somebody who met on match.com or got married because they met somebody on match.com -- >> sure.h your business model that once people find success, they have to leave your site, and you lose that customer? >> not at all for exactly the reason you just mentioned. when people find a love or get married, they tell everyone about it. of course, they have a wedding or, and they tell their friends, and the first question whenever you meet someone who's in a relationship is how did you meet? there's no were the marketing story -- better marketing story to tell their friends that they met on match because there are inevitably always going to be single people, and as long as they know someone who's been on match, that's great for the business. sandra: i should clarify, i know people who have met people on match.com -- >> sure, okay. [laughter] sandra: and had a lot of success, by the way. that being said, there are some perils with online dating, and i want to point out your tinder app because this is popular with the -- >> the olympics. zap zap yeah. you can log on to it through faceboo

>> we just did a singles in america study at match.com. no surprise.$1,000 a year being single. so that's going on dates, online dating memberships, dating advice and other things like that. when you're single and actively dating, it's one of the priorities. it's sort of like a gym membership when you've made a commitment to get healthy. >> it's more expensive when you get married. >> i think it's like a job. >> hold on one second. once you find your soul mate, they leave your site. you've actually started up a new site called delightful, to keep people who are married, like us, attached. tell us about it. >> delightful, we look at the match group as helping people be better daters, whether they're in relationships or looking for a relationship. delightful is basically a dating concierge service. we help you come up with date ideas and help you make your date better. if you're on a date and you want to figure out where to go after a date or you need flowers or something brought to you, you can simply send a message to our dating concierge -- >> i shoul

we go online and we talk about the algo rhythm of love, i spoke to a match.com analyst he was sayinghen people create their profiles, what he said is we don't say what they are interested in. maybe they don't mind what race you are or income you are, but what click on is what they begin to understand and they deliver results on this kind of thing. the fun facts of match.com, men who say their arms and chest are their best features are 10% more likely to find love. the women who say their belly button is their best feature. at the end of the day, that's how it goes. we are going to stay here and have you updated. >> more on the belly button feature with lori. thank you so much. president obama is trying to rev up his base with his new message of opportunity for all. is this the big theme that we are going to see in the november elections. we are talking about that straight ahead. and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on

>> who better to talk to on valentine's day than the ceo and founder of match.com?llion dollar industry, he's at the helm of it. we're going to talk to him about kinder, the app younger people are using to find people to date in their area. major concernses, we're going to ask him about it. melissa: "countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> friendly skies? how about the frozen skies? the big chill forces the cancellation of the highest number of flights in more than 25 years. will the freeze take the heat out of airline stocks? still need a valentine's date? there's an app for that. match.com, okaycupid and kinder are a huge business, we talk to the prince charming of online dating, sam yagen. the olympic race for social media gold. when it comes to youtube use, there's already a clear winner. "countdown to the closing bell" starts right now. ♪ ♪

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the biggest player here is isc interactive, which owns match.com and ok cupid.ost effective player, the one that gets the users the best matches with the lowest divorce rate in the country is the industry's number two. and that's the privately held eharmony, which is why tonight we're going off the tape to take a look at how these guys do business. because like it of not, these online matchmaking sites are the future. eharmony costs $59.95 per month or just $19.99 per month if you sign up for a full year. they use a proprietary 29 dimensional compatibility test to scientifically match up potential partners and now they're expanding into new markets. right now they're making a job matching service, which i think can be huge if they can connect people to jobs they will enjoy. last month, they launched a premium service, eharmony plus, which can cost $5,000 a year and involves the services of a human matchmaker. i think this is intriguing with the big future which is why i'm thrilled that neil clark warren, the clinical psychologist who was the chairman and the ceo

