Some people still think online dating is only for freaks, geeks and ugly people.

Case in point: a recent Business Insider article arguing that online dating is for old and desperate people, namely women over the age of 30 with no relationship prospects. Alyson Shontell, the article's 23-year-old writer, claims that women in their twenties don't need online dating, suggesting that instead of lurking behind the computer screen, they should go outside and meet people "the old-fashioned way":

No offense, but we're young! And young people are active. While the bar scene may not be our best bet for soul mate searching, … Read More

EHarmony claims in television and online ads that 2% of people who got married last year in the U.S. met through their site. Earlier this year, a Match.com media kit boasted that twelve marriages and engagements a day could be credited to their site. And Marcus Frind, chief executive and founder of Plenty of Fish says his dating site brings about 100,000 marriages a year.

For those of us who are proponents of online dating, these statistics — at first glance — seem promising. But are they really reliable, or are they — as Mark Twain once said of all statistics — just … Read More

Funnyordie.com brings us this hilarious mock dating video. Are you and Jon Gosselin compatible?

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Forget your type. Why physical traits shouldn't matter. [College Candy]

I’ve never quite understood the idea of having a “type” when it comes to dating. Favorite ice cream flavor? Sure. Favorite type of guy? Not so much. Perhaps this is because I’ve gone out and hooked up with a lot of different kinds of men, and I’ve found myself equally attracted to guys of varying ages, races, heights, and builds.

What Jon Gosselin's Match.com video could look like. [Buzz Feed]

Many women's professional lives start after kids. [DoubleX]

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A guy friend told me last month that despite his ability to meet women when he's out, he has several online dating profiles. He, like some of my other friends, suggested I set up an account on Match.com or its equivalent now that I've reentered the dating scene after several years.

When I gave him the same line I'd given other people—"I don't think I need to"—he said, quite matter-of-factly, "Everybody needs to. It's just how things are going to be now." Read: 365 Days of Online Dating

Statistics show that the recession (and the fading stigma of … Read More

What's your type? Talk, dark and handsome? Short, bald and chubby? Muscular, unavailable and angry? How about Explorer, Builder, Negotiator or Director? These are the four personality types that anthropologist Helen Fisher coined during her research into why we fall in love with certain people but not others. According to Fisher, interpreting these types can help you navigate the dating ocean and net the perfect tuna (or man, if that's what you prefer).

Fisher, author of Why We Love: the Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love, built on her investigation of genetics and neurochemistry for her latest book, … Read More

If you’ve ever logged in to an online dating site, you’ve probably come across the profile of a laid-back guy looking for a girl who is outgoing, smart and funny. This guy likes to spend time with his friends and family. He’s always up for going out but also likes to stay in with a bottle of wine and a movie. His profile picture includes at least one animal or old person.

We know you’ve come across this perfectly inoffensive, but obscenely boring guy, because there’s not just one of them. Rather, there are thousands of men with … Read More

Tough times calls for tough cut backs. According to The Wealth Report, a new survey shows that more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extramarital affairs plan to cut back on gifts and allowances for their lovers. 12% of the cheating multimillionaires polled said they plan to give up on their lovers altogether for financial reasons. Sounds like good news for wives of multimillionaires!

Yesterday, Match.com reported that its members have officially exchanged over one billion winks, according the WSJ’s Market Watch. (Winks are used to flirt virtually without resorting to formal e-mail introduction. Read more … Read More

Your single self may be a product of nurture and nature, but your relationships are a product of compatibility and chemistry, or so says Chemistry.com, Match.com's sister online dating site. Chemistry.com differs from its sibling site since it targets singles who are serious about finding long and meaningful relationships.

Chemistry.com uses extensive personality profiling to access the personality type of its users and hand-select compatible matches. The fancy-schmancy personality profiling is based upon the work of biological anthropologist and expert on human attraction, Dr. Helen Fisher.

The Chemistry profile consists of 100-plus statements such as "People should … Read More

Have you checked out PlentyOfFish.com lately? If not, you are in the minority. Almost inexplicably, comScore (one of many web statistic auditing agencies) showed that POF Dot Com was the most visited dating site in North America. And from there the list gets a little goofy. Singlesnet.com came in after POF Dot Com. The rest of the top 5 rounded out as expected with showings from eHarmony, Match.com, and Yahoo Personals. But things get a little goofy as we move push back the top 10, according to Beta News. It's free!

So, is … Read More