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by Kathryn Vercillo on February 29, 2008
I have been providing online dating news and information for this site since July 2007. It's been a terrific experience. I've had some great reader feedback from the people who read online ...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on February 11, 2008
More often that not, people are disappointed with the results that they achieve through online dating. Usually this is due to some combination of the site and the user. People don't find the sit...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on January 29, 2008
You may recall hearing about IAmFreeTonight, an online dating site that started to gain some attention last year as a place where people could go to meet others in their area who were ready to go ou...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on January 28, 2008
David Colby used to be known for his position as the CFO of WellPoint Inc., a leader in the health insurance industry. These days, he's known for being a dirtbag who broke the hearts of a series...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on January 7, 2008
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 ...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on December 11, 2007
I recently came across the website for Amy Owens, a professional counselor who has spent the last ten years of her career working as The Singles Coach. Although I haven't tried out her services ...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on November 5, 2007
We live in a world where litigation is a common vocabulary word. People are sue-happy and there's no industry that gets left out of the courtroom. So is the online dating industry fair game for...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on October 11, 2007
Earlier this month, I confessed my love of falling in love during fall. It's true, autumn is my favorite month for enjoying outdoor dates and the arms of a partner. There are plenty of fun thing...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on July 26, 2007
Somewhere in the heart of San Francisco, a group of people are gathering today to discuss changes in the world of social networking. The occasion is the Mobile Technologies for Social Networking confe...
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by Kathryn Vercillo on July 20, 2007
Spark Networks, an umbrella organization which hosts many popular online dating sites, received permission last week to reorganize its structure. It's basically just a business move - the company&...
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by Mark Brooks on July 18, 2006
LA TIMES -- July 16 -- Money
is pouring into businesses preening to become the next MySpace. Facebook has raised $38.2 million. Affinity Engines is helping about 50
colleges create their own Facebook ...
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by Mark Brooks on July 18, 2006
JAPAN TIMES -- July 15 -- For the government, the declining birthrate and delayed marriages are big headaches. Jim Safka, CEO of Match
satetd, "Solutions we provide are a perfect fit with the soc...
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by Mark Brooks on July 17, 2006
NEWS 14 CAROLINA -- July 13 -- parents are advised to let their children use MySpace, but to keep an eye on what they are doing. Matt Gullett, a MySpace instructor, says the class teaches parents the ...
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by Mark Brooks on July 17, 2006
PRWEB -- July 13 -- EbonySingles.com is a newly formed venture from the creators of BlackSingles. Launched with more than 350,000 registered members. A decision was made to rename the site EbonySingle...
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by Mark Brooks on July 17, 2006
BURLINGAME -- July 14 -- Click here to see how MySpace stacks up to other social networking sites. In order to make their community sites pay off big, a balance needs to be struck between subscription...
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by Mark Brooks on July 13, 2006
SILICON REPUBLIC -- July 12 -- Profileapproval, a company developed by the owners of dating site AnotherFriend.com, has come up with a technology called Profile Approval to keep inappropriate material...
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by Mark Brooks on July 11, 2006
MARKET WIRE -- July 11 -- Luvoo signed an exclusive distribution agreement with AAA Investment SP.ZOO to provide Poland (38 million) residents its online dating website as part of Luvoo.com's glob...
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by Mark Brooks on July 10, 2006
BUSINESS WIRE --July 10 -- Expanding the capabilities of its Flash voice and video communication platform, Userplane, a pioneer in community software, announced that its unique Anonymous Calling featu...
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by Mark Brooks on July 10, 2006
CNET NEWS -- July 7 -- Troubled Friendster has been awarded a broad patent covering social networking that could cover activities of rival sites. The U.S. patent, which was awarded June 27, is extreme...
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by Mark Brooks on July 7, 2006
BBC NEWS -- July 4 -- The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) will run a series of workshops in UK for parents, children and teachers. Ceop said it was concerned that children were ...
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by Mark Brooks on July 5, 2006
VALLEYWAG -- July 2 -- Tribe, the social network preferred by Bay Area hippies and ravers, may be a damsel in distress but NBC is swooping down to whisk Tribe to its castle in the media sky. NBC, the ...
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by Mark Brooks on July 5, 2006
MBP -- June 29 -- Agency holding company Interpublic Group has finalized an agreement with Facebook. IPG will receive prime advertising space as well as consumer research from the site. IPG will acqui...
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by Mark Brooks on July 5, 2006
OPW INTERVIEW -- June 30 -- I met Markus at iDate2005 and barely gave him the time of day; a hokey little site called Plentyoffish. I have a lot more respect for him these days. Plentyoffish is free a...
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by Mark Brooks on June 29, 2006
SF CHRONICLE -- June 28 -- Supernova2006 was produced in concert with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of business. It brings together such luminaries as Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of ...
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by Mark Brooks on June 29, 2006
BRAND REPUBLIC -- June 28 -- Match is to screen what it claims is the first ever live TV ad. Filmed in front of a live audience, the ad will be shown on ITV1 during this year's 'Love Island...
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by Mark Brooks on June 29, 2006
PR NEWSWIRE -- June 26 -- Relatieplanet.nl, a leading dating site in the Netherlands, today enters the UK market with TrueDate.com. The publisher of Holland's biggest daily newspaper "De Tele...
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by Mark Brooks on June 27, 2006
CHINA DAILY -- June 26 -- iResearch valued the Chinese online dating market at 37 million yuan (US$4.5 million) for 2004 and 91 million yuan (US$11.2 million) for 2005, and predicts it will grow to 65...
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by Mark Brooks on June 27, 2006
DAILY HERALD -- June 25 -- Ancestry.com, a subscription service of MyFamily.com Inc. completed a six-year effort to index more than 540 million names in U.S. Census records from 1790 through 1930, boo...
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by Mark Brooks on June 27, 2006
OPW -- June 26 -- Here's a little graph of Plentyoffish vs OKCupid vs Matchdoctor vs American Singles fyi. plentyoffish is powering away. Here's Myspace vs Friendster vs Hi5 vs FacebookMark Br...
