PRESS RELEASE -- Sep 29 -- BharatMatrimony.com, Indian matrimony portal launch its services on Airtel, India's leading
mobile telecom service provider. Airtel subscribers can access the matrimony
services with GPRS enabled handsets across the country. FULL ARTICLE @ OPEN PR
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10 Ways To Recession-Proof Your Romance
PR WEB -- Sep 27 --
1. Show each other the money - "In romantic relationships, communication is key," said Tasha Cunningham, creator of DontDateHimGirl.com.
2. Share the pain - Talk to your significant other about any concerns, fears or thoughts you might have about your finances.
3. Give up the goods - Cut back on dinners out and cook together at home instead.
4. Go date-free and still have fun - Plan dates with your sweetheart that don't cost a thing.
5. Don't fight over money
6. Don't hide money from your partner
7. Book a lavish vacation
8. Challenge each other to save
9. Do things for a dollar - Check out a dollar movie theatre, or hit a dollar store together for fun.
10. Retrain your brains - Train yourself to cut back on the things you both love
The full article was originally published at PR Web, but is no longer available.
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PlentyofFish Passes 2 Billion Matches
PARADIGM SHIFT -- Sep 26 -- I saw this post from eHarmony this morning showing 1 billion matches since 2000. PlentyofFish passed 1 Billion emails this weekend at iDate in London. We also passed 2 Billion matches generated by our matching system since 2005 or so. Stay tuned for 2 major press releases in the coming weeks, both of which will have a major impact on the industry.
The full article was originally published at The Paradigm Shift, but is no longer available.
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DontDateHimGirl.com Integrates Free Sex Offender Search
1888PRESS RELEASE -- Sep 26 -- DontDateHimGirl.com has implemented a new search interface on the site, created by PredatorBarrier.com, which will allow users to find out if the guy they're dating is a registered sex offender in the U.S. PredatorBarrier.com offers its services at no charge in the form of both traditional and mobile device portals.
The full article was originally published at 1888PressRelease, but is no longer available.
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Japan's Online Social Scene Isn't So Social
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD -- Sep 26 -- The vast majority of mixi's roughly 15m users don't reveal anything about themselves. It's not just mixi. It's Japan. Fewer than half of Match's members in Japan are willing to post their photos, compared with nearly all members in the U.S. Google, which operates YouTube, has tried to convince the Japanese to loosen up, running events in Tokyo in which girls in miniskirts roam the streets with giant picture frames and video cameras, soliciting pedestrians to frame themselves and record a clip for the site. "When we did research in Japan, we found that the No. 1 reason for not using online dating is that they don't know if people are real or not," says Match.com's Japan president, Katsu Kuwano. The company hopes to make more people show themselves online by defining itself in a less Web-centric way. Match has also held offline events at Tokyo restaurants. FULL ARTICLE @ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
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Interview With Darren Richards, Founder Of Dating Direct
GLOBAL EDGE -- Sep 25 -- Darren Richards grew Dating Direct from nothing into the UK's largest dating site with over 4m monthly users. He sold out to Meetic for £30m in 2007. He talks to Globaledge about his plans to repeat his success in the property portal market with PropertyIndex.com.
Q: How running a dating site compares to operating a property portal?
A: The challenges are actually very similar. Both businesses are about using the internet to bring people together, either on a date or introducing buyers to sellers in the case of property.
Q: You had first-mover advantage back in the nineties with Dating Direct. It must be very different working in such a saturated market?
A: We always put the user at the heart of the online experience and stayed two steps ahead of the competition.
Q: How do you plan to do this with PropertyIndex?
A: We have over 150,000 properties from over 1,000 agents. We offer agents very competitive pricing but we realise that we need to be more innovative, both in terms of our offering to consumers and agents.
Q: For example?
A: On the consumer side, we have a number of Web 2.0 innovations in the pipeline and we plan to go further than anyone else in this respect. I'm a big fan of sites like TripAdvisor.
Q: Is there anything you can tell me about your plans to improve your proposition to agents and developers?
A: Our lead numbers are growing rapidly at the moment which is ultimately what agents judge us on. Leads were up 70% between July and August and so far for September, we are 25% ahead of where we were last month. In terms of improving the proposition, we recently introduced featured positions and branding on a cost-per-click basis which is something most other portals don't do. Pay-per-performance is generally what agents want and we'll continue to innovate with this in mind.
READ FULL INTERVIEW @ GLOBAL EDGE
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eHarmony: 1 Billion Served
EHARMONY BLOG -- Sep 25 -- Sometime this morning, eHarmony is serving its one billionth match. eHarmony's match ID turns ten digits sometime between 12 midnight and 3 am PST today. That's the number of pairings the system has made since it started off circa August 2000.
The full article was originally published at eHarmony blog, but is no longer available.
