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A friend of mine likes a guy in a different state. Actually, he's in a different time zone. They met on a dating sit, exchanged a few messages, talked on the phone some, played Scrabble on Facebook a few times, and went on a date. Can it work?

The answer is that it depends. It depends on whether they both want it to work or not. Long distance relationships come with a price. Can you pay it?

Carolyn Janszen has some tips online for making those sorts long distance relationships last. Most of the time it boils down to communication - lots of communication. You need live communication, so you talk on the phone or (better yet) you Skype. But that's just a foundation for other forms of communication - notes and postcards, letters, emails, IM's.

In my opinion, the single bigger key is hope, hope that the distance will eventually be removed. Few people make it through a relationship that is permanently long distance.

iDate 2005 Miami The Dating Weblog

OPW -- Jan 24 -- The online personals industry signature conference was a grand success again this year. Industry execs from eHarmony, Cupid, Date, True, FriendFinder, Community Connect and local miami mover and shaker WebDate rubbed shoulders with mid sized players such as MingleMatch and ChristianCafe and smaller players such as PlentyofFish, DateMyPet and MyeMatch. Periphary services companies such as LookBetterOnline and SafeDate, and advertisers such as MetricsDirectjoined the tour de force. [...] Read More


Penthouse to Reveal Adult Friend Finder Plans Today The Dating Weblog

We're currently in the midst of several days filled with online dating news. That's because the iDate Miami 2008 conference is happening right now in Florida. Exhibitors and presenters are providing a wealth of information about tools for online dating and sites that are making changes. One of the biggest attention-getters is bound to be Penthouse. They recently made a splash in the online dating scene by acquiring adult dating site [...] Read More


Internet Dating Convention Update The Dating Weblog

Dec 14 -- The 2006 internet dating convention on Thursday 2nd Feb and Friday 3rd Feb will focus on improving profitability; conversion, retention and new product offerings. Dr John Gray (Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus) will be speaking on customer retention. I will be giving a news roundup for 2005. Rob Fisher of Great Expectations will be contrasting online and offline business models. Attorney Peter McGreevy will be addressing recent legal issues in the online [...] Read More


Miami: Talk City The Gadgets Weblog

Not to reinforce the CSI: miami stereotype of Miami as the land of drug dealers and drug-crazed teenagers, but what exactly is everybody down there talking about? How it's so much hotter there than anywhere else in the US all year? How Castro is, in fact, a robot from the future who will never die, no matter how much people may wish it so (no joke there - I spotted [...] Read More


The Delano Hotel in Miami Beach The Flyaway Weblog

Miami Beach has always drawn celebrities and girls in their skimpy bikinis to see and be seen. Hip clubs and excellent restaurants have created a wild nightlife along this strip. And last June, the hippest hotel on earth opened along the shores of Miami Beach, at the end of the 16th street. The Deco-inspired tower is the newest venture by haute hotelier Ian Schrager, the man who gave the world Studio [...] Read More

Spark Networks Q4 & 2004 Annual Report; Files for IPO The Dating Weblog

OPW -- Mar 10 -- Q4 revenue $17.1 million (+46%). 2004 revenue $65.1 million (+76%) with net loss of $11.6 million. 2003 net loss was $10.9 million. JDate revenue in 2004 was $23.8 million (+48%). AmericanSingles revenue was $35.2 million (+83%) ANNUAL REPORT @ SPARK Spark filed with the SEC for a $75 million IPO RELEASE @ SPARK Mark Brooks: Spark is battling for market share. It owns the jewish market with JDate. Still, how [...] Read More


Spark Networks Reports Q1 Results The Dating Weblog

PRESSE PORTAL -- May 5 -- Spark Networks reported Q1 2005 results. Revenue for the first quarter of 2005 was up 10% to $16.5 million. Net income was $2 million, compared to a net loss of $3 million. EBITDA for Q1 2005 was $3 million, compared to EBITDA loss of $2.2 million in the same period last year. JDate revenue was $6.5 million, up 10%. AmericanSingles revenue was $8.1 million, down 5%. Average paying subscribers was [...] Read More


Spark Networks Up For Sale The Dating Weblog

Are you a member of one of the specialty sites owned by Spark Networks? This leading online dating business heads many different sites including much-used ones like JDate and lesser known ones like CollegeLuv.com. If you've got a profile up on any of them, you might like to know that the site could be changing in the near future. That's because there's a rumor floating around that Spark Networks is up [...] Read More


The Chevy Spark, a Face Not Even a Mother Could Love carzz.org

When the price of gasoline again rises to $3.00-$4.00 per gallon, and believe me it will, the American public will turn to small cars at a rate that no one dared predict. GM (the "new" GM) wants to be ready for this revolution. It has two contenders waiting in the wings. The 2011 Chevy Cruze will replace the Cobalt, using GM's updated Delta 2 platform, due to be used on [...] Read More


Private Online Dating The Social Networking Weblog

Spark Bliss is a little different than other dating sites. They let you add your connections right from your online email address book. Then you can invite your friends to join with you. If you think one of your friends is a good match for another one of your friends you can hook them up by introducing them through Spark Bliss. If one of your friends thing you're right for [...] Read More

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Dating Men in the US doesn't have to be complicated. At least, I don't think it has to be. But the hype and the buzz surrounding the topic seems to be never ending. And I don't know how to get around the constant sense of pressure and stress that seems to go along with any kind of dating these days.

I have a friend, a female, who dates using online services. I don't think she's into the mobile dating thing yet. But she looks through profiles and, mostly (I think), guys contact her. And then she spends a lot of time talking to her friends....

Does she like the guy or not? Does she like his job? Is he too old? Is he too far away?

He doesn't call enough. He emails too much. He likes different things. He talks about his ex.

I'm lucky to be married. I view online dating from the perspective of my friends. But I don't think dating men has to be as stressful as it seems to be for most women. My simple advice? Relax about it...

The gay dating site ManCrunch wanted to run an ad during the Superbowl. Since it cost, like, a gajillion dollars to run a Superbowl ad, I guess you can infer that Mancrunch must be making enough money to pay its bills. Or not: BNET posted an article that implies that the ad was rejected (in part at least) because CBS wasn't sure they'd get paid for running it.

Maybe I just don't watch enough TV (or the right channel), but I don't think I've ever see a TV ad for any gay dating site. And ManCrunch got a lot of publicity out of simply getting rejected.

ManCrunch wasn't the only company to have their ad rejected. Mashable took a look at the ads that didn't get in.