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It is time to review the results of the latest poll Dating more than one Person.

Out of 914 votes, 71 percent of participants felt that it was okay to date more than one person at a time. This left 29 percent of the voters who felt it was not right to date multiple people at the same time. Of the 71 percent who would date more than one person, 61 percent felt it was only okay if everyone knew about it.

So what does this all mean? Well, on average it looks like 28 percent of your dates will be dating someone else without your knowledge.

The results were reviewed on October 3rd, 2010. I have left this poll open for voting so the results will change.

Friends Reunited Dating was ranked by Hitwise as a Top 10 Website in the United Kingdom for the first half of 2010. They ranked 3rd in the "Lifestyle - Dating" category. Categories are based on overall market share and visits.

For more information on this online dating site, read our review of Friends Reunited Dating.

For a limited time Perfectmatch.com is offering a full 3-day trial membership for free. Now members can try out the online dating site and be able to create a profile, receiving matches, use the advance search and communication tools (like email). This new promotion will enable singles to see that PerfectMatch is a high quality dating service with a large membership base and is worth joining. Once the trial is almost over members can either cancel the membership or receive a special discount price of $29.95 per month. This is 50% off of PerfectMatch's normal subscription rates.

To find out more about this dating site you can read our review of PerfectMatch.

The UK dating company Easydate shares rose roughly 13 percent to 102.5p in September on news that profit increased to almost £2m from revenues of £8.8m for the first half of 2010. For the whole of 2009 revenue for the company was £8.5m with profits of just under £1m. Easydate is now valued at £77m. This is £32m more than when it first listed on June 30th of this year.

Easydate currently runs Cupid.com in the United Kingdom and Europe. They now will be taking charge of the US and Canada operations for Cupid.com in a £4.4m deal. This increases Easydate's holding of dating sites in North America to three.

Easydate may also be in a bit of legal trouble. easyGroup has threatened action against Easydate over alleged trademark infringement. easyGroup currently licenses the name "easy" to a number of companies. This includes easyCar, easyHotel and easyJet. easyGroup claims Easydate was trying to use their brand recognition and pass off as one of their own.

To find out more about the dating site mentioned in this story, read our review of Cupid.com.

eHarmony's same-sex dating site Compatible Partners is have a free communication event October 1st - 10th. Members of Compatible Partners have 10 free days this time (most are only 4 days long) to review matches and communicate with them by using the guided communication feature at no cost. This gives you almost a week and a half to determine if this online dating site has the compatible matches you are looking for. Just remember that profile photos and Fasttracking the guided communication process are not included in the promotion.

This is Free Communication Event number six that we have tracked for Compatible Partners. For more information on this gay matchmaking site, please read our review of Compatible Partners.

eHarmony here in the United States is having a free communication event starting this Friday, October 1st, 2010. It is running for 10 days and ends the next Sunday, October 10th. This free guided communication event is two and half times longer than their popular free weekend promotions. The extra time allows free members of eHarmony to truly assess if this dating site is the best choice for them.

With this event, all free members of eHarmony will receive matches for free and be able to use the guided communication process at no cost as well. Fasttracking the guided communication process and viewing of members profile pictures is not included in this FCW event.

The last eHarmony free guided communication weekend occurred Labour Day Weekend (see Story). This upcoming free event will be eHarmony's 29th since we started tracking them.

eHarmony Australia is also having free communication this weekend as well. It starts Oct 1st and ends Oct 4th at midnight.

Update #1: eHarmony Canada just let us know that they are having a free communication weekend from October 8th to October 11th. This FCW happens to fall on Canada's Thanksgiving day which is the second Monday in October every year.

For more details on why this is such a great dating site, please read our review of eHarmony.com.