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SpeedDate.com has announced it has hosted over one million 3-minute online speed dates.
One woman in California, has gone on 40 dates in an evening. How can you keep track of 40 people?
While SpeedDate is one of the most visible players in the current crop of video-based introduction services, I refuse to call it the first [...]

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A photo-browsing site Jiffr launched on Valentine’s Day. Built in a single weekend, the service is a photo-based dating service that works without words. Great if you score greater than say an 8 out of 10. Photos are pulled from your Flickr account, so you need to join to play.

Once you are registered, you can [...]

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Yesterday I was filmed for a documentary about 30-something women called Seeking Happily Ever After, which looks at why today’s 30-somethings give themselves permission to take more time to select a spouse.
The Producer’s Guild of America selected the film to be screened at The Sundance Festival 2008. The producer is looking for funding for the [...]

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This is exactly the kind of Valentine’s Day press release that I enjoy receiving. Survey’s of singles are tired and done with, nobody cares. National Breakup season? Forget it. Food that makes you horny? I’m all over it.

Chocolate and oysters have long had a reputation as sexual superfoods, but if you’re on the prowl for [...]

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I watched the game last night at the Warren Tavern, the oldest pub in America. The place was packed with Red Sox Fans who didn’t want to go down to participate in the insanity that occurred around Fenway. Congrats once again, you guys made us proud.
The winter is looking up. Patriots are unbeatable, Celtics look [...]

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It’s Just Lunch sued. A group of well-heeled women who paid up to $1,500 to snag a man through one of the nation’s priciest and fast-growing online dating services — It’s Just Lunch — has filed a civil lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, claiming the lunchtime setups were not what they bargained for.
Wedding Web 2.0 [...]

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For the last 24 hours Match.com has been mostly unreachable. I wonder how long it will take for someone to notice that most pages are throwing errors like this. Some error pages say “Even dating has it’s difficulties”, but at $20/month, the website shouldn’t.

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Sponsorship: Online Dating Insider is read by top entrepreneurs, executives, funders and followers in the online dating and social networking industries. We’re part of Digicraft, a group of thought leaders and industry insiders covering the dating, social networking and identity spaces.
Consulting: We work primarily with established dating sites and social networks (strategy, opportunity analysis and [...]

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Date Demon is a new website that purports to teach average Joe’s how to succeed in meeting women. The dude behind Date Demon has started The Facebook Project. where he will create a fake facebook account with a fake name and with an average Joe photo. The idea is to show guys how to meet [...]

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