Dating Service News: 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

FarmersOnly.com: ‘City Folks Just Don’t Get It’

This is a tough time of year for a lot of people. Singles, especially. While traditional media show images of families caroling next to lighted trees and making gingerbread houses in warm, friendly kitchens, there are many among us who can only quietly observe, having no one close with whom to celebrate

West Des Moines elderly woman scammed by user on match.com

A 74-year-old Des Moines woman told West Des Moines police she had been swindled after sending thousands of dollars to a man she met on a dating service website

New Year is the Best Time Look for a New Partner Claims Single Parents Dating Site

UK (PRWEB) December 30, 2011 Single parent dating website Datesingleparents.co.uk is anticipating a surge in visitors to their website after the New Year as many people turn to online dating following the festive period

Online adultery dating site ‘endorses’ Newt Gingrich

Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is getting some free advertising in Pennsylvania thanks to a new endorsement, but it might not be the kind he's looking for

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Jiayuan Announces Share Repurchase Program

BEIJING, Dec. 22, 2011 — /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Jiayuan.com International Ltd. (“Jiayuan” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: DATE), operator of the largest online dating platform in China, today announced that its board of directors has approved a US$10 million share repurchase program

40 Million Member Dating Site Mate1.com Offers Free Memberships to Iraq Vets

New York, NY, December 21, 2011 –(PR.com)– Mate1.com is proud to announce the Welcome Back, With Love holiday promotion, thanking returning veterans for their bravery by offering free access to online dating services

Monday, December 19, 2011

SoWink Debuts Activity-Based Social Dating and Networking for Gen Y

San Jose, CA, December 18, 2011 –(PR.com)– SoWink (www.SoWink.com), a website that provides social networking and dating through the utilization of gaming metrics, today launched open beta

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Chinese Dating Site Implements Real Name Policy, Kills Your Amusing Nickname

Starting today, the Chinese dating website Baihe.com is requiring new users to register their real name upon signup, which will be verified by also inputting their national ID card number

Nerve.com Introduces a Hip Dating Site — Again

Before there were hip dating sites like OkCupid, Grindr and Grouper, there was Nerve Personals, the racy dating section of the online magazine Nerve

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Largest Mistletoe in NYC Prompts Flatiron Kissatho

FLATIRON — There was some serious smooching going on beside the Flatiron building on Monday, as men and women, babies and dogs, gathered under New York City's largest mistletoe

New Ashley Madison Review Website provides in-depth Reviews of Top Affair and Dating Websites

(EMAILWIRE.COM, December 13, 2011 ) Los Angeles, Ca — The new Website reviewsashleymadison.com is attracting thousands of men and women for its comprehensive reviews of the Ashley Madison Website and other top affair and dating Websites

Romance scams swindling lonely hearts out of thousands of pounds through dating websites

The scam involves con-artists contacting people using chat rooms, dating websites and even jobsites, claiming to be looking for friendship and love

Dating website Badoo is on the rise; will it eclipse Facebook?

Badoo, a dating website based in London's Silicon Roundabout, has 400 employees, and has reached 130 million users in 180 countries, which brings it into the top four social networks in the world

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

What’s Your Price? Dating Site Lets You Pay Up Front for Women, and We Still Strike Out

Modern dating is a jumble of websites, speed dating, matchmakers, online personals, and even more recently, quick sex meet-up apps on cell phones

/newswire/ – London, United Kingdom, 12/12/2011 – New website aims to modernise online dating and get you straight to the date – DatesOut.com.

DatesOut today announces the launch of its free dating site with a difference. Seeking to modernise the online dating experience, DatesOut encourages singles to post great date ideas at set times and places

The IceBreak iPhone app helps couples keep the flame alive

So far we've seen quite a few dating apps, some of which simply extend online dating service to the mobile screen and some that are built from the ground up to include real-time location to the mix

Friday, December 9, 2011

Life after the City: The duo that started a dating agency

"Online dating has changed in recent years, but it can still be a frustrating and time-consuming business, particularly for people who lead busy lives and whose spare time is at a premium

SeekingArrangement.com Announces List of Sponsors for its Sugar Daddy Holiday Party on Dec. 12

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 09, 2011 SeekingArrangement.com, the leading sugar daddy and sugar baby dating site is hosting its Holiday Sugar Party at The Copacabana in New York City on December 12, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

New Version of PG Dating Site Builder Is Released – January 2012

Las Vegas, NV — (SBWIRE) — 12/07/2011 — Dating Site Builder, Executives at the DatingPro Software Company today announced the release of the new PG Dating Pro January 2012 software and scripts package

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

BeautifulPeople.com thrown off eBay for auctioning date with the Virgin Mary

BeautifulPeople.com encouraged men to bid for a date with blonde Heather Seychelle, 25, shown dressed in a “sexy” Mary outfit. Miss Seychelle appears in the dating site’s nativity scene and attracted hordes of male fans

French Dating Site Lets You Put Dudes In Your Shopping Cart

The French dating site AdopteUnMec.com (Adopt A Dude) treats guys like products women can put in their shopping carts. This may be a little disturbing for dudes, but for women, it could be an appealing place to shop for sex

Cupid is aiming his arrow at Jewish online dating

Three new Jewish dating websites have been set up in the U.S. over the past two months, and ten more are slated to launch in the coming year, as part of a Chabad network that hopes to one day go global

