It was announced yesterday that Yahoo has done a deal with Match.com and has decided to close up shop with the once huge, Yahoo Personals. What I find interesting is that eHarmony did a deal with Yahoo in Australia last year. I wonder how long it will take for this deal/relationship to dissolve?

Old Yahoo personals account holders will be asked to merge their accounts to Match.com. It will be interesting to see how long this will take to come together and if there will be any fallout. Match is on a bit of a tear after acquiring singlesnet.com and niche dating service People Media last year.

The internet dating world is playing musical chairs once again, let us know what you think is the next big merger in the comments.

Location based social networks and services have been all the rage in the last 4 months. Many of the new services Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp have been building impressive user bases although they pale in comparison to most internet dating sites they are significant!

The rumor mill is running crazy today with reports that Facebook will go location based in the month of May. The big question is will the current location based networks be able to survive?

The other question is whether or not Facebook will allow outside developers access to this data. If the later is the case I would very concerned if I was an investor/owner in the aforementioned sites.

Good luck to everyone as it’s becoming more and more apparent each day that Facebook controls the social graph and we’re just along for the ride.

Let us know your thoughts?

Ending weeks of speculation about its future, Palm has been acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.2 billion.

As such, it appears that Palm’s mobile operating system — webOS — has lived to fight another day, with Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein saying in a statement that “HP’s longstanding culture of innovation, scale and global operating resources make it the perfect partner to rapidly accelerate the growth of webOS.”

The survival of webOS and its parent company had come under question in recent weeks, with some analysts suggesting that shares of Palm were essentially worthless. Things only got worse when RadioShack decided to stop selling Palm’s two flagship devices: Pre and Pixi.

Ok so what does this have to do with Dating? There are a few dating sites like match.com that have developed applications for the Palm app store and while I would have assumed this was a total waste maybe there will be some saving grace in the time and money that was spent on development?

Will HP kill the brand off and incorporate their existing technology into their own devices or will Palm go on? Let us know your thoughts?

See the entire articles @ Mashable.com

It’s articles like this that make us all wonder if we should have just started an adult dating site. At the end of the day most of us don’t because well, we have this concern about this thing called Karma! Anyways, for your reading pleasure it appears as though Craigslist is making great money, try 80% of their revenue is profit and a good chunk of it comes from “Adult Services”!!!!!

More than half of that revenue comes from recruitment advertising, but 30% of it comes from Craigslist’s adult services ads. By the AIM Group’s estimation, Craigslist’s adult services — formerly known as “erotic services” — will funnel in more than $36 million in revenue for 2010.

The Classified Intelligence Report also finds that Craigslist stands to take home anywhere from $88 to $99 million in profit, which means the company could see nearly 80% of revenue as profits. Plus, AIM Group founder Peter M. Zollman purports that, “Per employee, it generates more than $4 million in revenue and profits of $2.9 million to $3.2 million.”

To read the entire articles please visit Mashable.com

Valentine’s Day is behind us for another year, and most of us sports enthusiasts are tuned into the Winter Olympics being held in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.  Hosting visitors from around the world, there are bound to be some Funny Questions About Canada.

If you’re happy in a relationship you wouldn’t think about flirting with someone else, would you?  Some consider it a sport, but it you don’t know where to draw the line, you could find yourself acting out Dangerous Relationship Behavior.

America’s First Legal Gigolo examines America’s first legal prostidude (yes, that’s spelled correctly!), while 7 Worst Fashion Trends Ever takes a lighthearted look at what we’ve chosen to to put on our bodies over the years.  It seems that some of it should’ve gone straight into the garbage!

That’s all for this week, more next Monday.

We continued the countdown to Valentine’s Day with Greeting Cards, E-Cards and E-Videos and Feeling Like The Dating Cupid Forgot About You? For a different take on the hearts, flowers and chocolates have a lookat When V-Day Feels More Like C-Day.

Ever wondered if your guy/gal was really working late?  Dangerous Relationship Behaviours; Snooping examines whether to snoop or not.

Our lives are made up of decisions; we make them every single day.  When it comes to sex, there are some Bad Sex Decisions That Are Totally Worth Making.  But if all that sexy decision making is just too much to handle, find out Why Abstinence Is Hot.  No, really!

Anyone who’s half of a loving couple wouldn’t trade it for the world, myself included, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t Things I Miss About Being Single.

And finally, for an interesting take on the sexes read Gender Switch; Male PMS and Female Ejaculation.  Who knew??!!

That’s the condensed version of last week’s articles.  More next week!

If you’ve ever wondered why guys forget birthdays or don’t call when they say they will then Man Chat: Answers To Your Burning Questions is a must read.

We wouldn’t be a dating site if we didn’t have an article or two about Valentine’s Day now would we? 10 Valentine Gift Ideas For Those New To The Zoo is perfect for those who have just started dating. 10 Gift Ideas For Your Sexy Valentine are for those who have a more, ahem, intimate knowledge of each other.

If you’re a parent, you know you get blamed for a lot. Fortunately when your kid grows up chances are pretty good he’ll thank you for teaching him right from wrong, and a whole lot more. Here’s one person’s take on the 20 Things I Wish My Parents Had Taught Me About Sex, Love And Life.

Football fans should take note of 12 Lessons About Football & Sex, and those in need of a vacation (myself included) will want to start packing once they’ve read Where The Mild Things Are: Mellow Vacation Locations.

That’s our wrap up of last week’s articles. More next Monday!

Valentine’s Day is coming soon! Don’t be left unprepared. Show your flair by making one of these 15 creative do it yourself gifts for Valentine’s Day.

Not everyone likes to follow the rules and some are just meant to be broken. When it comes to relationships these are the relationship rules to break.

Speaking of relationships, or the lack thereof, just what are the pros and cons of undefined relationships?

If you can’t figure out whether to ditch him or hold onto him, subtle signs that he’s a keeper might help you decide!

And if you decide to let him go, well It’s Your Party…Cry If You Want To (It’s Good For You!). Seriously, crying really IS good for your health.

Guys, if your man game needs a helping hand, you need Dude Food: Powerful Foods To Keep Your Man Game Up.

We all know that friends are important, but did you know about The 5 Types Of Friends You Absolutely Must Have?

Those are our articles from last week. We’ll have another summary for you next Monday!

We have all been in that position where you are going to watch a movie but know ahead of time that you may not be remembering much of the movie as your attention is… elsewhere. Here are the 5 best or worst movies to watch on a date.

With Haiti in crisis, here is a must read article before you donate irresponsibly called the world just doesn’t feel right as Haiti hurts.

Our article called the top 10 media darlings of 2009 is a nice break from the general dating articles, and focuses on ten popular people that broke headlines in 2009.

Here is an article for the men reading the blog called the secrets you need to know about Valentines day.

For those dating in their 20’s, you have to read twenty-something love why its the best and worst thing ever. We encourage you to comment on it if you agree or disagree and to state your points.

Last but not least is a flagship article about which questions to ask on a first date, an article that a lot of people are looking for and one that we hit the head on the nail with.

That sums it up for this week, stay tuned for more must reads next week here at Datepad.

If you’re into “The Bachelor” don’t miss our review of America’s Next Hot Bachelor!

From Bachelor to Cheatah, how did our favorite Tiger get this way?

Want to take things public? Click here for some helpful hints.

Just got dumped?  How to be a Classy Ex-Lover.

2009 sucked for a lot of us.  Kiss 2009 Goodbye!