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SAN MATEO, Calif. -- --Customer Satisfaction with Online Dating Sites is Low --61% of Customers Are Concerned That Other Members Misrepresent Themselves --30% of Customers Were Married or Living with Significant Other --Customers Want Access to Personality Tests and Background Checks --Yahoo! Personal, Match.com Deliver Best Customer Experience --Keynote Study is First to Examine Customer Experience at Leading Online Dating Sites With Valentine's Day fast approaching, customers and prospective customers of online dating Web si ... Permalink
Business Wire - LoveHappens Becomes the Darling of the Online Dating Industry; Yahoo! Personals Still Winning the Competition for Customers, Keynote Reports
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Keynote Systems: --LoveHappens, a New Entrant to the Online Dating Market, Wins the Hearts of Customers --Yahoo! Personals Is Still the Most Attractive Site to Prospective Customers --Online Dating Industry Reputation Takes Hit: Customers Are Concerned That Other Members Misrepresent Themselves New competitive intelligence from Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN), The Internet Performance Authority(R), shows LoveHappens and AmericanSingles.com receiving the highest customer satisfaction rankings from online custom ... Permalink
St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian - Negligence claims arise when online dating goes wrong
Reni Gertner This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. As more and more people turn to the Internet to find their soul mate, lawyers believe online dating sites could become breeding grounds for negligence claims. A pair of recent New York cases has drawn attention to the potential for lawsuits against predators who use the anonymity of the Web to exploit emotionally vulnerable singles. Last month, two women sued a Manhattan fertility specialist - a married father of three who posed as a ... Permalink
Japan, Inc. - Love in the age of spam: online dating sites are slashing the sleaze to help grownups find mates
Debbi Gardiner LOVE IS MAKING A comeback on the Internet. Online dating services in Japan are cleaning up their image and catering more to women. US services are entering the market, too, because serving singles online is proving to be a recession-proof industry. These companies are finding that, contrary to conventional wisdom, single men and women are willing to pay to be part of an online community that helps them find a mate and screens out the predators. Kenji is 28 years old, an Aries, 5-feet 6-inches tall and grew up in Hamps ... Permalink
Business Wire - LookWow Kicks off Partner Program with Wireless Photo Gallery and Online Dating Service; Web-Based Photo Enhancement Now Available at America's Online
SAN FRANCISCO -- LookWow, Inc., provider of the first web-based photo enhancement service designed for consumers, today announced partnership agreements with online dating site, America's Online Dating (www.americasonlinedating.com) and camera-phone photo-sharing services provider, MyQPU (www.myqpu.com). Launched in late August, LookWow gives consumers the power of high-end graphics software, for the first time on the web. Its easy-to-use service fills a market gap acknowledged by industry analysts (1). In a move to add value to on ... Permalink
Business Wire - Online Dating Goes Global as Userplane Provides Live Video/Audio Messaging to Array of International Dating Sites
LOS ANGELES -- Company President Michael Jones to Participate in Internet Dating Conference in Nice, France on July 15 Online dating is going global as singles worldwide take to the Web in their search for love and companionship -- while the dating sites they're visiting seek a competitive edge from Userplane (www.userplane.com), a pioneer in applying Flash-based instant messaging to support live communications for Web-based communities. Userplane announced today that it is providing the Userplane Instant Communicator(TM) audio/vi ... Permalink
Business Wire - CGI Holding Corporation Signs Letters of Intent to Acquire Vintacom, a Leading Online Dating Company, and Real Estate School Online, a Leading Provider
NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Accretive acquisitions will broaden company's existing online dating and affiliate marketing presence, plus launch CGI's entry into online education CGI Holding Corporation, which plans to seek shareholder approval to change its name to Think Partnership Inc. (AMEX: THK) ("Company"), today announced that the Company has entered into two letters of intent to merge, through two wholly owned subsidiaries, with privately held Vintacom Media Group Inc. ("Vintacom") and Real Estate School Online I ... Permalink
Business Wire - WebSourced, Inc Launches Free Online Dating Service at Cherish.com
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2003 More Than 40 Million Online Daters Will Have Opportunity to Join Fun, Safe and Totally Free Online Dating Community WebSourced, Inc (OTCBB: CGIH) today launched Cherish.com (www.Cherish.com) a completely free online dating service, promising to put the fun back into online personals. After months of researching existing online dating options, Cherish.com aims to revolutionize online personals by providing a dating community that combi ... Permalink
