Online Dating: Can Social Networks Cut In?

Not enough love in your online dating world? If so, you haven’t looked very hard.

From the biggies, such as Match.com, eHarmony, Yahoo Personals, to smaller, niche Web sites like ChristianCafe.com, JDate (for Jewish singles), sites that offer match-ups, hookups and dating prospects are, well, blooming. Even the newer social network sites like MySpace, BlackPlanet, CarDomain, and Zaadz.com offer an opportunity to meet like-minded people. More...

Trying to set a fire under online dating

EHarmony tries science and Match.com has Dr. Phil

[The Boston Globe] As Valentine's Day arrives , the online dating business is in the midst of an extreme makeover.

Internet dating was once scorned as the last resort of nerds and losers. No more: about 16 percent of all US Internet users -- or roughly 33 million people -- visited a dating site in 2006, according to JupiterResearch, and Americans spent $650 million last year on digital hookups. More...