SEATTLE, WA–(MARKET WIRE)–Sep 22, 2004 — Lemondate allows online daters to rate a date, read reviews and check their own dating credibility from any dating site. When LemonDate was referred to as “the next evolution in online dating” by National Public Radio, people started to really take notice of this unique concept.
DenverSingles.com Forms Alliance with the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News
Denver, CO (PRWEB) Sep 22, 2004 — DenverSingles.com, a Premier Singles Community, has announced that they will be partnering with the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News to become the exclusive online personals provider for Denver’s two largest newspapers. It combines a powerful online engine with dynamic offline events engine. PRWEB
CampusHookUp.com; Internet Dating Gets a Foothold on Campus
BOSTON HERALD–Is the computer replacing the kegger on college campuses? "I guess we've all been reared on the Internet,'' said Mandeep Singh, 21, a biology major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of Matchup.mit.edu, a Boston-based, college dating Web site. Using the Internet to meet people is just another progression for us.'' Two years ago, two Wesleyan University sophomores launched WesMatch.com. Now the duo is expanding beyond their Connecticut campus to dozens of colleges with CampusMatch. There's also CampusFlirts.com, CollegeLuv.com and Matchmaker.com/college connection. And the competition can get heated, as shown by two Harvard-based dating sites. The founders of http://www.connectU.com are suing the creators of the very popular http://www.thefacebook.com, claiming one of its founders ripped off their idea.
Date Now! Online Dating Innovation; eTwine.com
NEW YORK–Sep 20–eTwine.com announces the launch of its newest feature for singles: Date Now! …Use the scheduling box to let singles know what day you are available to go on a date. Your Date Now! listing will appear in the Date Now! search results and on your profile, and singles can then email you to let you know that they're interested in dating you that night. You can add a message with your listing or specify if you'd like to include friends to make it a double date!
Yahoo! Personals and the Improv Launch ”Comedy of Dating” Events for Singles Week
SUNNYVALE, CA–Sept 20– Yahoo! Personals kicks off National Singles Week (September 19-25) with its second annual survey of 11,000 singles. Reveals that singles have strong desire for dates that can make them laugh. Yahoo! Personals and the Improv Comedy Clubs have kicked off a nationwide "Comedy of Dating" tour for this week’s National Singles Week celebration. 42% said a sense of humor is the most attractive quality. Iintelligence is the second most attractive quality to men (25%), women are turned on by good manners and chivalry (27%).
PlentyofFish.com Reaches 200,000 Members
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Plentyoffish.com offers a positive, growing community and services that are completely free. "We haven’t really spent any money on marketing," founder and CEO Markus Frind states. "Our company vision is to keep costs to a minimum and pass the savings on to our members, providing services for free that almost every other model charges for."
Older Men Still Want to Become Fathers
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 — Midlife is typically a time when men are perfecting their golf game. But some are finding that patty-cake is more their speed. Fatherhood is on the minds of more men in their 40s and 50s these days, impacting the dating world….Between 1980 and 2002, the rate of births among men age 40 to 44 went up 32 percent, and up 21 percent for those age 45 to 49. For men 50 to 54, the growth was 9 percent. “They’re waiting until they’re ready,” suggests Armin Brott, author of Father for Life. Older fathers are often calmer and form strong emotional bonds with their kids.
Pollstar; The Concert Hotwire
POLLSTAR–Sept 16th–Singles Night @ Pollstar.com is THE place to be for the discerning, concert-loving single. And I believe that a man should never scrimp on the concessions. When I take a woman to a concert, say, Gretchen Wilson & Big & Rich, I always spring for the extra large Cokes, burgers and fries. 6,000 artists, 49,000 events!
Technology Makes Spying on a Flame Simpler
TUCSON CITIZEN–…The same technology that makes the Internet a global village also can make it feel like a small town where everyone knows your business. Your ex'es don't have to rely on local gossip for information about your new love interests: They can just go online and get it themselves. And the effect may be changing the rules of love. Call it Mayberry meets Big Brother.
The full article was originally published at Tucson Citizen, but is no longer available.
AmericanSingles.com Salutes U.S. Service Men and Women With a Special Offer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — AmericanSingles.com today introduced a special offer to help U.S. military personnel, currently on active duty, connect with its members for companionship, dating, or friendship with a complimentary one- month Premium Membership.