Although a lawsuit against Match.com by a woman sexually assaulted by her date was settled out of court, it will likely have repercussions throughout the online dating industry. The 54 year old victim was assaulted on her second date with 67 year old Alan Paul Wurtzel. Similar to millions of other users of online dating [...]

IAC and Meetic, the leading European online dating site have come into an agreement for Meetic to acquire Match.com ‘s 100% European operations. But in what looks like a big move for Meetic, it seems that actually Match.com is doing a big move with now a 27% stake in Meetic. And Match could acquire the French Company [...]

Match .com going Free online. This seems incredible but true. Match launched Free dating website Downtoearth. The site is under direction of Jacob Solotaroff, Director of Product Management and Member Integrity at Match.com. Markus Frind, CEO of Plenty of Fish, writes on his blog: “It looks like match.com realizes they are losing marketshare fast and [...]

Match experienced its best November since 7 years. November 2008 had 400,000 More Connections in November thanks to its new service Daily5. Daily5 sends 5 new matches each day to Match.com members.

Online Dating site Match.com said its members have exchanged over one billion winks. The company said 735,000 winks are sent every day. “Match.com has transformed the way people meet and connect, and the idea of a digital ‘wink’ has been a big part of that,” says Mandy Ginsberg, senior vp and general manager of Match.com North America. [...]

Askmen, a website dedicated to male just launched Askmen Dating in partnership with Match. The section is called Askmen Dating & Sex. The partnership will allow Ask men visitors to browse profiles before registering. AskMen.com was founded in August 1999 by Ricardo Poupada, Christopher Bellerose Rovny and Luis Rodrigues. It is the largest men’s lifestyle website with 7.2 million [...]