Match.com Dating News
The latest happenings with Match.com.
24 Struggles Of Online Dating That Are All Too Real
24 things that have made or broken online dating since Match.com started.
Vermont targets online dating scammers
Lawmakers use woman’s online experience as guide for creating law against online dating scammers.
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Deborah Ann, Vampire on “True Love” Finds Her Match at Match.com
True Blood Star Finds True Love with Match.com.
Deborah Ann, also known as sexy vampire Jessica Hamby on the hit TV show, signed up for Match.com in 2007 to find someone genuine and grounded, different from the stereotypical Hollywood guy. She found just that in 32-year-old comic …
You can find love at Match.com too!
Are Group Events The Next Logical Step To Online Dating?
Match.com has made a lot of news with their recent foray into board game nights and other events that brings members together.
But is this a good idea?
Online dating is for bring people together to find love.
Face-to-face events are for bringing people together to share a common interest that may not quite include looking for more than a possible game partner.
And if you meet someone on a dating service and go to meet them for the requisite coffee date you can always bow out early with some excuse or other.
But on a game night set up by your dating service, meeting with someone you first met online with the same intention of finding love, can your common game interest make up for any dating choice date you may have made of just meeting to play a game?
How do you walk out on a game without ruining your other chances with possible matches?
My suggestion here is to not search out your potential game play partners before you show up for game night.
Some times too much information can be a bad thing.
ONLINE DATING TURNS TO EVENT INDUSTRY
The next evolution in online dating is quite analog: hosting face-to-face events. New York Times: “Last May,
for example, Match.com, the 18-year-old Web site, introduced Stir, an event’s program, and has since …
Match.com Livens Up Face-To-Face Meetings
Match.com Uncovers The Chicago Singles Scene. Sacramento Bee
Match.com, the world’s largest dating website, has released results from a dating survey taken by over 1,100 single Chicago residents which reveals that River North – already one of the hippest areas in the …
Finding Ms. (or Mr.) Right at the Board Game Table. New York Times (blog)
Now Match.com has itself found a partner, the board game industry, to liven up events. On Tuesday, the company began holding what it is calling Stir game nights, where singles gather at bars and restaurants to play games like Bananagrams, a word game, …
Match.com: How To Win At Love
The key to “winning” when being an online dater is to follow not only your heart but the specific steps of preparing your profile right and being as interesting as possible at the same time.
Here’s a great story for winning at Match.com:
Wendy’s Window. Upland, CA
As promised in my last article, this week I’m going to share more of my journey on how my husband and I met on Match.com and our courtship. First, I must take you back a few years. Once I became comfortable with the whole idea and concept …
And here’s advice of speeding things up, compatibility-wise, once you’ve met face-to-face:
Put love to the test on the road.
“Travel reveals a lot of things: Habits, hygiene, sleeping patterns, moodiness, general level of activity, introvert/extrovert tendencies, etc.,” adds Moffit, relationship expert for Match.com. A new survey by Match.com reveals 12 per cent of …
Meet A Powerful Man on Match.com
After the revelation (and promotion) of Martha Stewart on Match.com we have a new celebrity as a member searching for love: Vladimir Putin has joined. His member name is “russianteddybear” and he’s looking for a love connection.
You can see a screenshot of his profile below and join Match.com to contact him before he’s off the market.
russianteddybear - Vladimir Putin on Match.com
Dating In The News: Girlfri3nds
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Girlfri3nds is a new series in which three single women of different ages, life experiences and backgrounds meet for the first time with a common goal— to find true love. As they search for a partner, they will share their lives and emotionally support one another during the dating and decision-making process?
The eight part series hosted by Emma Willis will offer an exciting twist as our singletons face a host of make or break decisions. At the end of each episode, the three girls and their ‘dates’ will decide if they wish to continue seeing each other, but the feeling has to be mutual?
Will this be a match made in heaven or just another dating disaster?
The new series will kick-start with an audition in which a hundred men from all over the country ‘pitch’ themselves to the three women. Each of the women will have to select six men who they would like to ‘date’ but the pressure is on as they will have only a few minutes to decide if they would like to get to know them further but will the men feel the same way?
Each week, viewers will follow our singletons as together they embark on a series of dating scenarios with their potential suitors. The series will follow their preparations, nerves and trepidation as they get to know more about the men they have chosen.
Three single girls are all on the search for their soulmate, 23 year old air hostess Amy, 29 year old single mum Sarah and 25 year old career girl Laura are brought together to whittle down 100 guys to their favourite man.
This week we see the first 50 men cross the threshold of the mansion house the girls will be living in, they must pick 6 they want to see again, which guys will come in and take the girls fancy and who will be shown the door?
With their fate placed firmly in their hands, each episode will culminate with an elimination as their ‘dates’ are whittled down until they have just one decision to make…. will our three single ladies finally meet their Mr Right or will they be left out in the cold?
Emma Willis said, “’I am beyond thrilled to be a part of Girlfri3nds. I love to watch a good romance blossom, so to be asked to be a part of that process is genuinely exciting.”