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

How Badoo Got 130 Million People Meeting Each Other and $100M In Revenue

Badoo, the online network for meeting new people recently reached 130 million registered users and now brings in $100 million a year. Based out of London's Silicon Roundabout, Badoo would be the 4th biggest social network if it was just a social network

The Bidding War for Herman Cain Begins

Washington, DC (PRWEB) December 06, 2011 He may no longer be in the running for the position of Commander in Chief but Herman Cain doesn't have to kiss his "presidential" aspirations good bye just yet

America’s Next Top Model winner Whitney Thompson launches dating site for plus-size women

Former America’s Next Top Model winner Whitney Thompson has launched a dating site especially for plus-size women. The 2008 champion – who was the first full-figured model to win the competition – launches her business venture, The Big and The Beautiful, this week

Monday, December 5, 2011

Cheating partners panic as dating site details go public

Badoo.com, which encourages users to 'chat, flirt, meet up and have fun,' has a 'See who you know' online search that will let people find out which of their email contacts has signed up

Herman Cain is a Sugar Daddy, Says SeekingArrangement.com Founder

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 03, 2011 This week, Atlanta Fox 5 reporter Dale Russell broke the story about Herman Cain's alleged 13-year affair with Ginger White

Apple axes Match.com’s iOS app over subscription billing squabble

Those looking for love won't find it in the App Store. Apple has removed Match.com's iOS app because it allowed the lonely to pay for Match subscriptions with a credit card through an external link rather than using the in-app purchases system

3TS Capital Partners backs eCift.com

3TS secured a minority stake in the business, investing via the Technology in Central and Eastern Europe Fund S.C.A SICAR vehicle. The VC fund was established by 3TS in 2007 with Cisco as the anchor investor

Friday, December 2, 2011

New Planet Love Match® Radio Show Helps Answer Online Dating Questions from Singles with Honesty and Humor

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 02, 2011 Planet Love Match® has taken online dating to the next level by launching a new weekly radio show, Planet Love Match Radio®

Match.com Expands In China

BEST OF RENCONTRE – Nov 30 – Match.com and Zhenai.com are collaborating in order to expand in a country, where a site like Jiayuan

Global Personals – Fastest Growing Online Dating Company In EMEA

PRESS RELEASE – Dec 1 – Global Personals is the fastest growing online dating company in EMEA following on from a triple hit of accolades in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 UK and Fast 500 EMEA 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Online dating portal launched

An online dating portal, BestD8.com, is set to be introduced in Nigeria, to cater for young adults and lovers. Spokesperson for BestD8 online dating service, Bolanle Olayinka, said the introduction of the service stems from the need to connect singles for friendships and relationships that will last a lifetime

BlackDatingWomen.com Launches Blog Dedicated to Helping Black Singles In Dating: Black Dating Women

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 01, 2011 The most thriving online dating site for African-Americans, with nearly millions of unique visitors, knows a thing or two about bringing their loyal readers together in a quest to find their true love

iDate INSIDE Series: Episode #3 – GlobalPersonals.co.uk

OPW – Nov 30 – iDate INSIDE are a series of videos covering the inner operations of internet dating companies. The video shows the offices and the culture

Snap Interactive Says Facebook’s New Mobile Channels Are Boosting Its Traffic And Revenue

Facebook launched a new set of social channels for apps to reach mobile users last month, that includes notifications, search, news feed stories and bookmarks in its mobile web and iPhone apps

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Expert Tips on How to Build a Online Profile Ready for Dating

(PRWEB UK) 30 November 2011 http://www.premier-dating.com/ Would like to announce tips about online dating. Here are more tips about online dating: Getting a perfect match: When you build your profile being yourself, you tend to create an ideal symbolic impression on visitors seeing your profile

Executive Search Dating’s Top 5 Ways To Meet Someone Special This Holiday Season

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Executive Search Dating, the Vancouver dating service for singles and professionals, wants to help Vancouver singles meet their special someone this holiday season

YouLoveMe.Com Offers College Students and Teenagers the Chance to Date for Dollars

YouLoveMe.Com is a sensational high school and college dating site completely dedicated to young adults. It is the only exclusive dating site geared towards high school kids on the Internet and there is only one other college dating site in existence

Collaboration-ICQ Love- to Allow One-Click Registration

LONDON, November 30, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — ICQ has joined forces with Mamboo.com. The result is ICQ Love – taking social dating to a new level

Dating site attracts higher ed students

DateMySchool.com, founded in November 2010, is a website exclusively for singles with an active .edu email address. Current college students can do anything online: Black Friday shopping, board meetings, ordering pizza and even speaking to a Temple librarian are only a mouse click away

Modern dating: Somehow we just clicked

Virtual dating has become the new reality. Tara Murray finds out why more and more people are logging on for love. AS they enter the room they wait nervously

Monday, November 28, 2011

Top dating deal-breakers for men and women

As part of its matching process, the dating site eHarmony asks members to share the qualities that they “can’t stand” in a partner

Facebook Could Go Public Before Christmas, Valuation A Big Question

While valuations for the company have gone to as high as $100 billion in private markets, an initial registration statement is all it takes to provide a much clearer picture of how Facebook's metrics are faring

Thursday, November 24, 2011

AstrologyDating.com’s Celebrity Couples Shopping Guide

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 23, 2011 Hilary Young, founder of AstrologyDating.com, the premier online astrology dating website, today released her holiday gifting tips for celebrity power couples

Jewish Dating Service gives Tips to help prevent Online Daters Being Scammed

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 23, 2011 As with most things in life, everything has its pros and cons, and online dating is no different. "Romance scams" as they have been termed, involve scammers trying to con and take advantage of those looking for love online

