If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Two new features from Match.com are aimed at getting new users to sign up for the service. One is targeted at the shy crowd, and one is targeted at the outgoing crowd–Facebook.
The Little Black Book feature lets Match.com users [...]
Adult dating site AdultFriendFinder, rumored to have been acquired in November for $1 billion is on the wrong side of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with a settlement that restricts AdultFriendFinder’s promotional activities.
The FTC said in a statement that AdultFriendFinder affiliates used pop-up ads to drive traffic to the site, and exposed consumers, including children [...]
Social network for night owls MingleNow appears to have been a victim of Yahoo’s recent acquisition of BlueLithium. According to a post on the service’s blog, MingleNow will officially close on January 7th. No official explanation has been made for the closure. We assume that Yahoo simply isn’t interested in maintaining another social network, especially [...]
A recent MSN dating survey reported that more than 40 million Americans have dated online — a staggering 40 percent of the country’s 100 million single adults according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Unsurprisingly, online dating safety has been a growing concern as more and more Americans log on and hook up.
But at least one [...]
When my editor suggested that someone put an ad on Craigslist and find out why people use online dating services to meet people, I was more than eager. Meeting new people has always fascinated me, and it seemed like it might be interesting to use a new forum to make connections. I have to try [...]