According to Sarah Lacy from BusinessWeek the era of Web 1.0 is over, online dating is dead. Going on sites like Facebook or MySpace it's like going to a bar with your friends, whereas a dating site is like walking past a bunch of animals in cages at the zoo. According to comScore, the number of people visiting online dating sites dropped 6% in September. Unique visitors to Yahoo Personals and eHarmony fell 21%, Match.com had a 16% drop, and True.com's visitors plummeted 46%. ComScore does show some names like Plentyoffish.com growing, but these are new sites with far smaller user bases.
here is her funny fictitious letter to the online dating sites:
"Dear Online Dating Sites,
I am writing to tell you it's over between us. It's not you. You've been great. You've helped me connect millions of happy couples and no one can take that away.
It's just that—well, I've changed. My needs and users are different now. And you were right when you asked about my relationship with MySpace and Facebook. I can't ignore the feelings I have for them any longer. Please don't be hurt. We had a good run, and you'll always be a part of me. But I'm moving on. I hope we can still be friends.
Love always,
The Internet "
I agree with here , I don't know if online dating will vanish but we cant ignore the recent statistics showing that the younger generation are using social networks to meet new friends and not using online dating sites.
Although many users use social networks for dating purposes, the social network user experience is not suited for this purpose.
We predicted this trend two years ago when we initiate Copenda ,
Copenda is a revolutionary social people search engine that allows people to search for their soul mate or new friends in social networks and dating web sites. Our complex algorithms crawl semi-structured data from multiple social networks and online dating sites.
Copenda will bridge the gap between social networks and online dating sites by integrating an innovative user interface with dating site features such as personality search and social network features such as ranking, comments and tagging.
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
A Kiss-Off to Online Dating
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There are a lot of great resources out there to help your users make the most of using your site to find love. The internet dating expert, Myles Reed, offers some really great tips for navigating the dating waters.
online dating sites are just a tool to make meeting easier. It’s still all about finding compatibility.
Mostly young men join the social networking site than dating site. Why? Because they don't know how to use the dating website and how to find an intimate relationship instead adding friends, they don't want to pay for the upgrade member account. But some young men and women join in free dating site with free chat.
But there is still one online dating site with increasing numbers:
www.monsterfriendfinder.com
:)
The internet provides an easy access to many profiles of anybody's choice. Online sites will come with hundreds of profiles of a possible match. You can make a suitable choice from them with a mouse click. In traditional singles personals dating, your choice is limited to your social circle. On the other hand in online dating, your choice is limitless and is not restricted to your immediate circle or close acquaintances.
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