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CLARKSBURG — The phrase "happily ever after" may be the perfect ending to fairy tales, but does it exist in reality?…Divorce rate is at nearly 50% (U.S. Census).  Still, Americans keep trying.  Almost 60% of the U.S. population is married.  Some believe the perception of marriage has changed from "until death do us part" to "until the divorce papers are finalized."  The top two things couples argue about are money and kids. The top reason for getting divorced is infidelity…Some individuals don’t realize a marriage needs to be maintained and nurtured…The marriage rate is down 3% since 1990 and 13% from 1970…5% of married people make it to their 50th wedding anniversary.

ECommerce Times–10/11–To stay afloat, existing online dating players will have to enhance what they’re doing and dump a lot more dollars into new technologies and services, and that could affect their margins…The US market will expand 19% this year, to $473 million, according to Jupiter Research…32% to $623 million, over the following five years…"The big growth in the U.S. is over," says Nate Elliott, Jupiter…This September, the U.S. had 844 dating sites, up 11% from a year ago.

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY–So far, online dating is the leading paid content service, but the growth is leveling off…U.S. sales of online ads are expected to reach $16.1 billion in 2009, up from $2.1 billion in 1998; mainly paid search.

TIMES OF INDIA–…As Gilda Carle, psychotherapist, believes online dating gives seniors “something to live for, that they didn’t have before…In August, more than 16% of those active on the top five dating sites were 55+. Overall, the number of people active on top dating sites grew to 22.53 million in August from 22.28 million a year ago. 26% of singles aged 55+ indicated they were looking for a commitment or marriage, much lower than the 55% for ages 18-29 and 60% for ages 30-39. TIMES OF INDIA

PCW: What are the most popular sections of Craigslist?
Newmark: Jobs, housing, for sale, and personals.

BANGALORE TIMES–OCT 05, 2004–Is a singles bar the answer for Bangalore? “Most certainly,” says MC Anjaan. “The most interesting people I have ever met, I met at a singles bar in Thailand. Today, people are forced to take up dance classes and foreign language courses in a bid to meet new like-minded people.”…”In the US they have interesting games at singles bars like speed-dating, where people meet several others for a few minutes each and proceed to date them if they hit it off.” TIMES OF INDIA

10/6–Daum Communications, a Korean Internet company has purchased Lycos Inc ~ $105 million. Includes the Lycos.com site as well as Lycos1 sites wired.com, tripod.com, angelfire.com, matchmaker.com, quote.com and hotbot.com. Spanish telecom and Internet company Terra bought Lycos in 2000 for $12.5 billion in stock.

The full article was originally published at Mass High Tech, but is no longer available.

PRWEB–October 6, 2004 — Tips for how to mix politics and dating with 5 powerful body language tactics. Five success keys for sending out the right signals. 

TOTALLY JEWISH–A lonely American rabbi’s son is taking the concept of speed dating up a gear by going on 50 blind dates in 50 US states – all in just 50 days. Dan Jacobs, from Santa Monica, is setting off on the ultimate romantic road trip next week. The 22-year-old’s voyage of discovery, part-funded to the tune of $21,000 by friends and investors, will be filmed for a television documentary called A Sensitive Guy on the Road: 50 Dates In 50 States. TOTALLY JEWISH

NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — Globix announced today that it is providing infrastructure services for Friendster.com (9 million members); advanced data center services. Friendster users have noticed significantly faster response times and page downloads.