[November 17, 2004] Dow Jones Market Monitor By Riva Richmond Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Yahoo Inc. wants to find someone to love the real you. On Wednesday, the Internet giant plans to launch a new, pricier class of its popular online dating service that it says will help singles better understand who…
Black Online Dating Users Increased by 64% in 2005 The number of Black users of online dating services increased to 18% of total users in 2005, up from 11% in 2004. This represents a 64% year-on-year increase and is one of the key findings from a new research report, The NETucation Report – Online Dating…
Two thirds of singles in Britain looking for love turned to electronic dating agencies in 2005, figures published in the Times showed today. Experts believe that online dating has revolutionised the dating game and become a “perfect example of technological Darwinism”. A survey by with more than 1.5 million members, reported that 3.6 million Britons…
Here’s a reprint of an article that quotes my research into online dating industry in South Africa… Clean-shaven, straight teeth and a friendly smile … in a word, handsome. After a week of vigorous SMSing and long phone conversations, “handsome” and I decide to meet. Eager to see each other in real life, we meet…
Online dating sites are facing some loneliness amid an industry wide slowdown. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Initially considered the last resort for the socially stunted, online dating has shrugged off its social stigma and emerged as a mainstream means for singles to find that special someone. Time for the industry to celebrate, right? Wrong. Just…
Sites offer way to track phonies He sounded like a prince. ”He said he was smart, witty, tall and handsome,” recalls the woman known as j29blonde on match.com. She asked that her real name not be used to protect the ego of the ”prince” she met. She thought she clicked with the gentleman when they…
The 2005 Online Dating Survey which launches today explores how the Internet is changing the sexual behaviour of South Africans. NETucation, the company behind the online dating research is the leading BEE Internet research company and studies the behaviour of South Africans using the Internet. “Now that we understand the basics of how and why…
Bill1852 has a “very middle-aged body topped with a fat balding head,” which may be true but seems almost cruelly over-descriptive.Emiss2004, on the other hand, is not only not “a spiritual student from Sweden,” she is, according to someone who dated her, “actually an escort who will con you out of your cash for her…
The women here – these daters – look familiar. You know the type. Trim, breezy, frank, supremely at ease making confessions to cameras. They’re recognizable anywhere now: reality-show Jens and Amys, spirited representatives of that plucky work force that dutifully fills the girls’ slots on offerings from “Blind Date” to “The Apprentice” to “Beauty and…
NEW YORK – A fast-growing online dating service in Texas says it is offering its users something none of its big competitors can match: a safer date. True.com, which was founded in Dallas last year, says it now has 3 million active members who agree to have criminal background checks done on themselves and their…
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