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Recession, Free Dating Sites Are Match Made in Heaven

Paid online dating sites see customers flooding to free upstarts

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 6, 2009 3:53 PM CST

(Newser) – 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... Read full story »

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Recession, Free Dating Sites Are Match Made in Heaven

Paid online dating sites see customers flooding to free upstarts

love • recession • online dating • eHarmony • Match.com • weakening economy • financial crisis • PlentyofFish.com • OKCupid.com

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