Business Wire - Find a Date before Valentine's Day: love.com Survey Finds One in Ten Unmarried Adults with Internet Access Have Tried an Online Dating Service
Business Editors DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2004 E-Mail and Instant Messaging Flirting Are Taking Over As Matchmakers Men Lead Women in the Online Quest to Find Love Those looking to set off some sparks this Valentine's Day take note: online flirting is a hot hobby, according to a pre-Valentine's Day love.com(TM) survey of unmarried adults by Opinion Research Corporation. The love.com survey uncovered that almost one in four (23%) said that they flirt via email or instant messaging, with more men saying they do so th ... Permalink
Business Wire - AOL's Entry into Online Dating Market Aimed at Quickly Dislodging Entrepreneurs Who Created the Space, Userplane CEO Says
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2003 America Online's New Love.com Places Accent on the Risque, Says Leading Provider of Audio/Video and Text Instant Messaging to Online Dating Market In an enthusiastic defense of the army of Davids that created the booming online dating category, the CEO of Userplane today described America Online as "acting like a Goliath bent on using its size to push aside the more entrepreneurial dating sites." AOL last week unveiled Love.com, a personals site tha ... Permalink
Business Wire - Incode to Acquire KissyKat Online Dating Service for Pet Lovers; Unique Online Dating Service Committed to the Sponsorship of Pet and Animal Charities
NEW YORK -- Incode Corporation today announced its execution of an agreement to acquire KissyKat, a special interest online dating service devoted to pet and animal lovers and their community. Incode expects to close the acquisition of KissyKat in line with the completion of Incode's proposed acquisition by BIB Holdings, Ltd. ("BIB") (OTCBB:BIBO). As online dating increases in popularity, KissyKat offers an exciting new breed of service that sets itself apart from generic matchmaking sites by providing pet and animal love ... Permalink
Business Wire - Americans Seek Friendly Companionship, Not Marriage, from Online Dating Sites, New Userplane Survey Reveals; Casual Fling is the Thing Only for the Wired
Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004 As the definition of marriage and its place in American life are being hotly debated across the nation, the popularity of online dating sites continues to surge. But that begs the question: what kind of relationships are Americans looking for online? In a new nationwide survey conducted by market research firm Synovate for Userplane (www.userplane.com), Americans say they believe people who use dating Web sites to meet others are primarily looking for good times and st ... Permalink
Business Wire - Online Dating Revitalized by Former Kiss.com Creators; Acquisition and Re-Launch of dataDate.com to Make Love Connections with Love Tactics Presented by
Entertainment Editors/Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2003 The team that developed and managed the original Kiss.com(R) today announce the acquisition and re-launch of dataDate.com(TM) (www.dataDate.com), providing active singles with the best place to meet, flirt and have fun, in a secure environment. This experienced team pioneered the online dating space with Kiss.com, serving over 3.5 million members leading up to its acquisition for $150 million by InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq:IACI), which also owns Match.com ... Permalink
Chicago Sun-Times - Guide leads black women through web of online dating
Mary Mitchell All is not lost. Or so Thelma Russell tells us. Russell, a 50-something African-American woman who works for the county, is the latest authority on online dating. Her self- published guide, titled The New Love Connection for African American Singles: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Friendship, Love & Marriage on "the Net," has fallen into my hands. I don't know whether a copy of the slim book was sent to me, but I got a call from Russell's daughter, Tahja Star Harden, pushing the publication. The ... Permalink
Business Wire - Yahoo! Personals Launches ``Premier'' Service with Revolutionary Matching System for Singles; Online Dating Leader Addresses Growing Consumer Needs
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Personals (http://personals.yahoo.com) today announced the launch of Yahoo! Personals Premier - a revolutionary new service that fulfills the evolving needs of today's online daters. Yahoo! Personals Premier integrates an advanced matching system with two innovative self-assessment tests designed to help singles in search of more serious relationships find people who are the best fit for them. The standard Yahoo! Personals service, which costs $19.95 per month, continues to serve a large population of ca ... Permalink
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Online dating no help for therapists
KAREN LEHRMAN VOICES Online dating no help for therapists By KAREN LEHRMAN Sunday, March 3, 2002 For the past couple of decades, women have been inundated with relationship advice. From books like "Smart Women, Foolish Choices" to "The Cinderella Complex" to "The Rules," psychologists, sociologists and just plain yentas have tried to solve the problem of why women today, who have become quite self-assured in our professional lives, are often anxious, obsessive or depressed when dealing with our social lives. The books ty ... Permalink
