After three years battling the myriad of other free web dating sites, one of OkCupid’s users answered a question that propelled the online dating website to a new high: two hundred million questions answered.
OkCupid is a test-based free web dating site, similar to eHarmony, where potential matches answer questions about their lives, preferences and love […]

It’s no surprise to me that online daters are looking for more nooky than love - that’s why sites like AdultFriendFinder have done so well for so long. But when statistics from the largest online dating site (according to the most recent Top 10 Dating Sites in the U.S. post) prove it?
Okay, I’ll admit it: […]

According to HitWise, the current top 10 web dating sites in the U.S., are:

True, with 11% of the market. 55.9% of site users are male, 44.1% female.
SinglesNet, with 9.3% of the market. 51.5% of site users are male, 48.5% female.
Yahoo! Personals, with 9.13% of the market. 51.4% male, 48.6% female.
Match, with 8.22% of the market. […]

JDate, the largest U.S. web dating site for Jewish people, didn’t initially intend to exclude gays and lesbians from their website when they opened up shop a decade ago. Since then however, according to the EDGE Boston, the site has now opened it’s doors to those of all sexual orientations by adding the option of […]

JupiterResearch released their newest report today entitled, Online Dating in 2007: US Market Searches for New Users as European Market Challenges US Dominance, which states that the U.S. market for web dating services is still growing, but the European markets have […]

NorthJersey.com reported today that, contrary to the constitutional concerns of web dating sites and the various legal issues with background checking mechanisms, Senate President Richard J. Codey is “spearheading” new web dating laws in the area. Under the proposed legislation:

Convicted sex offenders who are caught using the Internet will be fined up to $18,000 and […]

Match.com, the online dating giant, has acquired one of the fastest social networking sites in China, eDodo, and France’s third-largest dating site, Netclub, increasing its world presence in the dating market to thirty-five countries, fifteen languages and six continents.
After a banner year of revenues exceeding three-hundred million, Match.com decided to expand into these new […]

A former Long Island officer will avoid jail time and three years of probation if he enlists in the army within the next nine months.
Michael Valentine, 29, hacked into his ex-girlfriend’s Match.com account and contacted seventy men on her behalf without her knowledge. Some of the men showed up unannounced at the ex-girlfriend’s house, expecting […]

I’ve met people using online dating sites of one sort or another for well over a decade - even before web dating was popular. (Think BBS. Yes, I was a proud modem-er in my early 20’s!) Throughout the thousands of people I met, I never, ever had a scary situation on my hands.
Well, if […]