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LOOK: Is This The Cycle Of Online Dating?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 05.11.2012

For singletons of the fairer sex, sometimes online dating can closely resemble a hellish merry-go-round where one sifts through batches of duds disgui...

How to Get A Guy to Ask You Out Online

Laurie Davis | Posted 04.03.2012

Laurie Davis

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

Just Another Awkward OKCupid Date

Winnie Kao | Posted 05.22.2012

Winnie Kao

I pulled back abruptly, completely in shock. What part of I-feel-uncomfortable-moving-so-fast did he not understand? I quickly got out of the car, grabbed the lilies that he had brought for me earlier in the night, and muttered goodbye.

10 Things No One Wants To See In Your Profile

Pamela Gross | Posted 05.01.2012

Pamela Gross

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?

Why Brayola Is ‘OkCupid’ Of Bra Shopping

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 04.29.2012

Jessica Pearce Rotondi

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.

Experts and Researchers Say Online Dating Has Lost Its Stigma

Julie Spira | Posted 04.13.2012

Julie Spira

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.

Online Dating Study Shows Seismic Shift In Americans' Love Lives

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Searles | Posted 02.07.2012

Cupid's arrows have officially gone virtual. Online dating has become the #2 form of matchmaking in the U.S., scientists at the University of Roch...

Online Dating: Better Without Algorithms?

The Huffington Post | Claire Gordon | Posted 12.15.2011

Anyone who has crafted a message on OkCupid knows that online dating is still a very unnatural act. You scan the stranger's profile, wittily riff off ...

Why Writing to Strangers Isn't So Strange

Mariya Yefremova | Posted 12.31.2011

Mariya Yefremova

Granted, the people I am exchanging letters with are "strangers", but as that heart-grabbing quote from "You've Got Mail" goes: "all this nothing has meant more to me than so many something's."

Study Ranks Cities For Freqency Of Casual Sex

Posted 10.17.2011

Unless you're reading this in Portland, the most promiscuous city in the nation, you have some work to do -- at least according to OkCupid.com. The s...

Twitter: Bad For Relationships?

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 06.19.2011

A new survey from dating site OkCupid finds that Twitter could be bad for romantic relationships. In a blog post listing "10 Charts About Sex," the...

Amy Lee

Online Dating Startups Drive Matchmaking Makeover

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Online dating has a way of feeling curiously 1.0. While news sites, social networks and even e-commerce websites allow for real-time, multimedia inter...

A Digital Valentine

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Claire Gordon

Exactly what Facebook did to our social lives, "social dating" sites risk doing to dating -- turning other human beings into means to feel more awesome about yourself.

Two Dating Sites Hook Up

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

As Valentine's Day looms over the horizon, two online dating sites have struck up a romance--with each other. IAC's online dating branch, Match.com, ...

'JDate For Chinese Americans' Dating Site Launches

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

On Monday, Chinese Americans joined the increasingly un-exclusive ranks of those groups with internet dating sites designed exclusively for them. ...

Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? OkCupid Study Reveals Interesting Statistics

Julie Spira | Posted 05.25.2011

Julie Spira

OkCupid just released their latest OkTrends study as it relates to beauty. And rather than focusing solely on the profile photos, they took a deeper look into the male attraction.

What Is It About WikiLeaks and Lady Parts?

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Disgrasian

It seems everywhere you turn these days, you hear another story about WikiLeaks -- or Assange, really -- and lady parts.

And The Survey Says: New Online Dating Study Shows Older Singles Less Likely To Date Outside Their Race

Julie Spira | Posted 11.17.2011

Julie Spira

There seems to be no shortage of dating statistics and surveys this month. Are You Interested? the popular dating app on Facebook surveyed their membe...

5 Techno-Romance Truths That Your Mother Will Never Understand

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Jessica Massa

Sure, your mother may seem hip and enlightened, with a new and inappropriately active Facebook account to prove it. But try as she might, she just doesn't quite get it.

You're Online Dating and You Don't Even Know It!

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Jessica Massa

Is there still a stigma associated with online dating? Based on the feedback that I received after last week's article, "How to End the Online Dating ...

How to End the Online Dating Stigma

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Jessica Massa

On the heels of eHarmony's 10th anniversary - signaling a decade of having the most charming and well-styled TV commercials in the online dating spher...

OKCupid Hiding Good-Looking People From Less Attractive Users

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

The dating site OKCupid will begin hiding the hotties from the less-attractive users looking for love online. The beautiful folks who fall into the...

Online Dating Tips: Pictures With 'Flirty Faces' Best For Hookups (STUDY)

Ars Technica | Posted 05.25.2011

It's 2010 and online dating has become so ubiquitous that it's not only socially acceptable, it's practically the go-to when people decide it's time t...

What Brands Can Learn From Online Dating

Christine Huang | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Huang

No one likes to be talked down to -- whether by a suitor or a company. Speaking with humor and candor will sometimes work; but in general, what we want and expect is intelligent messaging.