SmartDate Employees Stiffed, VC Rails Against CEO

SmartDate Employees Stiffed, VC Rails Against CEO

Cupid – eurozone crisis fails to stop continent’s love life

Internet dating firm Cupid yesterday said Europeans showed no signs of losing their appetite for "fun and love" amid the economic turmoil, keeping its rapid international expansion on track

Manhunt Says F*ck Censorship

Manhunt.net, the world's leading gay hookup site, announced yesterday, its new web-based mobile site that is easily accessible via iPhone, iPad and Android browsers at m

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Time for confession? Catholics more likely to commit adultery

Their religion states that cheating is a mortal sin. Yet it seems Catholics are the most adulterous religious group in Britain. The number of Catholics actively looking for affairs was almost twice that of other religions, a survey has found

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

DOJ: Lying on Match.com needs to be a crime

The U.S. Department of Justice is defending computer hacking laws that make it a crime to use a fake name on Facebook or lie about your weight in an online dating profile at a site like Match

Jenny McCarthy is looking for love on Match.com

Men, if you’re single and between the ages of 35 and 48 years old, then Jenny McCarthy is looking for you — on Match.com. While at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Playboy’s Miss October 1993 revealed on the red carpet that she’s joined the popular dating website in hopes of finding “a man’s man

Flirt.com Android App Launched for USA and Australia

EDINBURGH, Scotland, November 18, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As of this week, Flirt.com’s Android App is now available in the USA and Australia

Monday, November 21, 2011

Will love survive the holidays? Dating poll could help

No one likes to be alone for the holidays. That’s why many will hold off on a break up until after January 1. How many will have their hearts broken in that chilly first month of the year is difficult to project

Match.com Finds That More Singles Want To Find Love Than A New Job This Holiday Season Despite Poor Economy

DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — During the holidays, singles are often left thinking less about caroling and more about whom they will bring to their holiday office party or who will be their New Year’s kiss

Jiayuan Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results

BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Jiayuan.com International Ltd. (“Jiayuan”) , operator of the largest online dating platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011

Friday, November 18, 2011

SawYouAtSinai Announces Engagement #639: Another Around The World Match

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 17, 2011 Devorah K. from Berlin, Germany met her match Yitzhak A. of Brooklyn, NY through SawYouAtSinai.com, the largest Jewish matchmaker network in the world

OkCupid Sets Up San Francisco Labs to Try to Reinvent Online Dating (Video)

The hipster dating service OkCupid has ventured from New York to San Francisco to create a freshly staffed outpost of start-up folks in order to brainstorm the site's next act

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Gleeden.com, Extramarital Dating Made by and for Women Launches in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 15, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Gleeden.com, already a sensation throughout Europe, is the forerunner in a culture shift that will undoubtedly change the way people regard infidelity and marriage in the United States

7 Questions: Ex-St. Louis Ram to start dating site

St. Louis native and Hazelwood East grad Brandon Williams played for the San Francisco 49ers , St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers before suffering a career-ending oblique injury while playing for the Steelers in 2009

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

35% ‘unhappy with social lives’

More than a third of people in London (35%) are unhappy about their social lives with nearly one in four (24%) saying money worries keep them at home on Saturday nights, according to a poll

Zoosk Survey Uncovers Singles’ Biggest Fears About Bringing a Date to a Holiday Party

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As the holidays grow near, Zoosk, the social dating network, recently surveyed more than 2,500 singles to gather their thoughts on the best – and the worst – of the holiday dating scene

Crowded Room, a Social App for Meeting, Not Mating

If you were to plot Facebook, Foursquare and Match.com as three overlapping circles on a Venn diagram, there'd be a neat little space in the middle for a fourth circle — one that uses location-based check-ins to help users find new friends to hang out with in real life

New Cupid Survey Results May Instigate a Boom for Dentists

EDINBURGH, Scotland, November 14, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ – Online dating pioneers Cupid Plc have just completed a highly anticipated survey of its members that reveals once and for all: what do people really care about on your dating profile

FriendFinder Networks Inc. Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2011

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — FriendFinder Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: FFN), a leading Internet and technology company providing services in the rapidly expanding markets of social networking, social commerce and web-based video sharing, today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011

Plenty of fish in the sea for free or a fee

The thought of online dating had never appealed to me. There was something unnatural about "finding love" by shopping for a potential partner on a computer screen

Ashley Madison website shows that 40,000 Irish want to have affairs

In 2009 the website AshleyMadison.com arrived to Ireland. The site that allows "attached people" to flirt with married men and women has so far attracted 41,341 Irish folks who are in the market to be unfaithful

Spark Networks(R) Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results

SPARK NETWORKS® REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., November 10, 2011 – Spark Networks, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: LOV), a leading provider of online personals services, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Alnaddy – a Safe Meeting Place for Young Muslims around the World

(PRWEB) November 11, 2011 Until now, it was not possible for young Muslim couples to really get to know each other, because the Muslim world does not accept dating in the way other cultures understand dating

WooBiz business ‘dating’ site launches in Devon

A new company has been launched in Devon to match up business people using technology from dating websites. WooBiz aims to bring like-minded businesses together to achieve economic development, the company founders said

Met police officer sacked for gross misconduct on dating site

A Metropolitan police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct for boasting on a dating website that he had taken drugs and committed a sexual offence

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Let PersonalDatingAgent.com Do All The Work. Sit Back, Relax and Date!

