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Screen shot 2010-03-31 at 11.05.42 AM.pngOnline Dating Insider is proud to announce that we are acquiring Online Personals… nevermind.

Wikipedia’s featured article is Wife selling. This is not an April Fools Joke: Google Doesn’t Like Dating.

The UK’s leading cinema chain, Cineworld announces the launch of a new online dating service, Back Row Dating in conjunction with Easy Date. Cineworld’s partnership with Easy Date will offer new members of Back Row Dating access to over 3 million other singletons from across the UK. Back Row Dating gives visitors the option to chat safely online, send secure emails to potential dates and features a comprehensive free dating search which utilises information such as a favourite film and cinema location to organise that first date at the movies. Back Row Dating sounds naughty!

Time to add EasyDate White Label Network to the list of white label dating providers. I wonder why most of the private label solution providers are located in the UK? I’m not sure about seven million profiles on day 1. I would be surprised if those are active within three months.

White Label dating providers are stuck in second gear. They certainly have proven able to win business by throwing up fairly generic sites and paying out decent money to a handful of customers, yet they have not fully embraced the ASP model, which is seriously holding back their growth. I hear this complaint all the time and it’s been like this or several years now.

White Label Dating, Dating Factory, EasyDate, they all need to go look at Squarespace for inspiration. That is what I expected private label dating to look like by now. Why is this not the case?

In a few short months I could help you get to the level of Squarespace. Put those Eastern European development shops to work already and give customers some flexibility. Let’s talk about it.

Easy Date has also announced that it has over one million active users of their BeNaughty Facebook application.

Match.com launched its new mobile application for Android enabled devices, expanding its mobile presence to include all major smartphones. The Match.com application for Android follows up on the success of Match.com mobile apps developed for BlackBerry, Palm Pre/Pixi, iPhone and iPod touch users making it easier for singles to search for and view matches, wink at members, and access their favorite site features. The new Match.com Android application is currently available in the U.S. and Canada and can be downloaded for free by visiting http://m.match.com/ on the Android Internet browser.

That reminds me, I am seriously overdue to talk about recent Match.com financials. blame me for being preoccupied with Spark Networks.

How About We is now officially live. If you live in NYC and think it would be fun to match up with someone based on your ideas of great dates, check it out.

I joined a Facebook fan page, Intelligent, classy, well-educated women who say “F*ck” a lot. I was pleased to see that several ex-girlfriends were already members.

Spring Training Tips for Senior Singles from SeniorPeopleMeet. Their in-house guru is, Dr. Terri Orbuch, who actually calls herself “The Love Doctor®.” Seriously? Some quick feedback on the generic dating tips mentioned in the press release.

Dress to impress (duh!)
Plan conversation starters (painfully obvious)
Ask questions and listen well (most important, why is is listed after what to wear?)
Avoid curve balls: Focus on the positive (very important, so many people fail here.) ·
Play it safe: Don’t go past first base. (Any old timer who is able to get to second base on the first date gets bonus points in my book.)

Dualbrella photos from Hammacher Schlemmer.