My FORBES colleague Kashmir Hill says the situation reminds her of the hullabaloos that ensue over online dating sites.
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On Realmatch.com, modeled after online dating sites, job seekers and searchers can type in their interests, and possible matches pop up.
Online dating sites, whatever their more mercenary motives, draw on the premise that there has got to be a better way.
The online dating sites are themselves a little like online-dating-site suitors.
Although online dating sites like Match.com and Lavalife have been around since nearly the inception of the commercial Internet, these newer sites are much more elaborate than virtual manifestations of "lonely hearts" columns.
Online dating sites highlight the challenges.
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Online dating sites have the same problem.
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Mr. Samit says ad revenue is growing, and the company is exploring deals with a range of partners, from online-dating, shopping and poker sites, to remote surgery applications.
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While options abound in online dating, the number of U.S. visitors to dating sites has fallen steadily from a peak of 21% of all Internet users in 2003 to 10% in 2006, according to JupiterResearch.
There have been lots of stories about people who've been defrauded by their online paramours, even a couple of Internet dating sites are in trouble for alleged false advertising.
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