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Vacation was fantastic. 18 relatives in a rustic camp on a beautiful lake in the mountains. Re-entry is proving difficult (or I’m just feeling lazy), we’ll stick with links for this week while I get back into the swing of things.

Meetic vs. Match. France versus Texas. Top two UK sites are free, fighting for leftovers. In Europe as a whole, Match.com is number one, followed by Meetic. Perplexing statement: In America Match.com has used a string of specialist dating sites to cater for divorced people, or fit people, for athletes, or Hindus. That’s the first I’ve heard of this.

Takeaway rumor: Match will offer mobile dating, again?

Eharmony partners with Jajah to offer VOIP-powered conversations. A bit of an ouch for Jangle, which powers Match. EHarmony says it will charge $5.95 per month for unlimited calls among its members.

E-cyrano’s Evan Mark Katz on CBS.

Mobile technology company Mobestar Holdings PLC said it has entered into a partnership with online-dating site operator Bone Fish to deliver a mobile phone interface to its customers’ dating web sites.

• Links for 5/2/07
• Match.com Shoots for Unsexy in New Ads
• 5/29 Links
• Beta Testing Match Mobile
• Meetic buys German Dating Sites