>> we just did a big study at match.com. no surprise.1000 a year being single. that is going on dates, online dating memberships, dating advice, and other things like that. when you're single and actively dating, it is one of the priorities. it is not like a gym membership when you make the commitment to get healthy. >> you know what? some people are not looking for love, not at least in a monogamous way. ashley madison, the only dating site for people already in relationships. >> i saw a huge percentage of people going to dating sites were not single. i thought i would build something. >> for you, was it that there is a market for everything? were you making a market for it? >> i was a sports attorney. i think there is infidelity in my professional dna, in a sense. the data was compelling. we all know affairs happen. we might be blown away by how many people the day after valentine's day will come to a service like ours. the opportunity was there and i wanted to pursue it. i could not imagine 25 million members, but that is what it has

> the deleted information revealed that bob was dating women he met on the online dating service match.com was doing so at the same time his wife sherry was dating kevin johnson. bob's profile on the dating website was also revealing. >> mr. durall portrayed himself as a man living separately from his wife and was completely unburdened by any other romantic or personal attachments and was open to a relationship with the appropriate woman. >> in e-mails to perspective dates, bob explained why a divorce was impossible. >> to one young woman, mr. durall said he really did not want to pursue a divorce with his wife because it would be expensive and messy. he actually went so far as to say he would be better off if his wife were dead. >> in another e-mail, bob said he had a plan to resolve his own satisfactory marriage. bob's internet search engine revealed he looked for information on all sorts of diabolical schemes. >> we were shocked to see these searches on things like poison, herbs, death, something about sedation of people, also about smothering. but the most graphic one was actually a se

. >>> a new survey is offering inside to the habits of young singles. 5000 took part in the match.comn a first date and the top activity for a first date is going out the dinner. >>> gopro announced it will go public. it released this incredible video of that record breaking space jump in 2012. it has filed documents with the securities and exchange commission, the company will get to keep details until the sec has reviewed the numbers. gopro sold $2.3 million cameras generating $5 million in revenue in 2012. >>> there's a push for smart phone manufacturers to put kill switches to stop theft. how prevalent crimes are and they can be life or death. 18 months ago meghan was murdered by two thugs who shot her. >> she was targeted because she was on her cell phone, she was checking in with her mom. the million thefts are a $30 billion crime wave. overseas stolen phones fetch three times their value. they want smart phone makers to put kill switch technologies in the phone. it will be wort nothing more than a brick. you remove the incentive for the grab and go theft which we see so commonl

one thing we found in the match.com survey this particular year when i asked the question, where diderson that you went out with on a first date? 31% of them said they met that person online. and only 25% of people said they met that person through a friend. and only 6% met somebody through, at a bar or a club. so actually, this is what is happening now, online dating. heather: so it's a new way of meeting people. >> yeah. heather: when we first sat down, you told me something interest in your line of work. >> right. heather: you put people who are in love in brain scanners to study what keeps them in love or -- >> everything. heather: okay. >> the first study was people who fallen happily, madly in love. second was people who were rejected in love. third scanning was people in love long term, people in 50ss, 60s, married an average of 21 years, we put them in the scanner to see what would happen. they say, we're still in love. we barely believed them. americans don't believe you can stay in love. we found the same activity with brain activity at this, dopamine that gives us the rush

this is why we throng match.com and okcupid. is that second act love? >> thank you. a woman in st. louis named gladys. and gladys came over to me and i said hello to her. she was with other women. gladys strides over to me. her story was that she had redecorated her room. maybe assisted living. i don't know. she decided to go modern this time. i love that story. but her question was, how does someone over 90 reinvent herself? and i totally punted the question. but then i saw her at the book thing. she and her three 90-something girlfriends sitting in the front row. she stayed in my mind. and i realized gladys is a woman with a gift for living. and then i thought about one of her girlfriends was in a wheelchair. kind of reminded me of my mother in her later years. and i'm thinking, how often does gladys get those two other women on the of the house? it was a january night in st. louis. and these three 90-something women are out to hear an author lecture. i'm thinking about gladys. she has a gift of living. and i want to get back to her and say you have a gift for shar

