Category: Guardian Soulmates

Guardian Soulmates Dating Site Shutting Down

Posted on May 17, 2020

Guardian soulmates logo 2020THE ARMENIAN REPORTER – May 14 – Online dating site Guardian Soulmates is to shut this summer time after 15 years. The crew behind the site said that online dating has turn out to be "a very different place" compared to when it was first launched, with the rise of dating apps. "To keep up with the changing times we'd need to invest heavily in new technology and develop a new way of operating, and it's just not viable," they stated. Several Twitter customers expressed their unhappiness over the information of Guardian Soulmates' closure. "You had been the classiest act on the town"; "You ran your business with dignity! Unlike most dating sites. Goodbye and thank you so much!"

by Jackson Delong
See full article at The Armenian Reporter

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Guardian Soulmates Users Hit With Spam After Data Exposure

Posted on May 8, 2017

Guardian soulmates logo 2017BBC – May 8 – Users of Guardian Soulmates have been targeted with sexually explicit spam emails after their contact information was accidentally exposed on the dating site. The Guardian newspaper's publisher, which runs the service, said "human error" was at fault. The problem has now been fixed.

by Chris Baraniuk
See full article at BBC

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UK Dating Sites Found Body To Clean Up Industry

Posted on September 9, 2013

Onlinedatingassociation logoMARKETING WEEK – Sep 9 – UK's leading dating sites including eHarmony, Guardian Soulmates, Match.com, MySingleFriend, Dating Factory, Lovestruck, FreeDating, are founding members of the Online Dating Association (ODA), a new industry initiative. Members of the ODA will sign up to a code of conduct which insists that members are transparent with consumers over pricing models, whether they are billed on a repeated basis, data privacy, and the authenticity of dating profiles on its site.

by Ronan Shields
See full article at Marketing Week

Guardian News & Media Is Seeking A Digital Shop For Soulmates

Posted on July 20, 2012

Guardian soulmates screenshotCAMPAIGN LIVE – July 19 – Guardian News & Media is in talks with several agencies to provide the digital account for its Soulmates dating site. The company is looking for an agency to support and grow the dating site's business. The process is being managed by the company's marketing department.

by Sara Kimberley
See full article at Campaign Live

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Guardian News & Media Legal Action Over ‘Database Infringement’

Posted on May 27, 2010

Guardian soulmates logo PRESS GAZETTE – May 27 - Guardian News & Media (GMN), the newspaper publisher, launched its action against businessman Daniel Yorke and his companies Dating Network and X Factor Online Dating after being contacted by three members of its Soulmates service asking why their profiles were appearing on other dating sites. GMN claims that by November last year the dating sites had more than 9,000 profiles in their databases that were identical to those in Soulmates. Use of the Soulmates profiles is a misrepresentation, the writ alleges, and calculated to lead people to believe GNM is involved in a commercial arrangement with the two dating sites, which it is not.

The full article was originally published at Press Gazette, but is no longer available.

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Guardian Soulmates Goes Mobile

Posted on August 7, 2009

Guardian soulmates logo GUARDIAN.CO.UK — Aug 7 – The Guardian's online dating site, Guardian Soulmates, has celebrated its fifth birthday by launching a beta version mobile site. Guardian Soulmates was launched in July 2004. Since then, over 275,000 people have signed up as members. FULL ARTICLE @ GUARDIAN.CO.UK