Market Wire - Luvoo.com to Receive $375,000 US Dollars and Monthly Residual Revenue for the Sale of the Exclusive Online Dating Distribution Rights in Poland
Luvoo.com (PINKSHEETS: LVTI) a growing onlinedating company is pleased to announce they have signed an exclusivedistribution agreement with AAA Investment SP.ZOO to provide Polandresidents its online dating website. Poland is home to over 38 millionPolish residents. Agreement is part of Luvoo.com's ongoing effort to expandits cutting-edge online dating services on a global scale.Under the terms of agreement Luvoo.com will accommodate Poland residents onits website, maintain servers and infrastructure as well as provideweb-content in P ... Permalink
Business Wire - CGI Holding Corporation Acquires Personals Plus; Accretive Acquisition Strengthens Company's Growing Portfolio of Online Dating Properties
LAKE BLUFF, Ill. -- CGI Holding Corporation (OTCBB:CGIH) (the "Company") today announced that the Company has acquired privately-held Personals Plus, Inc. ("Personals Plus"), the owner of several online dating and relationship websites. The acquisition is expected to significantly expand CGI's customer base in the area and to provide synergies between the websites that the combined companies will offer. The Company estimates that Personals Plus will add approximately $1 million per year in pre-tax earnings to the ... Permalink
Business Wire - FriendFinder Launches YoungAtHeart.com to Offer Customized Online Dating Community for Baby Boomer Singles
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- YoungAtHeart.com to Fill Unique Tech-Savvy Baby Boomer Needs with Focus on Fitness, Fun and Rock & Roll Music FriendFinder Inc., the world's largest online dating network, today announced the launch of YoungAtHeart.com, an online dating destination focused on serving the unique needs of the Baby Boomer generation. Created to answer the unmet needs of busy professionals looking for marriage, dating, and friendship, the new site focuses on the values specific to Baby Boomers that are not addressed at other on ... Permalink
Business Wire - Yahoo! Unveils the True Faces of Online Dating with 'Real People,' An Online Ad Campaign at Yahoo! Personals, Featuring 50 Singles From Across the Nation
Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2004 Yahoo! Personals Takes Online Dating to New Heights as a Los Angeles Single Dates Atop a Wired Billboard on the Sunset Strip Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today announced that Yahoo!(R) Personals, (http://personals.yahoo.com), a leader in the online dating market, unveils a new approach to its dating community as it launches a new online advertising campaign featuring singles who are currently using the service to connect and commu ... Permalink
Business Wire - Amp'd Mobile and HurryDate to Bring Online Dating to Mobile Phones; Amp'd to End Dating Dry Spells with Exclusive Profiles and Mobile Connection to Leading
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. & NEW YORK -- Amp'd Mobile, the first fully integrated 3G mobile entertainment company for youth/young adults, and HurryDate, a leader in the social phenomenon "speed dating" and ever-popular online dating, today announced a three-year exclusive partnership to connect Amp'd Mobile's 3G EV-DO service to HurryDate's party and online dating community. The deal is poised to become the first mobile dating service to be connected to an online community as well as the premiere of video profiles featured on ... Permalink
Business Wire - On Valentine's Day, Chairman of Online Dating Trade Association Speaks to Health of the Internet Personals Industry
Userplane's Michael Jones Welcomes Comcast's VOD Offering to Sector, Addresses Recent Jupiter Report on Growth of Online Personals MarketWHO: Michael Jones, newly elected chairman of IDEA OASIS, the Internet Dating Executive Alliance/Online Association for Social Industry Standards (www.ideaoasis.org). Comprised of such companies as Date.com, FriendFinder, Inc., Cupid.com, RelationshipExchange, Planet Out Partners and WebLogsInc., IDEA OASIS serves both the online dating and social networking ... Permalink
Business Wire - Userplane Announces Weblog from Company Founders; Blog to Showcase Trends in Online Community Development, Online Dating, Social Networking
LOS ANGELES -- Maintaining an online conversation about the market, methods and trends of maintaining an online conversation, Userplane (www.userplane.com) today announced that company co-founders Michael Jones, Nate Thelen and Javier Hall have launched a new weblog, at http://blog.userplane.com/. Userplane's blog seeks to facilitate discussions about online dating and social networking, with an emphasis on the tools and the markets in which they can be used to foster true online interaction among colleagues and friends. The Userpl ... Permalink
Business Wire - Cherish.com Officially Launches Its Online Dating Community; Site Uniquely Positions Itself to Women
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2004 Cherish.com, a premier online dating site, today announced it is officially launching. To date, Cherish has become one of the largest free dating sites on the Web. In a marketplace where many online dating sites are geared toward men, Cherish.com is offering free lifetime memberships to women. Starting this month, male members will be charged $19.95 for their participation. Founder Pat Martin used his personal experience in the online ... Permalink
