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Online Dating Sites Are Trying Something New

Reuters | Gianna Palmer | Posted 05.23.2012

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By Gianna Palmer NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly two decades since the start of online dating, the match-making sites that launched million...

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Ladies, There's More to Life

Jill Knapp | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: New York Work Life, Work-Life Balance, Relationships New York, Dating in New York, Online Dating, match.com, New York Dating, Dating, New York News

I'm starting to think the phrase, "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere," is being taken a little bit too seriously. There's more to life out there.

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Match.com ... With A Little Less .Com?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Sex and Relationships, Online Dating Services, Online Relationships, Singles-Events, match.com, Dating, Technology News

Those algorithms that dating sites use to pair up singles online have a new purpose: generating the guest lists for offline events. "Forget having...

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Q&A With Jim Gaffigan: 'Hot Pocket' Comedian Reaches Out to Our Wounded Soldiers (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.08.2012

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Jim Gaffigan recently spoke with me about why he's reaching out to military families, why becoming famous has been both a blessing and a curse, and why his stand-up doesn't need swear words to hit home.

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Is The Science of Online Dating At All Scientific?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Dating Online, Dating Websites, match.com, Meeting Online, Online Dating, Eharmony, Howaboutwe, Dating Website, Chemistry.com, Cupidtino, Women News

With the deluge of online dating sites out there it's hard to know which -- if any -- is best equipped to help you find the right person. Some bank on...

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Why One Aging Hippie Mom Loves Twitter

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.19.2012

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I love Twitter -- especially for the friendships it has brought me.

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How to Get A Guy to Ask You Out Online

Laurie Davis | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Online Dating Profiles, Dating Tips, Okcupid, Online Dating, Dating Advice, Online Dating Advice, match.com, Sex, How to Date Online, Women News

eFlirting has officially changed the courtship dynamic, but remember that chivalry is not dead -- it just needs a jumpstart once in a while.

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Online Dating: Why Most of Us Won't Do It, And Why We Should

Molly Shapiro | Posted 05.23.2012

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As someone who found her significant other online, it's hard for me to understand why some people -- particularly women -- won't take the plunge.

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Online Dating Sites To Screen For Sexual Predators

AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 05.20.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Three leading online dating sites have agreed to screen for sex offenders and take other measures to protect their members after a...

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10 Things No One Wants To See In Your Profile

Pamela Gross | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Online Dating, Online Dating Profiles, Okcupid, Relationship Advice, Dating Advice, Online Dating Advice, match.com, Women News

Don't post pictures of yourself with a dolphin. I don't really get it? Is it to show a "sense of adventure?" A love of fish?

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Why Brayola Is ‘OkCupid’ Of Bra Shopping

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Bra Shopping, Okcupid, Bras, Online Dating, Cup Size, Bra Size, Dating, Slidepollajax, match.com, Dating Humor, Brayola, Women News

After filling out a profile that asked for my cup size, bra history and what I'm looking for in a bra, I was reminded me of another website offering to find me my perfect match: OkCupid.

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Love At First Byte May Sting

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.15.2012

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Online dating services are booming businesses, and the boomers who are joining them are doing so in big numbers. People aged 50 and older represent 25...

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Experts and Researchers Say Online Dating Has Lost Its Stigma

Julie Spira | Posted 04.13.2012

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It's official. According to a team of five researchers, online dating has lost its stigma. The report was published on Monday in the February issue in the journal, Psychological Science in the Public Interest.

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HOW Many Of Us Don't Want To Get Married?

Julie Spira | Posted 04.07.2012

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Just in time for Valentine's, online dating site Match.com has released their second annual in-depth "Singles in America" study, which confirms the growing trend that the need to wed is on the decline.

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Republicans Have More Orgasms ... And 10 Other Sex Secrets Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Gray | Posted 02.04.2012

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In a world of one-night stands, friends with benefits, online dating and coupledom that comes in any number of forms, the sex lives of singles have ne...

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Should Online Dating Sites Conduct Background Checks On Users?

Posted 03.27.2012

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Anyone who has ever joined an online dating site can probably speak about the risks: the creepy messages, bad dates and failed relationships. But Illi...

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Michael in the City: How to Survive Being Dumped

Michael Cohen | Posted 02.14.2012

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I am a guy who is putting his best foot forward when it comes to dating and tired of being dismissed by Miami men as nothing but a nice body (thank you Cross Fit Miami Beach) or someone famous. So I decided to take to Match.com.

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WATCH: A Post50 Online Dating Success Story

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Finding Love, Baby Boomers, match.com, Online Dating, Adrienne Montezinos, Dating Trends, Online Dating Success Story, Love Post50, Video, Fifty News

While boomers are often targeted as technologically-challenged old-timers continually struggling to keep up with younger tech-savvy generations, indiv...

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Dating Advice From DVF

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 01.03.2012

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Famed designer Diane von Furstenberg is well known for her stylish wrap dresses, her bold prints and her relationship advice. Wait, what was that thir...

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Woman Who Was Assaulted Settles Match.com Lawsuit

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating website settled her lawsuit on Tuesday when sh...

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Woman Who Sued Match.com Over Assault Settles Lawsuit

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating website settled her lawsuit on Tuesday wh...

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Virtual Assistants For Online Dating: The Next Big Idea?

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Patrick Sauer | Posted 08.11.2011

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Scott Valdez graduated from the University of Georgia in 2006 and hit the ground running. He joined a startup specializing in business services and le...

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My Resistance to Online Dating Is Probably Futile

Ilana Ross | Posted 09.13.2011

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I don't know how to explain my unwillingness to search for love on the Internet. But something about it touches a nerve -- the nerve that is resistant to giving up spontaneity to calculation.

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Old-Fashioned Matchmaking Meets Facebook

Sasha Cagen | Posted 09.11.2011

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Jenny doesn't know any matches for us personally, but maybe her friends' friends do. If she posts on enough Facebook walls, will she find us all our soulmates?

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Online Dating: 12 Ways To Pimp Your Profile

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 08.28.2011

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Having no luck with the online dating scene? There's a good chance the problem isn't you -- it's your profile. We enlisted the help of Laurie Davis, o...

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