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Markus points out an article about OKCupid in INC Magazine. This is a great overview of free dating and how difficult it is to compete with subscription sites like Match.com that pay $50 for each new subscriber. Founder and CEO Sam Yagan is quite open with how much he spends on marketing for OKCupid.
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A small bird flew up to my window and said I should go check out the OKCupid Dating Test on Facebook. I do not understand why the application logo is a scary weaponized military helicopter, but then I see that cupid is the pilot and the ammunition is arrows.

The online Dating Persona Test will gauge [...]

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The giant pulsating brains over at OKCupid have launched a new site which promises short-notice blind dates.
Crazy Blind Date is a place where you can coordinate a date on extremely short notice. Online dating sites are cool but sometimes you just want to go out immediately, with reckless abandon. We understand it’s not for [...]

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I just got off the phone with Sam Yagan at OKCupid. Sam walked me through a demo of a new site they are launching soon. Without giving away the store, I will say that the new service brings singles together like no other dating site I’ve ever seen before.
The service won’t be for everyone, but [...]

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OkCupid launches Facebook application.
SeekingAlpha on the IAC empire. IAC owns Match.com.
Online Dating Coaches Karin Anderson and Beth Roberts, are appearing on OnDating.TV. ON NETWORK’s popular internet Dating Series, OnDating.TV, brings the Online
Dating Coaches’ secrets and tips to your PC, TV, iPod or iPhone.
New Boonex Dolphin Support site.
SkaDate has been updated.
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OkCupid has launched a new feature called WTF. I received the press release and read the FAQ on the website. I still don’t understand what is does.
For each match question you and another user aren’t perfectly matched on, WTF will display your respective preferences, your respective answers, how well (or poorly) they matched, and a [...]

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After months of cleavage-spotting and erotic videochat ads, this Christian Mingle ad on Myspace was a bit of a letdown. I can’t believe I just said that!
I took a bunch of OKCupid tests over the weekend. That was more fun than I expected, although I was taken aback when branded a “Hornivore” after taking a [...]

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I had a great conversation with OkCupid’s Sam Yagan last week. Sam had this to say about social networks and the Facebook application OkCupid is developing:
OkCupid.com has always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the social networks. Our user-generated content is syndicated across sites like MySpace and LiveJournal which in turn drives tremendous traffic back [...]

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OkCupid has launched a totally new design. I can’t log in to every page because I forgot my password and the system says I’ve tried to retrieve it five times in a row, which I haven’t.
Still free, looks clean, what’s not to like? Well, a few things come to mind.
Stock photos. Some photos are of [...]

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