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A very annoying online dating break-up email
A couple who met on OkCupid got as far as three dates then decided to call it a day. Unfortunately the letter one wrote to other was considerably longer... 11th July 2011 - gawker.com

PlentyOfFish says OkCupid will die and Match.com is in decline
Markus Frind, the ever controversial CEO of PlentyOfFish.com, has nice things to say about the rise of Badoo and some less nice things to say about the Match.com stable in his latest blog post. He says the OkCupid acquisition included a $40m earn-out... 6th June 2011 - plentyoffish.wordpress.com

Secret online dating tips revealed by Harvard math majors
Regular readers will already be familiar with the fun approach to dating data by OkCupid. But the feeds have gone crazy with their latest work with mentions across today's mainstream press. If you're interested in human relationships, it's a great read... 23rd May 2011 - www.dailymail.co.uk

The 20 funniest moments in online dating history
The headline may have oversold it but since you're already here, check out Super Booyah's round-up of stupidest profile pictures and cringe-worthy moments from the weird world of online dating... 16th May 2011 - superbooyah.com

What effect has the internet had on finding love?
The Guardian explores how online dating has changed the way we approach our search for a partner. Is it better, worse, or just more business-like? Some interesting perspectives. 3rd May 2011 - www.guardian.co.uk

Why advertising won't save online dating sites
Julie Ruvolo takes a hard look at Match.com's acquisition of OkCupid and predicts that the only online dating to survive in spite of the social graph will be the adult sites... 22nd March 2011 - adage.com

Beer drinkers most likely to bonk on first date

by Andrew Summersgill, Editor
Thanks once again the dating data detectives from OKCupid for this one. Whilst looking into "The best questions for a first date" their stattos came up with some fascinating insights into the kind of things we ask people on first dates... 21st March 2011

Dating tackles the big questions: how about a world with less whites?

by Richard Speigal, Geek Boy
If you thought dating was only for the frivolous, think again. US dating site OkCupid has done some research into racial interaction across their user base and the results make interesting (if slightly uncomfortable) reading. 16th March 2011

JDate sues Zoosk, OkCupid and 2RedBeans
Spark Networks, who own JDate.com, have launched a patent infringement lawsuit against three other online dating firms. While JDate is declining, Zoosk and OkCupid are growing. Plenty of lively comment on this TechCrunch discussion... 15th March 2011 - techcrunch.com

Zoosk to overtake Match, says OKCupid doesn't innovate
ODI covers a pretty inflammatory interview with Alex Mehr, Zoosk's co-founder. Mehr says about Match.com "We can't kill them and they can't kill us... but we really believe we are going to win." Read the full slapfest here... 17th February 2011 - onlinedatingpost.com

Online dating startups drive matchmaking makeover
HuffPo does an excellent round-up of the online dating industry. Expect to hear lots more about the battle between Dating 1.0 and Web 2.0. It's kinda catchy... 15th February 2011 - www.huffingtonpost.com

OkCupid reveals the best questions for a first date
The geeks over at OkTrends have mined 275,294 match questions and come up with a definitive (if scientific) guide to what you should be asking your date... 8th February 2011 - blog.okcupid.com

Never mind 'hot or not'... just hope that someone out there calls you a moose

by Richard Speigal, Geek Boy
The geeks at OkCupid got bored of gawping at pictures of girls and decided to do some statistical analysis (hey, it's what geeks do). Some of what they found was pretty predictable but they also found attractive women often get way less attention... 3rd February 2011

UK dating industry comes up trumps at iDate Awards

by Andrew Summersgill, Editor
The second annual iDate awards have just been held in Miami and UK-based firms have performed extremely well. Congratulations should go to Whitelabel Dating, Lovestruck.com and Intro Analytics. See the results here... 21st January 2011

The online dating profile of Julian Assange or timely PR Coup?

by Andrew Summersgill, Editor
An online dating profile apparently belonging to Julian Assange, founder of the infamous Wikileaks site, has emerged. 14th December 2010

The most popular dating site lies

by Andrew Summersgill, Editor
Unless you're very new to Net dating you may have worked out that some Brad Pitt lookalikes turn out to be beer-swilling hairy-arsed truckers from Dagenham. It's not surprising people talk themselves up but it is surprising the predictable way they do it. 8th December 2010

Official: Tilted male heads get more action (so too does female cleavage)

by Richard Speigal, Geek Boy
Sam Yagan, CEO of OkCupid has released some insights analysing the behaviour of 3.5m online daters. Forget the girly relationship advice, check out the facts on men who tilt their heads, women who show their boobs and old people being racist. 26th November 2010

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