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Andy Arnott, CTO of Collaboradate says that Match is running Google ads on people’s profile pages.

If you have logged into Match.com you have seen a new “ads provided by google” section. Did match finally wake up to the fact that they will be pushed out of the market? Many of the free dating sites have [...]

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Integrated Enterprises, a mobile marketing and direct response communications holding company based in Miami, and its subsidiary Love In A Flash, LLC announce the acquisition of Rapid Dating, Inc.

RapidDating was founded by dating coach Renee Piane, author of Love Mechanics. Integrated Enterprises is the holding company for Rapid Dating.com, a leading dating/relationship venue; for Centella, [...]

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Markus says that Yahoo and Match are working together in Europe. I would not have believed it unless I read this article or saw the UK Yahoo! Personals landing page. There is literally zero references to the deal in Yahoo News and a couple in Google. Judging by all the convoluted traffic sharing that appears [...]

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Match.com today announced the extension of its global relationship with MSN. The multi-year agreement expands the companies’ existing partnership, which began in 2000. The MSN Dating and Personals service(1) powered by Match.com attracts more than 30 million visitors in 30 MSN markets(2) each month worldwide.

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A new trend is emerging where free dating sites add the phrase Skype on their home page and call themselves the next generation of online dating. Let me say it here once and for all. Starting a new dating or social networking site with a core differentiator solely based on Skype or any other VOIP [...]

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Much speculation this week about Googles acquiring Meetroduction, which makes location-aware social networking software. Turns out it was a false alarm. There is something to be said for chatting with local people, there are already plenty of sites and services that facilitate this type of communication. Regardless, Google is on a spending spree to shore [...]

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Match, actually Happen Magazine, is hosting a live chat this Thursday August 11 at 8pm EST.

Topic: Dating etiquette explained. The two moderators are Jason Tesauro and Phineas Mollod. They are not names conjured up by spammers, but a pair who recently wrote the book The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses and Ringless Carousers.

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It looks like the battle between dating/relationship magazines One2One Living and Tango is heating up. Tango has a relationship with PerfectMatch, which has a deal with Lifetime network. Now One2One Living has announced a new advertising campaign on the Oxygen Network. There is also a strange mention of a content media server run by NSYNC [...]

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The International Association of Dating Website has launched their website. Take a moment to register yourself or your company today and make your voice heard on important legislation affecting the online dating industry.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a forum for members to network, provide positive PR for the online dating industry, provide important information [...]

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