Ashley Madison claims a disappointing Mother's Day prompted women to sign up for the dating site.
A seriously bad Mother's Day has prompted a whopping 52,684 moms to cheat? That's what a dating site for affairs, Ashley Madison, says. According to FOX Business, the site reported a 321 percent increase in traffic following Mother's Day, presumably to take advantage of the site's one-day special for free messaging. On an average day, 3,000 women sign up for Ashley Madison, so needless to say, that over-50,000 stat is a huge jump—also up 60% from last Mother's Day when the same offer was on the table.
This article describes how the author, a self proclaimed online dating critic, met his wife online.
Are you tired of being single? Have you ever considered online dating? I know the very idea of going online looking for love makes you feel like you're a loser.
I can understand. If you would have told me when I was in my thirties that I would have met my wife online, I would have laughed in your face, called you a few choice names and bet everything I owned against it happening.
But, no matter what I felt and believed at the time…I would have been wrong. Isn't it ironic how life works out?
New research shows online dating has boomed, and changed the way couples connect worldwide.
Right now, 30 percent of couples who have Internet access around the globe meet online. And over the past 14 years, that number has skyrocketed. New research, conducted in part by the eHarmony Lab, shows that the more friends a person knows who have tried and met love online, the more likely he or she is to take a chance on Internet matchmaking. So, as the number of online daters continues to grow, it becomes a domino effect.
Up-and-coming online dating site InboxCupid puts a new spin on the daily-deals email idea.
If you're an avid online dater and you're getting pretty sick of the (new)age-old formula of filling out a profile, nudging potential matches and waiting to get winks back, then let us introduce you to InboxCupid.
New Match.com study says single parents have more dating success than singles without kids.
Listen up, single parents looking for love: Match.com has released a new study that reflects the growing number of single parents dating (and finding success!) online.
Kathryn Lord, Romance Coach, says "YES!" See her answers to this and 9 more of singles' FAQ!
Now, on the surface, this sounds like a dumb question to a Romance Coach who met her husband on Match.com. Of course! We are living evidence that Internet dating does indeed work, and work well. And it is not just my husband Drew and me. Internet dating is working so well now that 17% of newly marrieds over the last three years say they met online, 30% of those on Match.com. Particularly since 9/11, online dating has gone mainstream. If it wasn’t working, people wouldn’t be saying so.
Dating profile names are often reflective of your personality.
Dating profile names are often reflective of your personality and can be a determining factor in online dating success. Just as with your physical appearance, the more non-descript or ordinary your profile name, the less response you'll receive. Draw attention to yourself by being creative! An interesting or eccentric online dating profile name can quickly draw attention, be a great conversation starter or a chance to express your individuality. Here are some things to consider when choosing an effective profile name:
New legislation has been introduced to help cut down the risks of looking for love online.
Do you feel safe participating in online dating? Or do you worry about who you might meet online? If you fall in the latter category, you're not alone. Sexual assault is a real threat among daters looking for love online.
OkCupid fills us in on rough sex, Twitter's masturbatory powers and other sex trends.
What's the correlation between Twitter use and sex drive? Or between the word "grammar" and rough sex? This week, OkCupid published a series of infographics revealing the quirkiest sex trends among their extensive user base. You can see the charts for yourselves over at the OkTrends blog, but here are a few of our favorite factoids:
Online dating survey finds that U.S. singles will watch wedding, but disagree with royal traditions.
With just over a week to go until the Royal Wedding finally takes place on April 29, the media is abuzz with covering every last detail of the highly anticipated event. Across the pond in American, we are absolutely eating it up, and rightfully so—who hasn't dreamed of some day finding a prince or princess? Apparently, not everyone.
Who needs a real woman when you can have a fake one from Cloud Girlfriend? Um...
In a 21st-Century twist on Weird Science, Cloud Girlfriend claims that their service, which launches April 26th, will create virtual girlfriends who post messages and respond publicly to you on your favorite social networks.
