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More people using dating sites to find love - Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Article Subject: More people using dating sites to find love

Article Link: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/more-people-using-dating-sites-to-find-love/751342/2

Article Rating: 3.5 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This is detailed post on a dating survey conducted by the Oxford University on a representative sample of 24,000 men and women 18 countries. Although many insights has been gathered by the co-authors Dr Bernie Hogan and Professor William Dutton, I will highlight only some essential findings that are useful to our readers.

- 1 in 3 people who use the internet have visited online dating sites to find love
- Out of the 24,000 people studied only 6% used the dating service back in 1997 with 30% using it in 2009
- Surprisingly middle aged men/women (aged 40-69) are likely users of the dating service
- People who use the online dating sites are much more likely to recommend to other people
- Social networks and chat rooms have played a significant role in the online dating scene
- Despite the growth of online dating, many people still meet through offline channels such as events, bars etc.
- The most active online daters appear to be in Brazil with the least active in Japan

could bars eventually become extinct with the proliferation of online dating sites?

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With improving technology and decreasing stigma, online dating appears nowhere near saturation - Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Article Subject: With improving technology and decreasing stigma, online dating appears nowhere near saturation

Article Link: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2011/02/13/20110213online-dating-technology-decreasing-stigma.html

Article Rating: 4.0 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This post goes into details of the history of online dating, naming successful companies such as match and eharmony see no end to the growth in the online dating industry. In addition, new technology making use of smartphones and GPS are finding their way into this area although the article doesn’t’ go into much details in this area.

A few issues that usually plague online dating sites include, not being honest with the profile, many scammers on the site, and the overload of too many profiles making it difficult to filter through them. Matchmaking technology has been mentioned and companies claim that their technology works in several levels of personality dimensions in finding your suitable partners. Personally, I don’t believe any matching technology out there can work as described because the human nature and its interaction with each are way too complex to narrow it down to a handful of personality traits.

Despite some of the issues faced by dating companies, the online dating industry is not yet saturated and more and more people are clambering on this bandwagon looking for love. Expect to see more players coming into this market and equally more players falling off the market. This is why its important that you put your energy on sites that will work for you. Look for dating companies that have been around for many years to be in the safe bet.