Business Wire - Four Online Dating Sites Select Userplane to Connect Users via Flash-Based Instant Communicator; Latest Engagements Reinforce Company's Leadership in Booming
News, Feature & Lifestyle Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2003 Underscoring its leadership in supplying instant messaging solutions to the online dating segment, Userplane (www.userplane.com), a pioneer in applying Flash-based instant messaging to support live communications for Web-based communities, today announced that it has been selected to deliver its technology to four active and growing players in that market. Userplane will provide Instant Communicator(TM) to JWOO.com (www.JWOO.com), an in ... Permalink
Business Wire - eHarmony Emerges as the Internet's Premier Relationship Service; Led the Online Dating Services Industry in Net New Subscribers in Q3
Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 2003 eHarmony, the Internet's fastest growing relationship service, today announced significant growth in 2003, with more than 10,000 new singles joining the site each day. In the third quarter of this year, eHarmony led the online dating services industry in net new subscribers, reflecting an increasing demand for more serious and satisfying matchmaking based on compatibility versus casual online dating. With an estimated 2,000 marria ... Permalink
Los Angeles Business Journal - Growth at Ticketmaster comes from personals as ticket sales flatten - Media & Technology - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
Christopher Keough If Ticketmaster has a date with success, it may not be in its core business. Struggling to reach profitability, the L.A.-based event-ticketing company recently closed on the purchase of its second online dating business, gaining a foothold in a market that has shown growing promise. Majority-owned by Barry Diller's USA Networks Inc., Ticketmaster reported a net loss of $119.7 million (84 cents per diluted share) during the first quarter ended March 31, compared with a loss of $39.6 million (28 cents) for the like ... Permalink
Business Wire - WebSourced, Inc. Partners with Quepasa Corporation to Target Latin Community; Online Dating Site Apreciar.com to Launch Spring 2004
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2004 WebSourced, Inc., the global leader in search engine marketing (www.websourced.com) - today announced a partnership with Quepasa Corporation (www.quepasa.com), a bilingual Internet portal and online community, to introduce an online dating site geared toward the Latin community. WebSourced will build the site utilizing the same unique technology currently used in its online dating site, Cherish.com (www.cherish.com). Quepasa will provi ... Permalink
Business Wire - New Dating Site MyCountryMatch.com Gives Down-to-Earth People with Solid Values a Place to Meet
Business Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4529334 LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003 MyCountryMatch.com offers free memberships to adults looking for people who place an importance on honesty, integrity and old fashioned country values during the test market phase MyCountryMatch.com was unveiled today as the first dating Web site geared toward: Down-to-earth single people looking for fun, friendship and a chance for romance too! The marketing campaign is being te ... Permalink
Chicago Sun-Times - House wants online dating sites to tag sex offenders
Tracy Swartz SPRINGFIELD--Legislation designed to make cyberdating safer won approval Wednesday from the Illinois House. The House also passed a measure that would double the amount of parental supervision required for teens to get their driver's license. Legislation that would mandate HIV testing for almost every newborn in Illinois also garnered final House approval. Under the online dating bill, networking sites with Illinois members would have to initiate background checks to identify convicted felons and sex offenders o ... Permalink
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Suits accuse online dating sites of deceiving their subscribers
Paul Chavez Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- After looking for love on the Internet and failing to find it, frustrated lonely hearts are heading to court, accusing online dating sites of engaging in deceptive practices. A recent lawsuit against Match.com charged the matchmaking service with sending a female employee out on a date with a male subscriber as "date bait" to keep him signed up. Another lawsuit against a personals service offered by Yahoo Inc. accused the Internet portal giant of creating fake profiles to entice subscrib ... Permalink
Independent, The (London) - Online dating agencies 'sending own staff on dates'
Rupert Cornwell in Washington If you search for a life partner with the aid of online dating services, be careful " at least in the US. That is the seeming message of two cases involving well-known match-making agencies that are being sued for fraud, either for sending their own staff to attend some dates, or by inventing bogus subscribers to artificially bolster business. One case involves the self-proclaimed market leader, Match.com, whose website claims to be 'the world's largest online dating, relationships, singles and perso ... Permalink
Market Wire - Luvoo.com to Launch and Activate Their First International Online Dating Website Luvoo.pl by August 20th