LONDON, November 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – What We Do Personal Dating Agent (http://www.personaldatingagent.com) is a brand new bespoke and exclusive dating service for people who value their time preciously

Online Dating Sites Helping the 50+ Find Love Again

For Adrienne Montezinos, from Newburyport, Mass., life at 50 includes several new rituals: extra makeup, elegant jewelry and tea — to calm her nerves before a date arranged on Match

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Online dating nightmare: Widow robbed of $500K by scamming Internet companion

A woman who thought she'd struck the jackpot on an online dating site was instead wiped clean of her life savings by an Internet scammer – and now she's facing bankruptcy, ABC reported

Jewish Dating Service JRetroMatch Helps Online Daters Spot Red Flags

New York, NY (PRWEB) November 08, 2011 With nearly a fifth of married couples during the past three years having met online, it has become an extremely common way for people to find love

Ashley Madison Fat Ad Shames Women, Says Obese Model

An obese model lying seductively in a red bra and black lace panties has become the poster child for why a husband should cheat on his wife in ads slapped across the Internet this week

Judge Orders Divorcing Couple To Swap Facebook And Dating Site Passwords

Most divorces require spouses to part with some of their property, but in Connecticut, a soon-to-be ex-husband and wife are being asked to give up more than just investments, cars, TVs, kids, and pets

Online matchmaker won’t settle down with just one BI tool

While eHarmony.com Inc.’s mission is to help its 20 million members get married or settle into long-term relationships, the online matchmaking company is a bit of a commitment-phobe when it comes to business intelligence technology

How DNA Can Help You Find The Perfect Lover

A Swiss company called GenePartner.com (“Love is no coincidence”) has taken the search for a mate to a new level by developing a biological matching system using your human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, genes to find your perfect match

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

KWICK! Ranks Second in Social Media Sites and Android Dating Apps!

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Kiwibox.com (OTC: KIWB), proudly announces that KWICK!, its recently acquired Germany-based social network, is ranked as one of the top social media sites and Android mobile phone dating applications in Germany

Justin Bieber’s Bodyguard Scammed Woman Out of $3,000

It seems that one man thinks that being Justin Bieber’s personal bodyguard gives him the right to take advantage of women. Rumor has it that Justin’s bodyguard, Moshe Benabou, borrowed $3,000 from a Los Angeles woman but will not pay her back

Facebook Wins Competition of Clones as Europeans Seek Global Network: Tech

For years, the U.S. company's dominance in the $10 billion social media industry was limited outside the English-speaking world by local copycats

INFOGRAPHIC: Mobile Dating: Love in the Palm of Your Hand

Now that online dating has reached a tipping point, where nearly one in three who use the Internet have visited an online dating site, it's never been easier to find a potential partner with similar interests, all with the help of a simple algorithm

Monday, November 7, 2011

Badoo has 130m users

Russian owned and London-based, Badoo is available in 35 languages in 180 countries on the web, and also as an iPhone, Android, Facebook and Blackberry app

Facebook: The ‘socialbot’ network?

A study by researchers at the University of B.C. found that Facebook’s security system failed to stop a large-scale infiltration in which computer-generated fake Facebook profiles collected personal information about thousands of Facebook users

Zoosk Marries Competing Dating Site, Adopts Slimy Kids

This acquisition might woo some users, but it doesn’t WooMe. Woo Media, the company behind the hilarious dating site scam WooMe, has been acquired by another dating site that’s been accused of being a scam: Zoosk

FilmJuice launches FilmJuiceDating – the online dating site for single people who love film

Presswire, 7 November 2011 Pushing the boundaries of conventional dating websites, FilmJuiceDating not only match-makes single film lovers, but they team up with the likes of the British Film Institute to offer its users free film tickets, daily celebrity dating gossip, film features and dating tips

Friday, November 4, 2011

Speed-dating event hopes to KickStartLove

If you’re good at something, never do it for free – unless your friends beg you to. That’s how Shaker Heights resident Elana Averbach got her start before founding KickStartLove, a relationship consultation service for single adults leading a busy lifestyle

Zoosk Launches App for iPad — Becomes Most-Downloaded Dating App Within First Week

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov 03, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Zoosk, the social dating network, today announced the release of its new Zoosk(R) application for iPad(R)

West Coast Winx Launches Exclusive Market Research Test-Group

Turlock, Ca. (PRWEB) November 04, 2011 West Coast Winx is an entirely innovative dating website looking to enhance its network features by asking for feedback from the general public to create an absolutely user-driven site

Russian Dating Site ElenasModels.com Releases Survey Results “Top 10 Countries Preferred by Russian Women and Ukraine Women Seeking Western Men for Marriage”

Gold Coast, Australia (PRWEB) November 04, 2011 Russian dating site ElenasModels.com released survey results "Top 10 Countries Preferred by Russian women and Ukraine Women Seeking Western Men for Marriage" with United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland topping the charts

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Woo Media (Woome.com) Acquired by Zoosk

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 02, 2011 Woo Media, Inc. the live interactive video platform, with web properties including WooMe.com, Shufflepeople

IAC Reports Q3 Results IAC declares quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share

Match Core(1) revenue increased 15% to $102.5 million driven by increases in subscribers. Developing(2) revenue increased 8% to $18.7 million primarily due to revenue from OkCupid, which was not in the year ago period, partially offset by lower subscription revenue from Singlesnet as we continued to reduce the marketing of this service

MEETIC : Results for the 3rd Quarter of 2011 – Q3 2011 Ebitda Margin: 20.4%

MEETIC (MEET – FR0004063097) (Paris:MEET), the European leader in online dating, today announces its consolidated results for the 3rd quarter and the first 9 months of 2011

Craigslist Dating Promo Parodies eHarmony (VIDEO)

eHarmony may have 29 points of compatibility, but sometimes there’s only one thing you really want from a partner… and it’s really filthy

Facebook vs. Google: The battle for the future of the Web

FORTUNE — Paul Adams is one of Silicon Valley’s most wanted. He’s an intellectually minded product designer with square-framed glasses, a thick Irish accent, and a cult following of passionate techies

Can Grindr go straight?

