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Dating Service Spam

What is the deal with all the dating service spam I’ve been getting lately? The major online dating services have instituted affiliate programs, which is not such a bad idea, but their outright greed translates into shoddy quality control when it comes to...

Internet dating study

Katelyn Y. A. McKenna in the Department of Psychology at New York University has published a paper in the Journal of Social Issues titled Relationship Formation on the Internet: What’s the Big Attraction?(PDF). This is a heady read, 23 pages of why people like...

Online dating: Everyone’s doing it

MSNBC article. Is on-line matchmaking really the third killer app of the internet? Over 18 million people visited online personal Web sites in June, according to research firm Jupiter/Media Metrix. Market leader Match.com now has 600,000 customers forking over about...

Match.com Launches 25 Int’l Dating Stites

From the Match.com Newscenter. Match.com announced the launch of 25 international local-language dating sites, with plans to launch additional sites before the end of the year. Supporting local languages and currencies, the new sites are built on the Soulmates...

Unlucky bachelor sues dating Web site

“Wouldn’t it be great if you could just punch in all the qualities you wanted in a girlfriend?” asks the computer dating Web site Ineedanewgirlfriend.com. “Now you can!” But a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court...

new EU VP At uDate

uDate announced the appointment of new Vice-President of Sales and Marketing (Europe). Riccardo Zacconi has been a successful entrepreneurial and consulting career, most recently with Benchmark Capital (London), where he was Entrepreneur in Residence and before as...