Monday, February 27, 2012

#1 FB Dating App Zoosk’s New Model: Seducing Couples With Advice and Date Discounts

Every time a dating site succeeds in making a match, it loses two users. To offset churn, Zoosk tells me that tomorrow it's announcing a new business model that complements subscriptions with date discounts, expert relationship advice, gift ideas, holiday reminders and online scrapbooks

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Texas woman scammed out of $30K by man she met at online dating site

Suzie Victor was searching for that special someone. “I’d been divorced for six years and never really had a date. So I thought, ‘Why not

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Dating sites become mainstream and focus on more niche markets

By INA PAIVA CORDLE MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS MIAMI — Online dating has brought romance to millions of men and women. And now, a new website for Jewish singles, Jewcier

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New Online Dating Site Helps Tattooed People Find Love

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) February 19, 2012  No matter what your age, dating can be fun and flirty but at the same time, it can be very intense, confusing, and a minefield of decisions

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SNAP Interactive CEO Clifford Lerner Featured on CNBC

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000072970 Highlights from the Interview   Discussed trends in mobile and social dating 55 million net installs of the AreYouInterested

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Million pound cupid: We meet Match.com’s Karl Gregory

The Match.com London office is bursting with balloons.   Staff battle with inflatable hearts as they go about the busiest week of the year, the rooms awash with flashes of red and pink

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Online dating site gets big Valentine’s Day boost

An online dating site had its highest ever level of activity this week as singles facing a Valentine’s Day alone kicked into action.   Yesterday more people signed up to the FindSomeone dating website than any other day since it was founded in 2001, manager Rick Davies said

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Cupid’s algorithm: Do dating sites know love’s formula?

“To date, there is no compelling evidence any online dating matching algorithm actually works.”   Those words from Eli Finkel, associate professor of social psychology at the Northwestern University in Chicago, are likely to ring true with any online daters still to find love on the web

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

MSN, Badoo and Yahoo Confirm Participation in Online Dating Summit

Barcelona — Dates are on everyone's mind for the March 2 – 5 Online Dating Summit and important developments are being confirmed for the Barcelona event

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Brits are cheapskates on dates, it’s official

London, UK – 39% of single Brits spent less than £100 on dating in 2011, new research* from Twoo.com has revealed. Spare a thought for those who went out on dates with these cheapskates as this figure includes the cost of taking someone out on a date, buying new clothes for a date and any online dating subscriptions

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Michael Geer, founding member of Badoo to keynote at the iDate Mobile Dating Industry Conference on June 20-22, 2012 in LA

WEBWIRE – Wednesday, February 08, 2012 New York, NY–Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces that Michael Geer, founding member of Badoo

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AstrologyDating.com Officially Launches with the Introduction of Pay-Per-Match Online Dating

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — AstrologyDating.com, the premier astrology dating website, today announced its official site launch with removal of the beta tag and unveiling of a new pay-per-match option

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Monday, February 6, 2012

The U.S. Dating Services Market

This is the ONLY in-depth business analysis that covers ALL segments of this industry, since the market has no trade association performing market research

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Dating Study Reveals That Singletons Spend GBP 3 Billion Per Year Looking For Their Soul Mate

KENT, UNITED KINGDOM, Feb 06, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — British singletons that are looking for love spend more than GBP 3 billion each year, according to a recent survey

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) released fourth quarter 2011 results today.

IAC Reports Q4 Results NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) released fourth quarter 2011 results today. SUMMARY RESULTS $ in millions (except per share amounts) Q4 2011 Q4 2010 Growth FY 2011 FY 2010 Growth Revenue $ 596

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Android users more likely to put out Open like their app ecosystem…

Android users are more likely to be slutty, it transpires – having more one night stands, signing up to dating sites more often and being more likely to have sex on a first date, according to a Match

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