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Rural Romance: Online Dating, Just for Farmers

Wouldn’t be caught dead dating “city folk?” There’s a website just for you.

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Major Online Dating Sites to Start Background Checks on Users

Match.com, eHarmony and Sparks Networks (operator of JDate and ChristianMingle) will scan the histories of possible clients for sexual assault, identity theft and violence before allowing them access to their fee-based sites.

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Your Place or Mine? Speed Dating for Roommates, Not Romance

SpeedRoommating aims to take the guesswork out of finding an ideal living situation.

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Single on Valentine’s Day? Five Phrases to Take Off Your Online Dating Profile Now

NewsFeed asked Grant Langston, eHarmony’s senior director of social media and advice blog coordinator, to walk us through the most overused phrases on online dating profiles.

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When Your Seatmate Becomes Your Soul Mate, A New Website Steps In

Hit it off on an airplane, but didn’t have the guts to get a phone number? A new missed-connections site can help.

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Icelanders Avoid Inbreeding Through Online Database

When you live in an isolated nation with a population roughly the size of Pittsburgh’s, accidentally lusting after a cousin is an all-too-real possibility.

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Most Singles Are Perfectly Content That Way, Study Finds

Most of today’s singles aren’t actively seeking a relationship, according to Match.com’s ‘Singles in America’ study

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Can Your Smelly Shirt Land You a Better First Date?

The days of toiling over perfecting online-dating profiles may be over. All you may need is a sense of smell.

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Need Backup at the Bar? You Can Now Hire a Wingman

Forget online dating. Just fork over some cash for some much-needed pickup help.

Geek Love: Making Matches or Making Fun?

Some critics feel that the show centered on “sci-fi speed dating” invites viewers to laugh at the protagonists.