Seen that? - Keeping Online Daters Honest

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Keeping Online Daters Honest The Dating Weblog

WIRED -- Apr 1 -- TrueDater, not to be confused with True.com, is a database of reviews written by people who met through online personals. The goal here is not to rate (or berate) the person, but to compare how he or she matched the profile that got your attention. Does she look like her pictures? Is he really 6 feet tall? Currently, you can read and submit reviews for members of Match.com, JDate and [...] Read More


TrueDater.com: Online Daters Most Likely to Misrepresent Weight and Physical Appearance in Profiles The Dating Weblog

BUSINESS WIRE --Apr 26 -- TrueDaterprovides online daters with the ability to read or review the truthfulness of people's dating profiles. Users were asked what qualities online daters exaggerate or lie about most often. Choices were: height, weight, age, income, marital status, physical appearance and other. Male voters ranked...1. weight 45%, 2. physical appearance 20%, 3. Marital status 13%. Female voters...1. general physical appearance 36%, 2. weight 19%, 3. age 16% FULL ARTICLE @ YAHOO Mark Brooks: Truedater [...] Read More


Online Daters Report Positive Connections The Dating Weblog

USA TODAY -- Mar 5 -- An estimated 16 million Americans have used a dating site or other site to meet people, the Pew Research Center reports; 45% of these have never been married. 79% say online dating is a "good way to meet people", 52% say the experience was mostly positive, 29% say it was mostly negative. 24.6 million people visited personals sites in January, comScore Media Metrix says. [...] 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


Google, on the go for online dating... The Search Engine Weblog

What would first pop up in your mind when you find out that Google is planning to cater to online dating? Perhaps, you will think that it is just another trick next to that April fool's day publicity. A deja vu or a joke, you might add. According to Jeremy Palmer, recognized as a Commission Junction Performer, "It appears like Google is scraping profiles from websites like LoveAccess.com, Date.com, and other [...] Read More