Download the pdf here and meet the three women. Girlfri3nds is a Studio Lambert production for ITV2.
Dating in the News
PerfectMatch.com Coupon Featured Today Offers 2 Free Months With 2 Month …. Houston Chronicle
The buy two get two free coupon is highlighted at the top of CouponBuzz.com’s tailored webpage dedicated to coupon codes and special offers from the online dating website PerfectMatch.com. A new PerfectMatch.com coupon targets single online shoppers …
Man accused of creating fake online profiles for his exes. Houston Chronicle (blog)
Carl Wayne McGraw, 30, is charged with online impersonation for two incidents surrounding two women he dated, according to court documents from Harris County District Court. McGraw met one of the women through OkCupid.com, an online dating site, …
New Dating Site Makes Matches Based on Food. LA Magazine (blog)
If you sign up with Match.com, EHarmony.com, or any number of other online dating sites, chances are you’ll spend as much time filling out the match-making questionnaire as you will actually dating. Relationship history, interests, faith, body-type, …
From Nigeria with love. The Age
In romance scams, victims meet fraudsters through online dating sites and part with money to buy airfares, secure early discharge from the army or help a sick relative of a person the victim believes is in love with them. The $5000 that Meredith Hoarey …
Dating in the News: Press Releases
West Coast Winx Launches Exclusive Market Research Test-Group. San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
West Coast Winx, a new and revolutionary, Central Valley based, dating network is pleased to announce the launch of its exclusive market research test-group. West Coast Winx is looking for 5000 single, Age 18 or older men and women to give feedback on …
Adultery Dating Website Banned from UK Wedding Shows. Benzinga (press release)
A dating website for married people seeking illicit encounters has been barred from exhibiting at the UK’s biggest Wedding Shows. UndercoverLovers.com, which is aimed specifically at married people seeking extra-marital affairs, were planning to …
Speed-dating event hopes to KickStartLove. Cleveland Jewish News
After writing online dating profiles for her friends, Averbach, 26, a Park Synagogue congregant, said they “were getting three times as many messages as before, going on more dates, and getting into more relationships.” Her friends convinced her to …
Russian Dating Site ElenasModels.com Releases Survey Results “Top 10 Countries Preferred by Russian Women and Ukraine Women Seeking Western Men for Marriage” PR Web (press release)
Dating site ElenasModels.com released survey results on country preferences of Russian women and Ukraine women seeking western men for marriage with UK, USA and Switzerland topping the charts. 75% of Russian women and Ukraine women in the survey said …
A Date With Diane. Vogue.com
Diane von Furstenberg is adding another string to her bow as she prepares to enter the relationship and dating arena - styling women embarking on first dates. The designer has joined forces with MATCH.COM for three events in New York, Dallas and Miami, …
Web series ‘Dating Rules from my Future Self’ premiers in January 2012. Bellingham Herald By STAFF - McClatchy-Tribune
A new web series focused on dating, starring Shiri Appleby (“Roswell,” “Life Unexpected”) will premier in January, according to EW.com. The nine-episode series - which will premiere in January - is being directed by Elizabeth Allen (“90210,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “Gossip Girl”) and follows a 29-year-old woman (Appleby) who gets text messages from herself 10 years in the future that serve as warnings that she has to change her dating tactics or she’ll end up alone and unhappy.
First Dates in the News
Diane Von Furstenberg is Giving First Date Outfit Advice on Match.com. Match.com - Fashionista By Dhani Mau Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011 / 3:27 PM
We can’t really think of a more magazine-prescribed “first date-appropriate” outfit than the DVF wrap dress. And over the years, Diane von Furstenberg has become a bit of a voice of wisdom for the fashion …
Vancouver: Where to Go On a First Date. Canadian National Newspaper
Your first date with someone may determine whether you go out with them again so the setting must be right. Don’t go out for a fancy dinner. Fancy dinners should be saved for special people and on a first date it looks like you’re trying too hard. …
First Date News for Online Daters
Men spend more on first date grooming than women. AOL Lifestyle UK
It appears men are so preoccupied with looking good on a first date that they now spend more on grooming products than women. According to figures released by dating website match.com, single men think nothing of spending almost a third more than women on …
My husband Cary Grant force-fed me LSD and it nearly killed me. Daily Mail By Dyan Cannon
My first dinner-date at Cary Grant’s home in Beverly Hills turned out to be as surprising as it was romantic. On that balmy night in 1962, I was 25, an innocent young actress trying to work her way up in Hollywood. …
Mitchell Gross: Author ‘duped Jewish dating website women out of $4.4m’. Daily Mail By AP
An author of legal thrillers and a fantasy trilogy was accused Thursday of bilking women out of millions of dollars after meeting them through an online Jewish dating service. Mitchell Gross, whose books include the suspense story ‘Circle of Lies …
Dating in the News
Cougar Dating Site Wants Madonna as Its Spokeswoman Cleveland Leader
She’s currently dating a 24-year-old dancer named Brahim Zaibat, and previously dated 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Lutz after he divorce with Guy Ritchie, whom was also younger than her (he’s 43, she’s 51). That makes her a woman who goes after …
