by Andrew Summersgill
Editor
Friday, 4th March 2011
We decided to extend the Twitter tradition for #FollowFriday (where you share your favourite tweeters with friends) and investigate who are the big hitters amongst the UK dating twitterati, according to their social influence score compiled by Klout.
Klout ignores the number of followers you have and instead concentrates on the connections a twitter user has made, who follows them and how often their message gets spread to a wider audience. Ultimately it ignores the vanity of follower counts and ranks those whose word really counts.
If you're looking for influencers in the UK dating industry, these guys should be top of your list. They all post interesting stuff on just about everything to do with dating and we thoroughly recommend all of them for a follow...
| Rank | Influencer | Klout |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | @FlirtomaticUK Free online dating website - www.flirtomatic.com |
62 |
| 2 | @welovedates Online dating website and blog - www.welovedates.com |
60 |
| 3 | @LexiProud Lexi Proud, Managing Director - ArrangeMeADate.com |
51 |
| 4 | @TheSingleFilez The Single Filez, London dating blogger - thesinglefilez.com |
50 |
| 5 | @Love_co_uk New online dating website - www.love.co.uk |
49 |
| 6 | @Keely_B Keely Barrett, Dating guru & director - ArrangeMeADate.com |
44 |
| =7 | @baggagereclaim Natalie Lue, relationship blogger - www.baggagereclaim.co.uk |
41 |
| =7 | @dating_trail Dating Trail, UK dating events, reviews & news - www.datingtrail.co.uk |
41 |
| =7 | @SingledOutClub Midlands party organiser - www.singledout.co.uk |
41 |
| 10 | @mysinglefriend Sarah Beeny - www.mysinglefriend.com |
40 |
| 11 | @rosswilliams Ross Williams, CEO - globalpersonals.co.uk |
39 |
| 12 | @singleinsuburbs Felicity Fox, London dating blogger |
38 |
| 13 | @globalpersonals White label dating specialist - globalpersonals.co.uk |
37 |
| 14 | @wld White label dating specialist - www.whitelabeldating.com |
35 |
| 15 | @LovestruckCom Online dating website - www.lovestruck.com |
34 |
| 16 | @RedHeartDating Online dating website - www.redheartdating.com |
31 |
| =17 | @brettharding Brett Harding, Managing Director - www.lovestruck.com |
30 |
| =17 | @Singles_whouse Singles Warehouse, online dating blog - www.singleswarehouse.co.uk |
30 |
| =17 | @thedatingdoctor Peter Spalton, relationship expert - www.thedatingdoctor.co.uk |
30 |
| =20 | @AsianD8 Specialist Asian dating website - AsianD8Online.com |
28 |
| =20 | @PARSHIP_UK Online dating website - www.parship.co.uk |
28 |
(All Klout scores correct at the time of writing.)
topic tags: awards, global personals, lovestruck, parship, social networking, twitter
As Managing Director of London's premier speed dating firm Original Dating, Andrew has huge experience of the dating scene and has been helping people meet since 2002. Andrew co-founded Dating Trail in 2008 and is a driving force behind this website.