DAILY NEWS -- Nov 13 -- Marc Lesnickorganizes three or four internet dating business conferences a year in
places such as Beijing, Amsterdam and Miami. "In Europe, the
business generates between $200 and $250 million," says Lesnick, "and
in Asia, between $40 and $100 million." Whatever your
nationality, religion, occupation or fetish is, it seems there is an
online dating service tailor-made for you. "If you want to meet someone local, you've got the big sites like Match.com and eHarmony,"
says Mark Brooks, online editor and blogger of Online Personals Watch,
a Web site devoted to Internet dating industry news. "If you look in a
smaller niche site, keep in mind you'll probably be jumping on a
plane," advises Brooks. Internet safety expert
Larry Burris talks to parent and teacher groups all over the world
about keeping people safe on the Internet. He calls his presentations
"Safety in the Cyber Village," and says dating online is not much
different than traditional dating. Thanks to online dating
services such as TRUE.com,
ensuring user safety is becoming a top priority for many matchmaking
companies. TRUE offers criminal background checks, as well as marital
background checks, and the company says it will prosecute anyone who
commits fraud on their Web site. "Women need to know that when they go on a date, they're not talking to a criminal or someone who is married," says Brooks. FULL ARTICLE @ DAILY NEWS