Economy changes attitudes about dating. Columbia Daily Tribune
50 percent of singles would be open to dating someone unemployed if they found the person interesting. 46 percent of women said it doesn’t matter how much their potential partner spends on a date. 58 percent of women said they don’t want an expensive …
West Tennessee Has Its Own Private Dating Personals PR Web (press release)
West10Personals.com is a new dating personals website specifically created for individuals living in the Western Tennessee area. Since going live online August 16, 2011, a few of its current members have written the site creator to thank her for …
Often I Find That I Am Naked Australian Stage Online
Where are you at in your dating life? Trawling through nightclubs, or settled down with Mr/Mrs Good Enough? Unless you’ve had the luck of finding ‘The One’ on your first date, then we’ve all had those cringe-worthy ‘what was I thinking’ moments. …
Background checks may invite liability. Business Insurance
After a client of Match.com was raped by a man she met through the site, the dating site began screening its members for registered sex offenders. DALLAS—Internet dating heavyweight Match.com’s recent announcement that it has voluntarily begun …
Dating in the News
New twists to online dating. MiamiHerald.com By Joshunda Sanders
With hundreds of millions of users on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Google Plus, how do you navigate dating on social networks? Some singles say they’re better than traditional dating sites at giving you a full picture of the object …
Mayoral clutter brings speed-dating campaign advice. Portland Daily Sun
Few of these grassroots candidates are employing political consultants or polling experts, so they can learn much from the rules of speed-dating. It was easy to find some “do and don’t” lists on the web. You just have to translate from speed-date to …
Lesbian Cougars Now Have a Dating Site to Hunt for Cubs. SheWired
There is a new dating site ready to help mature lesbians who are looking for young Sapphic love. According to the website, Lesbian Cougar Dating is for women who “enjoy being in the company of lesbian cubs who are willing to experiment and let go”. …
Staten Island gets the big kiss-off in Match.com poll of New Yorkers. SILive.com
Web dating site Match.com surveyed more than 1000 city singles on their dating preferences, and discovered that only 8 percent of singles from Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens would be willing to make the trek here to go out on a date. …
15 second pitch: Dottie Ricketson, Dating & Relationship Coach Daily Camera.
The company’s pitch: Utilizing the Intentional Relationships Methodology, Dottie works with singles who are struggling to find that special relationship and can’t figure out what is standing in their way. This proven system helps identify patterns, …
4 Ways Job Hunting and Dating are Similar. Learnvest Living (blog)
Dating and job hunting both have their ups and downs, and sometimes both of them can feel like emotional rollercoasters. It’s really hard to find a job that’s just right for you, and the journey to find it can be as hard as looking for love. …
Speed Dating - Older men younger women. Antipodate.co.uk
These speed dating evenings are great fun. For best results we recommend you come along with an open mind and don’t take it too seriously. You’ll have a great time, you’ll meet lots of single people and you might meet someone special. …
Dating in the News
Irish dating advice - the top ten things that Irish women hate in a man. Irish Central
The eternal question which weighs heavily on the minds of most men- what do women want? A recent poll conducted by the Morning Crew on Dublin radio station 98 FM has finally unearthed the answer, or at least offered some suggestions as to what Irish …
Twitter unites all first date sufferers. Times of India
One of the common reasons that led to a terrible dating experience was the lack of restaurant etiquette. “Went on date with guy who said, ‘Seeing as I’m paying… we won’t have starters and we’ll drink tap water’,” one tweeter added. …
How to Avoid the Biggest Online Dating Problems. Market Press Release
Have you ever experienced online dating problems? These days a lot of people are going for an internet relationship. In case you are wondering what an internet relationship is all about let us first elaborate upon that…
Firefighter faces discipline for posing with fire gear on dating website. FireRescue1
A Pennsylvania firefighter may face discipline for wearing fire department equipment in a dating website photo. Liberty Fire Company No. 2 volunteer Firefighter Ernest Hase III, based in Bangor, posted a picture of himself wearing a firefighter helmet …
How Is New York Not in the ’10 Most Promiscuous Cities’ List? Village Voice (blog)
19 2011 at 2:43 PM Dating site OkCupid, which comes out with interesting sex and dating data every now and then, has dropped some new knowledge on us: a list of the 10 most promiscuous cities in the US The metric is based on how many OkCupid users’ …
Match.com Ordered to Prove it Screens for Sex Offenders. NBC Los Angeles
A woman who claims she was raped by a man she met on the dating website Match.com has filed a lawsuitagainst the dating website. She is demanding that Match start screening for sexual predators. A Los Angeles judge Friday ordered an attorney for the …
How to Avoid Online Dating Scams. Reader’s Digest Version
Common sense will tell you that sending money to a stranger is a bad idea. Here are more tips to protecting yourself from a scam…