other paid service, match.com, free services like okay deep in tinder.ces and so many new free services in particular? >> you know, eharmony has always not tried really to compete with anybody else. we just try to do it the best way we know how. we've had a lot of social scientists, psychologists, work on our site. and when we match people together, those matches last better than any other sites. >> i understand you just announced or recently launch add premium 5,000 dollar a year service. how big is the market for such an expensive service? >> well, you know, it's pretty big. people are willing to pay quite a bit of money to be ensured of all the personal help that they can get. we carefully select persons for them. we -- virtually guarantee them a new, a date every month. a person who is really well selected for them. so it's a pretty big market. >> i understand you're looking to expand at the end of this year? planning to launch a job matching site. why should eharmony expand beyond online dating, why does this make sense for you? >> well, we're peopl

match.com, i don't know what else -- >> there are many, many dating sites and wund of the things we'reat you want, there's a lot of action going on under the table, match.com, oh, he looks good, wink. so there's a sense in which sea is full and rich, and you might not want to settle for what's across the table. >> i don't want to go back at all, do you? >> no, i think the nice then about getting older, which you never anticipate, is there's hard-fought wisdom along the way which helps you with the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows of life. >> and you share it all in here. >> thank you, joanna coles. when you order the works you want everything. an expert ford technician knows your car's health depends on a full, complete checkup. the works. because when it comes to feeling safe behind the wheel, going the distance and saving at the pump you want it all. get our multi-point inspection with a a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection and more for $29.95 or less. get a complete vehicle checkup. only at your ford dealer. there's nothing like being your own boss! and my

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. >> finally a study is compiled from match.com on who works and what doesn't for your dating profiledly surprising. here's an interesting one, referring to cats, if you refer to cat, it's good. if you refer to my cat, it's not good. wait. why do cats -- why does having a cat have a bad rap? >> i don't know. >> guys -- >> unfortunately, as -- >> no, it was -- it's the cat lady. it's the cat lady. >> tattoos, what do you think, good or bad? >> it depends on the gender. >> yes, it does. >> which one do you think it helps? >> women. >> nope, men more attractive with tattoos. women less attractive can tattoos. >> what do they call that little thing? >> i don't know. it's called a something stamp. >> i thought cat lady was bad. >> final point which is that women should refer to themselves as girls which is really sad because they said more women got attention if they refer to themselves as girls rather than women which is really pathetic. >> hey, thanks, dan. >> good to see you guys. final little note, just to check out on a -- >> dan abrams, we love you. >>> all right, moving on. that's i

this is no match.com. have i, what have i, what have i done to deserve this ♪ >>> now, the rich aren't like the rest of us, even when it comes to love. this is our favorite story of the day. >> one very high end matchmaking service charges upwards of $150,000. incredible. how does that work, anyway? we are up all nightline with abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: the laughter. the wine. that flirty touch. they say money can't buy love. but it turns out for $150,000, you can buy your own personal cupid. >> i'm a big romantic. >> reporter: marcus john is just one of the successful single men and women willing to pay big to find the one, by placing their love life in the hands of this woman. >> this is amber. >> reporter: meet amber ical her andrews, a professional matchmaker whose clients are a who's who of the rich, powerful and famous. she's been credited with matching paula abdul, hoda kotb and bode miller. for some busy professionals, buying a chance at true love is money well spent. >> i'm on the road ab

. >> so match.com, since it is getting close to valentine's day -- do you get excited about valentine'stuff, you can't ask a woman married as long as i have and often if -- only twice, but anyway, okay. what are they saying? >> have you ever fallen for someone who you didn't initially think was attractive. you thought, oh, no. and then later you said oh, yes. and you started dating them. it is like have you ever watched "sex and the city ," like charlotte and the bald guy and she wasn't into him and then suddenly she couldn't get enough of him? >> yeah. okay. >> have you ever had that? >> not to that extent. i've learned to be more attracted to somebody when you get to know them, but never really dated them. i think that's -- i think that's a huge part of a relationship, is -- >> initial. >> yeah. i had that where i didn't initially think someone was -- then i did, and then later i didn't again. it ruined the entire -- >> go with your first instinct. this survey said that over half of women and 40% of men have fallen in love. that's more than -- with someone that they initially did not