Chemistry.com, a subsidiary of Match.com’s parent company IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), announced the results of a study by their chief scientific advisor Dr. Helen Fisher. Her study was able to show a connection between increased sexual activity and successful problem-solving, increased confidence and greater teamwork. While that may all sound like common sense, Dr. Fisher was [...]
Match.com decided to acquire People Media, which runs such websites as BlackPeopleMeet.com, SingleParentMeet.com, SeniorPeopleMeet.com, BBPeopleMeet.com and LDSPlanet.com, with over 250,000 paying subscribers. Their 2008 EBITDA was $11.6 million dollars.
The Chief Executive Officer at Match.com, Greg Blatt stated:
“It’s clear that some people are drawn to online communities defined by their own demographic characteristics, and , and [...]
Decided to revamp this dating website, redesigning, adding new features, and will be covering a wider variety of issues in the internet dating services industry. Look for more of the latest dating news, matchmaking website issues, relationship advice, and anything else relevant to internet matchmaking.
Also hoping to allow more user input on the various dating [...]
Match.com has begun to add sections onto it’s site, where it quite literally speculates, “Match.com estimates it has inspired millions of relationships. Millions of members. Hundreds of thousands of new relationships.” Even the biggest online matchmaking service sites only put out numbers like “30-40 marriages a year” or something small like that, so with that [...]
Studies have shown that tech-savvy users who are applying technology to enhance their long distance relationships, last longer. That is to say, a long distance couple that use, say a video phone, stay together longer, than a couple who use just a telephone, or a couple who use a phone last longer than those who [...]
There are bonuses and disadvantages to just about everything.
The most significant advantages of using an online matchmaking service are:
Convenience.
There really is no more convenient way to find a new dating partner, unless you have your own personal matchmaker.
Then for the hidden matchmaking service bonus:
Mental connection
The only thing you have to go by when dating online, [...]
Let’s face it: most people either exaggerate their profiles for online dating, or in some cases the opposite and hide their truly good characteristics. Don’t let that discourage you! Just keep in mind that the picture might be very-very well taken, or a really good looking person is diminished by less good looking ones that [...]
A recent TV news magazine show recently reported a survey of what men want in a woman. The answers were divided between beauty (48%), brains (36%) and a combination of both (16%).
Maybe not surprising, but interesting to note is that very few picked the combination. Guess it’s good to be one or the other! Of [...]
According to the National Sex Survey, only 1% of married women said they had an affair in the past year compared to 8% of cohabiting women. Among men, 4% are unfaithful husbands vs. 16% who cohabit. That means the risk is nearly 4 times as much for cohabiting men, and 8 times as much for [...]
Knowing when to quit. You see, if you are feeling frustrated to the point of desiring to be with someone else, the honorable thing to do is to break up, leave the other person. Communicate the frustration with your mate. Cheating is usually the result of cowardice, an unwillingness to express that frustration or anger [...]
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