Most social networking sites connect people in the virtual world but Grindr helps gay people meet for real. And now its founder is launching an app for the straight community too ACCORDING TO Joel Simkhai, he has the best job in the world

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On Wednesday October 19th, college dating school DateMySchool (DMS) expanded to 600 campuses nationwide. Students from across the country can now find a new college-educated fuckbuddy (or a fiancée, like these insane people)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Match.com and Diane von Furstenberg Team Up On First-Date Style

DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — This November, Match.com, one of the world’s largest online dating sites, and Diane von Furstenberg will join forces to help women hone their first-date style

Match.com launches free Facebook dating app

The app, dubbed Matchlist, allows Facebook members to register with the site for free and find potential partners in their area. Users can also make a shortlist of potential dates and ask selected Facebook friends for feedback via a private message

Internet dating site Match.com bought MatchRadio.com for $1,695.

Internet dating site Match.com bought MatchRadio.com for $1,695.

Sparkology Launches Exclusive Dating Community in New York City

NEW YORK, Nov 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today marks a new era of dating for singles in New York City. For years, singles have had to put up with pick up lines at bars or junk mail and fake profiles on dating websites, but now there is hope

Smart Phones and Dumb People – Online Dating Site Says Less People Are Cheating; Yet More Are Getting Caught

It's amazing. In this era of superior technology, that a person's low-tech way of thinking will ultimately be his or her downfall in any nefarious endeavor that person may be involved in

Monday, October 31, 2011

White Label Dating Sites, how to make money / Rev Share.

By Markus A lot of people have been setting up white label dating sites the last few years. The most important factor in making money doing this is something most new people don't even realize they can change

Facebook value overstated, study finds

Claims that Facebook is worth $100 billion or even just $65 billion grossly overvalue the company, say researchers who have done a simple calculation of the company’s worth

Friday, October 28, 2011

Gordon (Chip) Sleeper Named President and Chief Operating OfficerFind Your FaceMate(R) New online dating site poised to revolutionize matchmaking

NEW YORK, Oct 27, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, Find Your FaceMate(R), (FYFM) the new online dating site that uses facial recognition technology to match singles, announced the appointment of Gordon “Chip” Sleeper to the new position of President and Chief Operating Officer

JDate study claims more Jewish marriage matches than its competitors

The Jewish dating Web site JDate recently announced results from a study that claims the site is responsible for facilitating more Jewish marriages than all other dating Web sites combined

Zoosk reveals the “Trick-to-Meet” this Halloween

While Halloween may not have the reputation as the most romantic holiday, two-thirds of Canadian singles (66%) think it is a great time to meet new people according to a survey conducted by social dating network, Zoosk

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Social Taboo of Meeting Online Now Firmly Broken

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The stigma attached to meeting people online has become a thing of the past according to new research just released from Badoo

Latin Dating Site, LatinEuro.com, Has a Solution for Men Who Love the Kim Kardashian Look

(PRWEB) October 25, 2011 Kim Kardashian is one of the hottest and most beautiful celebrities and is the desire of men from around the world. The problem is that Kim Kardashian is now taken

BeautifulPeople.com release ‘REALLY?’ Video In Response To Shrek Virus

BeautifulPeople.com, the online dating website that only allows good-looking people based on the opinions of the people who use it, have released a 90-second video in response recent attacks on the site’s concept

Jewish Dating Service SawYouAtSinai Provides Tips on How to Date Safely Online

Online Dating is a great way to meet new people, and has a fantastic success rate at creating marriages. With 17% of couples, who married in the past 3 years, having met online, its understandable why it is such a popular way to date

Monday, October 24, 2011

Jazzed Brings Social Photo Sharing to Online Dating with Its New iOS App Feature

Photo sharing and online dating are intersecting with the help of social dating service Jazzed® (www.jazzed.com). In a first for the dating industry, Jazzed provides an innovative way for members to express themselves and connect with interesting people through their mobile devices

More people prefer to date online today than in clubs and bars

Online dating seems to be increasingly gaining popularity after a survey indicated that a high number of people now prefer to meet their partners through the virtual medium rather than meeting them in bars and clubs

119 posts categorized “WhiteLabelDating” WhiteLabelDating.com Partners Conference Summary

WhiteLabelDating.com had their partner conference this Friday and Saturday for 80+ Gold and Silver partners. Last night was their black-tie awards ceremony

Flirt-Platform Matches Users by Taste in Music – Fellody.com Launched

On 09/29/2011 a new kind of flirting community was launched. Fellody (fellow + melody) focuses on music taste as the major criteria for harmony between two people

This ‘Sugar Daddy’ Dating Guru Wants To Put The Financial Part Of Dating Out In The Open