Luvoo.com (PINKSHEETS: LVTI), a growing onlinedating company, is pleased to announce they have scheduled to launch andactivate their first international online dating website www.Luvoo.pl byAugust 20th. This website will be dedicated to millions of Poland residentswho are looking for love and friendship online in their country and abroad.In preparation for the launch of the website, Luvoo.com's exclusivedistributor to Poland, AAA Investment SP.ZOO, has already approved thefirst large-scale marketing campaign for www.Luvoo.pl . Pla ... Permalink
Business Wire - Online Dating Leader FriendFinder Acquires Spring Street Networks
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The company powering online dating personals for websites such as Nerve.com, The Onion and Salon.com has been acquired by privately held Various Inc., the parent company of FriendFinder, the world's largest operator of dating and social networking websites. Spring Street Networks is the leading provider of private-label online personals solutions for a network of more than 200 media companies, including outlets in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas and Miami. Terms of the merger between ... Permalink
Business Wire - Senior FriendFinder Reports 400% Increase in Seniors Online Dating; Trend Shows Seniors Increasingly Comfortable on the Web
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Dating online isn't just for the young anymore, it's for the young at heart too. According to Senior FriendFinder, the largest seniors dating site on the web, the number of people joining its site has increased 476 percent since 2001. The site now has more than 400,000 members, up from 91,847 in June 2001. "We find many seniors are increasingly comfortable with the Internet and jumping into online activities, from planning trips to sharing photos to meeting new people," says Andrew Conru, president a ... Permalink
Business Wire - New Dating Website Promises Compatibility; Mary.com Has the Most Extensive Feature List in Online Dating and Uses Latest Research to Help People Find Lifelong
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A new dating website is turning heads on the Internet. Mary.com (http://www.mary.com) creates a safe and fun place where women can meet the right guy. After months of development, and after reviewing the latest academic studies on marriage, companionship and mating, Mary.com decided to utilize the time-proven Myers-Briggs(R) Type Indicator to help couples find compatible life-long mates. Mary.com also has the most complete list of features of any online dating site: personality and lifestyle compatibility tes ... Permalink
Telecomworldwire - Online dating big business in Sweden - report
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-12 November 2004-Online dating big business in Sweden - report(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Online dating is a big business that attracts about one million Swedes and has an annual turnover of about SEK100m, according to a study by Internetworld. The calculations carried out by Internetworld reportedly show that the annual turnover for the dating business is about SEK100m, while representatives for the business have claimed the figure is double that. Helena Ehnbom at Match.com has pointed o ... Permalink
Business Wire - Hairmax Int. Announces Updates for Online Dating Project
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Hairmax International Corp. (OTCBB:HRMX) management today announced the projected launch date of DATEMAXUSA.COM has been planned for the week of Oct. 15, 2004. In addition, the company plans to follow with DATEMAXSENIORS.COM, a separate online dating portal that is expected to cater to senior citizens - who have shown considerable interest in meeting each other through popular dating sites. Senior citizens have discovered the fastest way to find love late in life is through a modem. The Associated Press repo ... Permalink
Business Wire - Date Now! Online Dating Innovator eTwine.com Unveils Unique Tool That Allows Members to Plan Dates & Meet Singles According to Their Own Personal Schedule
NEW YORK -- Online dating and social networking leader eTwine.com (http://www.etwine.com) is excited to announce the launch of its newest feature for singles: Date Now! This unique tool allows singles to plan their dates according to their own personal schedules. Date Now! (http://www.etwine.com/singles/datenow.aspx) works as follows: -- Use the scheduling box to let singles know what day you are available to go on a date. Your Date Now! listing will appear in the Date Now! search results and on your profile, and singles can then e ... Permalink
Business Wire - eTwine.com Officially Launches its Wildly Popular Social Networking and Online Dating Website with Several Thousand Members Following Completion of Beta
NEW YORK -- Unique Website Integrates Online Dating with Social Networking, Event Planning, and Blogs eTwine.com (http://www.etwine.com) has rapidly created a buzz in the social networking and online dating industry. Darrell Lerner, founder and member, believes that eTwine's rapid growth and popularity can be attributed to its fun and interactive feel, as well as the complete integration of eTwine's numerous unique features which combine social networking, event planning & management, and blogs, in addition to an exclusive sing ... Permalink