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VIP Party Connecting Sugar Daddies With Gorgeous Girls
PR WEB -- Sep 25 -- SeekingArrangement.com, the sugar daddy dating site announces "SUGAR", the exclusive VIP party for wealthy sugar daddies, millionaires and gorgeous girls seeking arrangements. The event will be held in Las Vegas on December 3, 2008. Event ticket for men at the door is $2000, for girls $300. FULL ARTICLE @ PR WEB
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HOT Or NOT Gets Face Lift
BUSINESS WIRE -- Sep 24 -- HOT or NOT have redesigned their website. The site now
includes more robust profiles that feature the company's proprietary
HOTLISTS brand affinity application, new virtual gifts, buddy lists and
faster access to HOT or NOT gossip and celebrity ratings. FULL ARTICLE @ BUSINESS WIRE
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Finding Love Is Still Worth The Investment
WASHINGTON POST -- Sep 24 -- Today an estimated 120,000 marriages a year
result from Internet matches, according to Online Dating Magazine. The population of U.S. singles 15 and older (the Census
Bureau's age cutoff) grew to 119.9m in 2007 from 100.9m
in 2000 and 86.8m in 1990, according to census data. The U.S.
online dating market totaled $649m in revenue in 2006, according
to Jupiter Research, and is expected to reach $932m by 2011. Economists say it's not that people are spending more on dating,
they're just willing to spend it differently. "Before they were
spending money in bars " says
Emir Kamenica of the University of Chicago. Now, he says, at least some
of that money goes to dating services. FULL ARTICLE @ WASHINGTON POST
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Dating Sites Hang On Despite Increasing Competition
IDG SERVICE -- Sep 23 -- Owners and companies running dating Web sites are meeting Monday and Tuesday at the Internet Dating Conference in London to discuss challenges in their industry. The top dating sites in the U.K. for June were PlentyofFish, followed by Meetic, Match.com, Gaydar.co.uk and GirlsDateForFree, according to comScore. In North America, the top sites in June were PlentyofFish, Singlesnet, eHarmony, Match.com and Yahoo Personals. The number of page views for dating sites are falling, and people are spending less time but revenues are growing. The main revenue model is subscription. Other dating sites are offering premium services used by traditional matchmaking companies. A site in China, Zhenai, charges $200 a year for access to its online site and team of match matchers who work with singles over the phone. That's far less than fees charged by traditional matchmakers, which can cost $5,000 or more a year, said Mark Brooks, who runs a consultancy focusing on social networks and dating sites. FreeDating.co.uk is free, and makes money by showing ads. It's the same model used by PlentyofFish, a relatively simple site that debuted in 2003 and has surged to the top spot in the U.S. and U.K. markets. FULL ARTICLE @ PC WORLD
See all posts on PlentyofFish See all posts on Singlesnet
See all posts on Meetic See all posts on eHarmony
See all posts on Match.com See all posts on Yahoo Personals
See all posts on Gaydar See all posts on Zhenai
See all posts on GirlsDateForFree
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David Thornton Named National Call Center Director At TRO & TD
PRESS RELEASE -- Sep 22 -- The Right One and Together Dating, the traditional dating service, has recently promoted David Thornton to the position of National Call Center Director. Thornton has 19 years of experience in the dating service industry. He started out working for TD in the Midwest in 1989 and was the service's first telemarketer. Over the years, Thornton wore many hats, including that of matchmaker, sales consultant and Regional Sales Director. Thornton's longevity at TRO & TD is matched by a number of other team members, including Terry Fitzpatrick, COO, who has been with the company for 18 years and Brenan McGarrigle, a Relationship Consultant who has approximately 600 marriages to her credit during her 25 year tenure.
The full article was originally published at PR Inside, but is no longer available.
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WooMe Lets You Post Your Online Video Dates To The Public
TECH CRUNCH -- Sep 22 -- WooMe, the site that throws users into 60-second one-on-one online video sessions, will now allow users to post recordings of their brief dating sessions to the public. The site is a direct competitor to SpeedDate, a video dating site that has recently been caught using some deceptive tactics on Facebook to gain users. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH
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Flirtomatic Notches Up A Million Users
PRESS RELEASE -- Sep 23 -- Flirtomatic, the UK mobile and online flirting service, has now over one million registered users, mostly based in the UK and of which more than 50% are mobile users. Since August 2007, their revenue has increased by 475%. FULL ARTICLE @ PRESS OFFICE
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Thanks To OPW's Sponsors
OPW -- Sep 23 -- Thanks to Online Personals Watch sponsors for their ongoing support. - Mark Brooks
* EasyDate
* Fling.com
* iovation
* OmniDate
* PlentyofFish
* The Right One
* Together Dating
* WealthyMen.com
* WhiteLabelDating.com
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