﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>online dating news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more online dating stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/11113/online-dating.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:33:27 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/72175/truly-wacky-online-dating-sites.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Truly Wacky Online Dating Sites</title><description>If the matches you’re finding on eHarmony are too vanilla, never fear: There’s a dating site out there for you, and Julie Gerstein of Lemondrop rounds up the quirkiest of the quirky:  If you wear a lot of black: Find your “own personal Satan” at Gothic Match. If you really,...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/72175/truly-wacky-online-dating-sites.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:08:40 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/71569/shuttering-mags-conde-nast-turns-to-online-dating.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Shuttering Mags, Conde Nast Turns to ... Online Dating?</title><description>OK, so Gourmet wasn't working out, seven staffers at Glamour were just given the boot, and the remaining mags in Conde Nast's stable are slashing up to 25% of their budgets. But obviously the time is ripe for Conde Nast to launch…an online dating site, the New York Daily News...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/71569/shuttering-mags-conde-nast-turns-to-online-dating.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 8:37:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/65479/even-in-recession-nyc-best-for-singles.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Even in Recession, NYC Best for Singles</title><description>New York may be expensive and unemployed, but high marks for “coolness” and online dating participation have it atop this year’s Forbes list of best cities for singles. As the economy stifles ambition, the dating number has become more significant. “When things are tough, core needs are most important,” a...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/65479/even-in-recession-nyc-best-for-singles.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:48:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/64670/online-datings-problem-too-many-matches-not-too-few.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Online Dating's Problem: Too Many Matches, Not Too Few</title><description>Online dating sites are so packed with possible matches that they cause “cognitive overload” in seekers, leading to unconsidered choices, the MIT Technology Review reports. The lovelorn may say they want a wider variety of candidates, but they spend less time evaluating them, new research shows. “More search options lead...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/64670/online-datings-problem-too-many-matches-not-too-few.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:58:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/63601/recession-sparks-dating-boom.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Recession Sparks Dating Boom</title><description>Interest in online matchmaking and dating events is up as recession-plagued singles seek stability, the AP reports. OkCupid.com and eHarmony.com both report huge spikes in membership, and attendance at Chicago’s Nerds at Heart has doubled. "With such a tenuous climate right now, I think people are looking for...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/63601/recession-sparks-dating-boom.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:35:46 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/51770/lookin-for-love-1-in-4-turn-to-arms-of-networking-sites.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Lookin' for Love, 1 in 4 Turn to Arms of Networking Sites</title><description>For those looking for love in all the wrong places, the right place might just be Facebook, reports the Telegraph , citing a new poll that shows one in four Britons are dating or have dated a person met through a social-networking site such as MySpace or Bebo. And in further...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/51770/lookin-for-love-1-in-4-turn-to-arms-of-networking-sites.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:52:00 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/50089/recession-free-dating-sites-are-match-made-in-heaven.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Recession, Free Dating Sites Are Match Made in Heaven</title><description>Traffic on free online dating sites has spiked, a trend fueled by the recession and by daters’ realization that finding love for free beats paying, reports BusinessWeek . “If it’s free, why would I go to Match?” asks a Florida woman who met her fiancé on PlentyofFish.com, which has outpaced...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/50089/recession-free-dating-sites-are-match-made-in-heaven.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:53:02 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/44880/i-havent-had-sex-in-15-years.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>'I Haven't Had Sex in 15 Years'</title><description>Writer Kit Naylor didn't intend for things to work out this way. She likes men. She likes love . And yet somehow, "here I am—55 years old, a spinster long past my sell-by date, no kids—and I haven't had sex in a decade and a half.” She explains in...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/44880/i-havent-had-sex-in-15-years.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:41:18 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/43153/eharmony-to-start-gay-dating-site.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>EHarmony to Start Gay Dating Site</title><description>Online matchmaker eHarmony has agreed to launch a gay dating service as part of a settlement of a discrimination lawsuit with the state of New Jersey. The service, to be called Compatible Partners, will be launched next spring and will be available through the main eHarmony website, reports the Philadelphia...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/43153/eharmony-to-start-gay-dating-site.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 6:58:13 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>