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How NOT to give commissions when subscribing to eHarmony

Posted by eharmonyblog on 07 September 2009 under Hacks · Comments (8)

Must ... not ... click ...Do you find it weird that, in most websites, each occurrence of the word “eHarmony” or “Free Communication Weekend” is always a clickable link?

That’s because promoting online dating sites is a large and lucrative industry. Wherever you find text like these, even in some news sites, the links are rigged so these sites get a commission from $20 to $65 for each sale that eHarmony makes.

It’s a good source of income. Continue Reading »

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  • annoymous1 wrote

    Sounds like a bunch of winners. But there are also date sites for Big Beautiful People whatever. One groups assets are another group liabilities. …

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Spokeo – it’s what you use next after eHarmony Open Communication

Posted by eharmonyblog on 07 July 2009 under Hacks § Tips · Comments (1)

So you got an email address from your eHarmony match. Congratulations!

Your next step is to look the person up in the Spokeo Email Research tool.

Spokeo Home page

What can you find out? This search results sample screenshot is worth a 1000 words.

Spokeo Email Research

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  • Brent wrote

    Yeah, let's use something that is totally full of inaccurate information. Looked up mine a month or two ago and it was completely error filled but was a couple things right at least. I removed it anyways. Having bad info there is worse than having correct in many cases. …

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How interesting … CompatiblePartners doesn’t reject registrants

Posted by eharmonyblog on 17 June 2009 under Hacks § Rejected by eHarmony · Comments (2)

Except when you choose “Married”, “Separated”, or be younger than 18, whatever your answers are — the site lets you in.

Married or separated

cp-currently-married

Underage

cp-unable-to-match

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  • Ron wrote

    This article makes sense. Why should you reject apples based on the profiles of successful oranges!? …

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Q&A: How many members does eHarmony have?

Posted by eharmonyblog on 14 June 2009 under Hacks · Comments (2)

It’s about time for another membership counts update! How many members does eHarmony have?

There are two parts to this question.

1. How many members does eHarmony have since they started?

eHarmony has stopped publishing updated membership numbers since April 2008. Since April last year, all the advertising, press releases and media interviews coming from them say they have “over 20 million members”. They never explained why they stopped stating their membership size.

You know what, it’s easy to find out how many registrants they have since they began the service in 2000. Here’s the step by step: Continue Reading »

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Patterns in the eHarmony promotional codes

Posted by eharmonyblog on 28 December 2008 under Hacks § Seen on eH · Comments (2)

[Updated November 18, 2009]

There are certainly patterns in the promotional codes, and if one is willing to try the various combinations, the reward is a better discount or … a working code!

General pattern

Except the WELCOMEn series, all codes are 8 characters. There are AT LEAST four letters out of eight.

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The Completely Unauthorized Strategy to Succeed in eHarmony

Posted by eharmonyblog on 29 November 2008 under Hacks · Comments (3)

There are a few reasons where someone would be driven to succeed in eHarmony:

  • You paid for a year’s subscription, and after a few weeks of dismal results, you’ve decided to refuse to let your money go to waste.
  • You are driven to find your soulmate (or get married), and compared to the various options (personal networking, interest clubs, bars, dating sites) in your situation, eHarmony is one of the most viable.
  • You are impressed with the matches that eHarmony is sending you but for one reason or another these matches are not clicking with you.
  • No reason; you just want to succeed at this as a personal victory.

When you have this situation there’s one project I heartily recommend.

eHarmony Strategy: Creating the Reconnaissance Profile

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  • Scott Grey wrote

    Actually, I stole the idea (and even the name "recon profile") from Dave M., of Insider Internet Dating. But I gave him credit. :-) But, yes, it is a bother. And it IS a violation of terms of service, which I can't recommend. But it WAS educational for me. And nausea-inducing. My experienc …

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