Match.com Acquires OKCupid
The online dating giant buys the young site for $50 million.


Updated on May 18, 2011, 5:35 pm ET
By Libby Keatinge    Find in Love+Sex    Related videos | articles | comments | share it

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It's an online dating match made in heaven! Match.com has aquired OKCupid, the fastest-growing ad-supported dating site, catering to a younger casual crowd.

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Match paid $50 million for the young, sprightly dating site, but who is really the winner in this match? Online dating blogger David Evans thinks "Match should be pumped" about the deal. "They are getting access to a brain-trust bringing a lot of dating industry experience that Match simply doesn’t have." (Onlinedatingpost.com)

Libby Keatinge is a senior editor at BettyConfidential.


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Seriouslyomgno
#1. Seriouslyomgno on 02/03/2011 - 12:07 pm (EST)
Out of curiosity, what does match.com plan to do with the overabundance of c··kshots on OKcupid.com? Also, do they plan to balance out the 200 to 1 ratio of men to women that plagues OKcupid? OKcupid lies about their man to woman ratio as well as the type of success their users claim to have. Here´s what´s really going on. Shame on them for stealing my blog for their ideas!

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