According to Brandon Wade, CEO and founder of SeekingArrangement.com, all relationships, regardless of whether they start on the internet or in a bar, are monetary exchanges in some respect

Twofordrinks.com: Offering personal matchmaking service for busy professionals

Twofordrinks.com has won high esteem and honor by offering personal matchmaking services for busy professionals. They do all of the work for their clients, right from choosing their clients' desired match to setting up their clients' entire date through their Two For Drinks concierge service

Global Personals- Fastest Growing Company in South East for Second Year Running

- 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 announced - Windsor, UK, 19 October 2011- Global Personals Ltd today announced that it has become the South East regional winner in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK

Free Internet Dating Web site Experiencing Upturn In Current Economic Climate

All of us know how businesses in general have been adversely affected by the latest recession in economic activity All of us know how businesses in general have been adversely affected by the latest recession in economic activity

The G-Spot: Websites for hook-ups are lamer than those for dating

Is there such a thing as lust at first click? Online dating is one thing, but a website devoted exclusively to hooking up is simply pathetic

Friday, October 21, 2011

New dating site humordate.com to match funy people

Humordate.com is a new free dating and social networking website that matches funny men and women on sense of humor personality traits. The site offers members a broad-based experience encompassing detailed profile development, advanced search, private/community chat, blogs, forums, groups, and events

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Blackdatingnet.com Releases Fraud Features To Prevent Scams

In recent years dating websites have developed into environments where scammers thrive, signing up as members to lure personal information from users seeking a love connection

Cupid.com Becomes the First Dating Site to Join Facebook’s Revolutionary New Mobile Ecosystem

EDINBURGH, Scotland, October 20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As of Thursday 20 October 2011, intrepid as ever, Cupid.com will be the very first online dating community to be available through the all-new HTML5-based version of Facebook

New Dating Site Promises a Unique and Simple Online Dating Experience

Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) October 20, 2011 A new, online dating site – DualAttraction – has launched, with the promise to bring a simpler and more successful user experience to its members

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Cupid plc Research how Different Messages Between Users Increase Revenue per Profile, and Whether Internal Site Alerts Also Contribute

EDINBURGH, Scotland, October 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – For several years Cupid plc has been collecting and collating user behaviour statistics using the most up to date analytical tools available in order to not only monitor its dating sites, but also to stay one step ahead of the competition

Tulane students sign on as ‘Sugar Babies’ with dating website

Generally, a college trumpets the news when it is declared in the Top 20 of anything. The exception: When Tulane University was ranked 20th for the number of students — 163, as of June — who had signed up for seekingarrangement

Report: Dating site to sponsor Bargnani deal to play in Italy

Italian basketball club Virtus Roma is on the verge of signing Toronto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani, according to La Stampa. It is being reported that AshleyMadison

Beloved Beware – Online Dating Scams Break Hearts And Wallets

A lot of people are looking for love in all the wrong online places. A recent survey by the University of Leicester suggests that as many as 200,000 people in the UK have fallen victim to online dating scams

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

US dating site has no ‘goodwill’ trademark rights in UK

The High Court rejected claims made by US online dating company Plentyoffish Media that it was entitled to assert rights over UK-registered trademarks because it had high UK visitor numbers to its website

EHarmony to make marketing more UK-focused

EHarmony's marketing strategy is set to become more UK-specific, including a more localised approach for what is traditionally the industry's biggest seasonal campaign push around the New Year

Monday, October 17, 2011

By Google Trends statistics in this year, Daily Unique Visitors of the Plentyoffish has decreased

By Google Trends statistics in this year, Daily Unique Visitors of the Plentyoffish has decreased. I think, this is because of amplifying competition from Badoo

Students turn to a digital cupid

Alex Broches noticed something out of the ordinary while browsing Google Analytics. A large number of the users on the dating site he created for students in northern Illinois came from the University of Minnesota

iii.in Launches a New Dating Forum for Their Users

Stelle, Germany, October 17, 2011 –(PR.com)– iii.in is starting a new dating forum for the users where they can discuss themes like Indian dating, love, love sickness, friendship, family, etc

Google’s Buzz kill completes shift to Google+

After announcing that Google+ has more than 40 million users, Google said that it’s shutting down its previous attempt at social networking, Google Buzz

Google’s 3Q earnings rose 26%, helped by an increase in paid clicks

Google Inc.’s (GOOG) third-quarter earnings rose 26% as more users than expected clicked on the Internet search company’s advertising and its relatively new mobile phone and display-advertising businesses made headway

Friday, October 14, 2011

iovation Presents Mobile Security and Improving Systems to Mitigate Fraud at Upcoming Payments Summit

iovation, the Device Reputation Authority™ protecting online businesses from fraud and abuse, today announced its upcoming panel presentation at the 3rd Mobile Contactless Payment Innovations Summit

The 5TH Dating Industry event is October 14, 2011, 2011 from 8:30 PM to Late at the The Dating Industry Cafe in Warsaw

There is no fee to attend the event and pre-registration is required at http://www.idatestartup.com iDateStartup is a series of free local events for new dating industry startup companies and dating affiliates

Facebook And eBay Team Up To Breathe New Life Into Social Commerce

"We're at an inflection point", eBay CEO John Donahoe said from the stage at Innovate, eBay's brand new developer conference that launched today in San Francisco

Key Russian social network adds facial recognition to photos

Odnoklassniki, is the second largest social network in Russia, behind Vkontakte, and is part of the recently floated Mail.Ru Group. Facebook's market share in Russia has never passed 5%, according to ComScore (or 5 million people a month)

