throughout the Online Dating Magazine Website. Online Dating Magazine gets more than 115,000 unique visitors a month. Women make up 57% of the visitors while men make up 43% of the visitors. There are more than 2,000 pages of content on Online Dating Magazine.

The Ultimate Advertising Package includes:

728x90 ad near the top of all pages, above the fold.
120x60 ad near the top of all pages, above the fold. 
125x125 ad in the right hand column, right under the Search feature.
160x600 ad in the right hand column.
468x60 ad near the bottom of all content pages.
120x60 ad on the home page next to the Updates section.
Website listed in the #1 position under "External Sites" on all pages.

The package costs $900 a month with discounts for three month, six month, or 1 year bookings.

The package only becomes available about once a year, so now is your chance to increase your exposure to online daters and singles. Click here for full package details and email [email protected] if you are interested in the spot.

Increasing Number of Women Getting Addicted to Facebook

(Online Dating Industry Journal) An increasing number of women are becoming addicted to social network site Facebook. A survey by Lightspeed Network has found that 39% of women who use Facebook classify themselves as "addicted" to the service. Many of the women who say they are addicted not only check their Facebook account very first thing in the morning, but also in the middle of the night.

Movie Trailer for The Social Network Released

(Online Dating Industry Journal) Here is the movie trailer for "the social network" which tells the story of the early days of Facebook and all the trials, tribulations, and lawsuits that were a result of the launch of the biggest social networking service of all time. When the trailer starts, it looks like a documentary, but it's not. Just over a third of the way through the trailer, it kicks into high gear with scenes from the movie. Here is the social network movie trailer. Enjoy...

Do Accents Help Men at Dating?

(Online Dating Industry Journal) Below is a very interesting CNN report that talks about men and accents and how accents help men at dating. The video also gets opinions of women at a speed dating event with men that have accents. Here's the report:

Online Dating Blues Song

This goes into our "just for fun" category. It's always great to hear someone write a song about online dating, particularly someone that can carry a tune. So here is Melissa Dinwiddie singing "Online Dating Blues" at the Caeser's Palace in Las Vegas...