Tag: ONLINE DATING

Maybe people have lost their jobs and now have more time on their hands. Maybe it's better to have a companion during hard times than to go it alone. Or, maybe, people are just looking for a little romantic excitement to take their minds off the dismal economy. Regardless of the reasons, as the economy has taken a nosedive, online dating Web sites have been soaring. A recent survey conducted for ...

Married on MySpace Trailer We know what you're thinking... "It's my wedding day and it should be perfect." So, why not let millions of MySpace members decide on every detail? It seems that the Web 2.0 has finally hit weddings, although this one comes tethered to enough corporate sponsorships to field a PGA Tour event. 'Married on MySpace' is a new online reality show where voters can select ...

Human contact is becoming more and more obsolete as technology improves, so it's no surprise that flirting is becoming just as impersonal. Whether you think that's good or bad, we recommend you check out The Frisky's take on Flirting 2.0. The guide shows how you can start with a Facebook poke to let that special person know you're interested and progress through steps of technological ...

We may have thought it was awkward, or even silly, when sites like Match.com, Dating Direct, and eHarmony first launched, but guess what? They work. According to a study conducted by consumer group Which?, one in five people who've used dating sites have gone on to marry someone they met online. Furthermore, more than half of the 1,504 people surveyed had been on a date with someone they met ...

It's kind of amazing to us that pay-for Internet dating sites have survived at all. Between MySpace, Facebook, Craigslist, and the myriad of free straightforward dating sites (like Plentyoffish, OkCupid, and Mingle2), that Match.com and eHarmony are still going is quite surprising. Match.com is hedging its bets in the deflating economy by unveiling its new free dating service, Down to Earth. ...

We're all pretty comfortable with the idea of online dating for humans, but mating sites for zoo creatures might be a bit much for even us to swallow. Zoos have long kept what they call studbooks, printed indexes of animals ready for mating, but as with everything else in this world, studbooks are starting to go digital. Ed Diebold, director of animal collections at Riverbanks Zoo, explains (to ...

It's confirmed: Online dating is the way to go if you're looking to get lucky. According to a recent survey published by the Sexuality Research and Social Policy research journal, one-third of women who meet people online have sex on the first date, and a whopping three-quarters of those surveyed do not use a condom. Meanwhile, a mere 27-percent engage in oral sex on the first day. That's ...

Everyone's doing it - over 40 percent of U.S. singles are finding matches online. That's more than 40 million single Americans cruising the Internet looking for love (based on census results that say there are over 100 million single Americans). So the Internet must be a great place to find true love, right? Not so fast. While online dating can be a great way to find someone new, dating ...

This one is for the love lorn in our audience. PlayerBlock is a new text messaging service that aims to let you avoid the hassle of dealing with that predatory, promiscuous menace of the dating world -- the player. For some people, the hassle of dating and weeding out the womanizing, lying, and just plain undesirable is just a bit to much. So Global SMS, the company behind PlayerBlock, is ...

Online games are no longer just for the proverbial basement dweller any longer as everyone from high-powered CEOs to your granny are meeting up in games like 'World of Warcraft' and 'Everquest' to slay beasts, gather wealth and sometimes even hook up. Recently the BBC took a look into the phenomenon of gamers finding potential mates through the unconventional means of online role-playing games. ...