Google: 190M Android devices activated, mobile revenue run rate hits $2.5B

The total number of Android devices activated worldwide has now reached 190 million, Google CEO said during the company's third-quarter earnings call today

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Privacy Study: Top U.S. Websites Share Visitor Personal Data

A study released Tuesday shows that 45% of the top 185 U.S. websites transmit identifying details about their visitors to at least four outside websites

Twitter wins battle over ownership of ‘tweet’ trademark

The word "tweet" is to become a registered trademark of the online messaging service Twitter, it has emerged. Executives at the firm said they had resolved a long-running legal dispute over ownership of the term by US advertising company Twittad

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

DateMyRide.com: Clunker Owners Take Heed — Trade Up or Leave

The recently launched and ever so popular free dating site for car enthusiasts, Datemyride.com, is asking its thousands of registered, online users to: ‘Trade Up their Clunker Cars or Leave the Site

Facebook Acquires Friend.ly, Maker Of Q&A Application

Facebook has acquired .ly, creator of a question and answer application for getting to know other people on the social network. A spokesperson for Facebook told us via email: We're excited to announce that we recently acquired friend

The Stage launches LoveArts.com – the dating site for arts lovers

LoveArts.com is the new dating site from The Stage that connects singles with a shared interest in the performing, literary or visual arts.

Unlike generic dating sites that can overwhelm members with unsuitable matches, LoveArts.com narrows the search with a tailored service for arts lovers. Members can describe their cultural interests and activities – whether it's taking photos, going to the theatre or attending a book club – and find other singles with similar passions.

The website, which is powered by The Dating Lab, uses two-way matching technology to narrow the search for 'the one' by suggesting suitable matches with compatible interests and aspirations.

Creating a profile, uploading up to 10 photos and receiving 100 potential matches is free of charge and the perfect way for members to start exploring the service. Subscribing to LoveArts.com enables members to strike-up a conversation with other members.

As an exclusive introductory offer, LoveArts.com is giving away 500 free one-month subscriptions. The subscription gives individuals the benefits of all the subscriber-only features including up to 1000 suitable matches and use of a safe, private messaging service. A free one-month subscription can be claimed by visiting http://www.lovearts.com/s/.

Amit Roy, Marketing Manager at The Stage, said: 'A shared love of theatre, music, books or art is a great way to light the spark of romance. This new service will appeal to The Stage's core market of entertainment industry professionals whilst attracting a wider audience of engaged, arts-loving consumers.'

Duncan Cunningham, CIO at The Dating Lab, said: 'The Stage and The Dating Lab are a perfect match; we expect the combination of innovation, experience and a trusted voice within the UK arts industry will make LoveArts.com an undeniable success.'

The UK’s No. 1 Casual Dating Site – Girls Date for Free

NORFOLK, ENGLAND, October 08, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — According to the latest review, the online dating site Girls Date For Free rank as the UK’s best casual dating site and small wonder as this site offers a high ratio of women to men, giving the guys the pick of the crop and the girls a dating experience that’s absolutely free.

23rd September 2011 – Operated by Cupid PLC, Edinburgh

A recent study comparing various features of the Girls Date For Free dating site and the three popular dating sites, Match, Zoosk and Find Me Love, has produced some interesting results. The study covered such aspects as ease of use and cost. The findings are shown below.

Sign Up.

Match. Signing up is easy enough but a little long winded. Match like to gather a lot of information and are perhaps not quite as laid back as some of the other dating sites. You will have limited site access as an unpaid member and full site access as a paying member.

Zoosk. This site offers a fast, easy sign up with minimal personal details required. You can enjoy free membership to begin with the ability to reply to emails sent by other members and to browse certain areas but with limited site access. A paying member gets full site access.

Find Me Love. Quick sign up with free account to begin with but the inability to reply to any emails until you have full, paying membership.

Girls Date For Free. Really simple sign up with completely free, full access for the girls and limited site access for the guys until they have full, paying membership.

Ease Of Use.

Match. A simple layout that’s easy to navigate and use.

Zoosk. Easy to use with basic functions keeping everything simple.

Find Me Love. Simple layout that’s easy to use.

Girls Date For Free. A really simple layout and easy to use.

Search Tools.

Match. On this site you can search by age, location or keyword, create a customized search and a reverse search where you search for members of the opposite sex who are searching for the same attributes you have in your profile.

Zoosk. This site allows you to search by age and location, ethnicity, height or customized search.

Find Me Love. This site offers a local city search or a customized search based on your specific preferences.

Girls Date For Free. Here you can search via distance from any UK destination, age or an advanced search where you can add your particular preferences.

Chat Options.

Match. Here you can chat via email or IM and use the WINK option but no video or audio chat is allowed.

Zoosk. This site gives you WINK, Add As Friend and Send A Gift options and you can chat via email and IM.

Find Me Love. This site offers Virtual Flirt, IM and Email chat options.

Girls Date For Free. Here you can chat via Email, IM and Video and Mobile Messaging at an extra cost.

Chance Of Meeting A Match.

Match. High chance of meeting your match.

Zoosk. Good chance of meeting your match.

Find Me Love. Good chance of meeting your match.

Girls Date For Free. Well above average chance of finding your match.

Cost.

