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Those looking for a bit of harmony in their romantic lives need look no further than the Web, according to eHarmony CEO Greg Waldorf.
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Hitting it Off, Thanks to the Algorithms of Love
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New ScientistAugust 15, 2008
Go Online to Find Your Future Spouse "You're now more likely to find your true love on the internet than at work or at a party, in the US at least - especially if you're over 45. That's according to a Harris Interactive online survey of more than 10,000 people who married in the US during an 18-month period in 2006 and 2007. 'Wanting to get married and not going online will soon be seen as equivalent to trying to find an address by driving around randomly, rather than using a map,' says Galen Buckwalter of eHarmony, the online matchmaking company in Pasadena, California, that sponsored the survey."
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National PostAugust 09, 2008
For Love and Money: What Some Will Pay for a Perfect Match—or Just a Few Nights of Fun "Julie Oden and Doug Fry, a couple in Toronto who are getting married next month, met two years ago on eHarmony, an online matchmaking service. Ms. Oden, 33, says that she liked the ability to focus on singular personality traits."
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The Washington PostJuly 22, 2008
Older Woman, Younger Man: It's a Match Made in Cyberspace "Fortunately, age is not the most important issue in a relationship. At eHarmony, members are matched according to psychological profile and personality characteristics. What are your values? Are you an extrovert? Are you open to new experiences, or do you prefer to stick with what you know?
'The process of developing a successful relationship is the same whether someone is in the 20s or 80s. People do better if they are matched with those who are similar to them on important dimensions,' says psychologist Galen Buckwalter, chief scientist at eHarmony.com. 'Age, in and of itself, is not a factor in compatibility.'" -
CNNJuly 14, 2008
CNN International's The Boardroom "[Host] Maggie Lake: Do you think you can find love, find marriage through technology? There seems to be something at odds there?
[eHarmony CEO Greg] Waldorf: I think to answer the question is to talk to the people who got married through eHarmony. We are talking about tens of thousands of people, on an average day in America now 236 people. And if you talk to them and say, tell me your story, tell me how you met, it is just as special, just as romantic. People remember the first message, the first phone call, the first date, the same way people who may have met another way." -
RedbookJune 1, 2008
Love Goggles “You already think that your guy is the hottest man around—and now research explains why: Feeling love for your partner makes you less likely to find other people attractive, according to a study from UCLA and eHarmony.”
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Los Angeles Business JournalMay 19, 2008
Translating the Book of Love “Company executives said its best marketing tools are its results: an average of 118 eHarmony marriages every day, according to findings in an independent poll conducted by Harris Interactive. Wedding guests often visit the site after finding out the couple met through eHarmony.”
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The Hartford CourantMay 18, 2008
Does Online Counseling Really Click for Dating, Married Couples? “The site has expanded into couples counseling in the past two years with eHarmony Marriage, an online therapy service for people who are married or in committed relationships. There’s no traditional talk therapy involved. Instead, couples answer an extensive questionnaire and receive a computerized assessment of their relationship’s strengths and weaknesses. Based on that information, the service prescribes a series of self-directed exercises and interactive videos that target their trouble areas.”
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WEAU NBC 13May 2, 2008
Online Dating “eHarmony works different[ly] from traditional websites. eHarmony matches you on key and important areas that describe you as a person. [According to a spokesperson, eHarmony believes] it’s important to bring people together based on long standing values and options first…then allow the members to share interests and photos later to help create a bond.”
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CNN Money.comApril 11, 2008
The Economics of Love and Happiness: 4 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Personal Life “Join a dating service such as eHarmony that uses scientific formulas to tell a potential mate that you are a terrific match.”
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U.S. News & World ReportApril 10, 2008
Boomers Met Their Match Online “Established dating websites for all age groups are also seeing a proliferation of older users. ‘If you look at the success stories coming through, many are stories of remarriage or of people who have lost a spouse previously,’ says Greg Waldorf, the CEO of the dating website eHarmony, which saw a 30 percent increase in users over 40 in 2007.”
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Pasadena Star NewsMarch 1, 2008
Entretech Names Entrepreneur Awards Winners “The awards honor entrepreneurial vigor and business achievements of technology and life-science companies based in Los Angeles…Snagging the growth category is online dating service eHarmony, which is based in Pasadena.”
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BusinessWeekFebruary 14, 2008
So I Married an Avatar “eHarmony boasts that 2% of marriages nationwide happen through its site, based on an online survey of more than 7,000 adults conducted by Harris Interactive and eHarmony in December.”
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Good Morning AmericaFebruary 13, 2008
Online Dating Site Says its Success is Based on Science “eHarmony researchers look at a couple’s chemistry, or lack thereof, and compares it to questionnaires to further hone eHarmony’s techniques. Their research has consistently found that physical attraction is a poor predictor of long-term relationship success.”
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The New York TimesJanuary 29, 2008
Hitting it Off, Thanks to the Algorithms of Love “[eHarmony’s] algorithm was developed a decade ago by Galen Buckwalter, a psychologist who had previously been a research professor at the University of Southern California. Drawing on previous evidence that personality similarities predict happiness in a relationship, he administered hundreds of personality questions to 5,000 married couples and correlated the answers with the couples’ marital happiness, as measured by an existing instrument called the dyadic adjustment scale.”
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TimeJanuary 17, 2008
We Just Clicked “At the global headquarters of eHarmony in Pasadena, Calif., one blue wall is papered with testimonies of love: snapshots of couples who met on the Internet matchmaking site and subsequently got hitched. There are older couples, military couples, kissing couples, couples with physical disabilities, couples dressed in wedding whites.”
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FortuneSeptember 14, 2007
eHarmony Does What Tech Ought to Do “Most dotcoms don’t arise from anything so touchy-feely as a desire to lower America’s divorce rate. But eHarmony is a singular internet company – one that shows how many great business opportunities remain for those who can creatively apply technology to basic societal challenges.”
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Los Angeles TimesJuly 30, 2007
This is Your Brain on Love “A research project headed by eHarmony Labs’ Gian Gonzaga interviewed 1,200 dating and newlywed couples. The results, reported in the July issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found that those who reported similar interests and feelings were more satisfied.”
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ReutersFebruary 13, 2007
Web Dating Service Takes Scientific Approach to Love “The studies at eHarmony Labs, which will be overseen by scientists from U.S. universities, will be shared with the global research community…Science may not be able to discover what causes the heart to pound or the palms to sweat whenever that certain someone is near, but eHarmony Labs hope to put a little more love into the world through science.”
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TimeFebruary 12, 2007
Cupid Academy “…according to Neil Clark Warren, the founder of eHarmony, no human knows enough about the complexities of modern romance to handle such a task. So Warren drew upon his 37 years as a psychologist do develop an intricate, 29-variable, computerized personality profile that he claims practically ensures accurate matches.”
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Wall Street JournalFebruary 10, 2007
The Matchmaker “The vision behind the company is not simply to create marriages, but to create happy marriages by using scientific research to unite compatible individuals. [eHarmony CEO Greg] Waldorf says, ‘If you can lower the divorce rate by 1%, it could affect a million people in a generation… [that] gives you a sense of how many people's lives are impacted.’”
