OMAHA WORLD-HERALD -- Dec 26 -- For a growing number of workers, more networking happens online rather than over martinis. Sites such as LinkedIn.com, Facebook.com, Spoke.com, and Friendster.comall...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on December 28, 2005
TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS -- Dec 22 -- As of Wednesday, Dec. 21, Myspace.comhad 44,448,308 members and accounted for 10% of all online advertisement viewed in November. Why do 44 million people want to be...
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Nielsen has tidied social networks Myspace, Facebook, hi5 and Friendster out of their online dating rankings, leaving Yahoo Personals (1), Match (2) and TRUE (3) with the November 2005 top spots. Not...
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MEDIA POST -- Dec 22 -- Google will pay $1 billion for a 5% stake in AOL. The deal more deeply integrates AOL's content pages into the Google network, and allows the AOL sales force to sell image...
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by Mark Brooks on December 21, 2005
COURIER POST -- Dec 20 -- Technological dating has finally spun out of control and there is now a movement under way -- by both large companies and two-geeks-in-a-basement-start-ups -- to turn our...
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by Mark Brooks on December 21, 2005
BRAND REPUBLIC -- Dec 21 -- Whatever it is the season for, online dating websites are soaring. Mysinglefriend.com, encourages friends to register their single friends who then get the opportunity to...
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PR NEWSWIRE -- Dec 19 -- Great Date Nowis a professional matchmaking service in New York and Connecticut. Personalized introductions from a matchmaker who cares is the preferred method of dating for...
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YAHOO FINANCE -- Dec 19 -- Litmus Mediamarketing platform detects and protects against click fraud, increasing click-to-transaction conversion ratios and maximizing search marketing return on...
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MIAMI HERALD -- Dec 18 -- Beth, a leggy brunette and successful lawyer who lives in Dallas, says she enjoys clubbing and rollerblading. But some of these women don't even exist according to a...
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by Mark Brooks on December 21, 2005
IDG NEWS SERVICE -- Dec 14 -- Users have posted hundreds of comments to the blog entry on which Del.icio.us founder and CEO Joshua Schachter announced the Yahooacquisition last Friday. Reactions...
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I-NEWSWIRE -- Dec 16 -- While dating online is convenient for the parties involved, it also attracts unsavory characters with every intention but finding a date. Online dating scams are perpetrated...
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BUSINESS WEEK -- Dec 16 -- Brad Greenspan started his first business from his dorm room at UCLA and helped launch MySpace in 2003. Today he's backing video based social network site Vidilife,...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on December 21, 2005
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- Dec 15 -- Dating on Demand, a service being rolled out by Comcast makes it possible for singles to use their remotes to view hundreds of video profiles self-made by singles...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on December 21, 2005
MACLEANS CANADA -- Dec 14 -- Last month, two lawsuits were filed in match.com and Yahoo Personalsalleging that the companies entice users into continuing to use the services with fake romantic...
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by Mark Brooks on December 21, 2005
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...
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USA TODAY -- Dec -- True.com, a Dallas-based online dating service, began touting its criminal background checks in July 2004 and wrote proposed legislation that would force online dating sites to say...
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by Mark Brooks on December 14, 2005
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -- Dec 10 -- In its latest acquisition of a social networking service, Internet powerhouse Yahoo on Friday devoured del.icio.us Inc., a startup that enables people to more easily...
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USA TODAY -- Dec 11 -- When it comes to misrepresentation, when an online date says he's 5-foot-10 and turns out to be more like 5-foot-6, "everything kind of goes back to the beginning....
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MIDDLE EAST TIMES -- Dec 7 -- ITV, Britain's biggest commercial TV network, on Tuesday snapped up Friends Reunitedfor 175 million pounds Sterling (€258 million, $304 million). The purchase of...
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THE SEATTLE TIMES -- Dec 11 -- Today's dating scene is about as easy to pigeonhole as the color of paint. Sure, there are plenty of traditionalists out there, but there are many others who...
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by Mark Brooks on December 14, 2005
CNET NEWS -- Dec 9 -- Friendsterhas apparently drawn the fancy of Mickey Mouse. Media giant Disney has shown interest in the company, according to sources. It's unclear, however, if Disney has...
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Filed in archive by Mark Brooks on December 14, 2005
UTAH DAILY HERALD -- Dec 12 -- A litany of disturbing new allegations of rape emerged Thursday against a 25-year-old Springville man prosecutors say has become an Internet dating site predator in Utah...
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