Match. 1 month’s membership – GBP29.99

3 month’s membership – GBP59.97

Zoosk. 1 month’s membership – GBP29.95

3 month’s membership – GBP59.85

Find Me Love. 1 month’s membership – GBP14.74 ($22.72)

3 month’s membership – GBP31.58 ($48.63)

Girls Date For Free. Membership for girls – absolutely free

Membership for guys – 1 month’s membership – GBP19.99

3 month’s membership – GBP39.99

Conclusion.

The conclusions drawn from this comparison study are as follows:

Benefiting from easy sign up and instant full access for the girls, a good variety of chat and search options, an above average chance of meeting a match, free membership for the girls and excellent value membership for the guys the relatively young site girlsdateforfree.com is right up there with the top dating sites, actually offering several options that even the most well known dating sites don’t provide.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

97 Percent of Singles Over 50 Believe Regular Sex is Good for Their Health

/PRNewswire/ — Today OurTime.com, the largest online dating community catering to singles over 50, announced the results of its Sex and Body Image survey. The survey, which polled over 750 members in its online community, revealed that a whopping 97 percent believe a sexual relationship is good for their health. According to this group, it’s no longer the old adage that an apple a day will keep the doctor away; but rather an active sexual relationship that does the trick.

The results also showed that positive body image increases with age. In fact, 70 percent of respondents replied that they feel more comfortable in their bodies now than when they were younger, and 90 percent of respondents feel good about their body today, giving them the confidence to have sex more regularly.

“Many young people think that once you hit 50, your body image automatically changes and your sex life immediately takes a hit, but this couldn’t be further from the truth,” said Dr. Gail Saltz, OurTime.com’s Relationship Expert and Psychiatrist. “As these survey results show, 50-plus singles are more comfortable in their own skin than ever before and are enjoying themselves fully at this point in life.”

More highlights from the OurTime.com Sex and Body Image Survey are as follows:

Keeping the Communication Lines Open:

70 percent of those surveyed would be absolutely willing to talk candidly about their sexual needs and desires with their potential mate.

In fact, 77 percent feel more comfortable talking about sex than when they were younger.

Most importantly, almost all respondents want a partner who is comfortable with their sexuality: a whopping 97 percent of respondents furthered that they feel it is important that their potential partner is able to talk candidly about sex, and his or her sexual needs and desires.

Frequency and Safety:

An overwhelming 91 percent of respondents believe regular or frequent sex is more important now that they are near or over the age of 50.

In defining what regular sex means to them, 65 percent would prefer to have sex with their partner two to three times a week; 20 percent would prefer to have sex daily.

When it comes to sexual safety, 75 percent said they would use protection against sexually transmitted diseases when engaging in sex with a new partner.

A Lot to Love at IAC/InterActiveCorp

IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI: Nasdaq)

By Morgan Joseph TriArtisan ($38.64, Oct. 10, 2011)

We are raising our price target for IAC/InterActiveCorp to $42 from $38 and reiterate the company at Buy.

We believe IAC’s (ticker: IACI) key units performed well during third-quarter 2011 and are well-positioned as the company moves into 2012.

IAC’s strong performance has been marked by effective cash generation and strategic acquisitions. Free cash flow in the first six months of 2011 beat last year’s level by 28% at $137.8 million. In the second quarter, the company repurchased 7.2 million shares of common stock worth approximately $262.6 million.

Since then, the board of directors authorized the company to repurchase an additional 15 million shares of common stock. Management has also indicated that it will continue its acquisition efforts, though nothing significant is likely in the near term, in our opinion.

IAC’s efforts to develop its dating business in Europe should reach fruition following the consolidation of Meetic, Europe’s largest dating website. The final tender offer included the settlement and delivery of 808,115 shares. Following this transaction, [IAC unit] Match.com should hold approximately 17.6 million shares, representing approximately 81% of the share capital of Meetic.

When the company reports later this month, the accounting for deferred revenue related to the transaction could cause some confusion under U.S. GAAP though we expect management to clearly clarify the affects.

IAC recently announced that Match.com acquired a 20% interest in Zhenai Inc. in China. As a leading provider of Internet and telephone matchmaking services, Zhenai should help Match.com broaden its subscriber demographics.

At the end of the second quarter, Zhenai had 30 million subscribers. We are optimistic that Match’s strong operating history will help its strategic acquisitions achieve strong growth.

At Long Last, Facebook Releases an iPad App

It has been the equivalent of waiting for Bigfoot. Bloggers had seen it. Developers said they had worked on it. Facebook denied its existence. Everyone else just wanted to know if it was real.

It's the Facebook application for the iPad, which is finally out in the wild for everyone to prod, pinch and interact with.

After months of speculation and false alarms, Facebook said Monday that its official iPad application was available as a free download from the Apple App Store.

The app will likely benefit Apple and Facebook. Although the iPad is the biggest-selling tablet on the market, some consumers are not convinced they need it and opt for less expensive tablets. Seeing a slick Facebook app could convince people to choose an iPad over competitors, as there is no Facebook app specifically tailored for tablets running Google's Android software.

For Facebook, a complete iPad application will keep people even more immersed in its service and add to the amount of time people spend on it. According to Nielsen Research, Americans spend eight hours a month, or 16 percent of their total time online, using Facebook's Web site and mobile applications.

Leon Dubinsky, a software engineer at Facebook, wrote in a blog post on the company's Web site that the app had been designed to create an immersive and "fun" experience on the tablet.

Yahoo out as Hulu mulls other bids, report says

As Hulu executives determine the proper direction for the future of their company, the firm that was first to show interest in acquiring the streaming-video provider has withdrawn from the race, a new report claims
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