| Today things are very different. In five years, Mr Simoncini has lifted taboos, attracted younger customers and transformed internet dating into a popular pastime for a liberated nation seeking excitement.
Now the founder of Meetic, the French site, hopes to do the same thing in Britain.
“We’re going to shake things up a bit,” says Mr Simoncini, who purchased DatingDirect, Britain’s biggest online dating firm, for £27.3 million in January. In a bid to boost the firm’s turnover, he is pr... | “Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.
TODAY'S LINKS September 16, 2006 FOCUS ONONLINE DATING: The Secrets to Finding Love Online? Even Animals Get the Online Dating Tease, Shopping For Your Soul Mate, And did you catch…
THE SECRETS TO FINDING LOVE ONLINE?
"Online Dating Question: How can youspot a fake online profile?"; American Chronicle, September 6, 2006
There are all kinds of reasons that a real per... | On October 28, Wuhan Evening News held a 10,000-person "spouse-wanted" gathering at Liberation Park in Hankou City. Lu Jiarui, 27 years old and 3 feet, 10 inches tall, went to the gathering to look for her dream spouse.
The Wuhan Evening News reported that Lu Jiarui was born in Jilin City, Jilin Province, in 1980. At birth, she weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces. By 3 years old, however, she had grown to only 28 inches tall. Her parents took Lu to more than ten hospitals in cities that included Beiji... |
