Dating Trends

Filed in archive Dating Sites on June 24, 2005

TIME -- June 13 -- Online dating has boomed into a $500 million
industry. But as sites for singles multiply, the old one-size-fits-all
approach seems hopelessly dated. Here's a look at some new trends at
the heart of today's digital romance. MOBILE; Match.com Mobile
enables online daters to transfer their profiles to cell phones.
DATE RATERS; Sites like Lemondate.com and Truedater.com post reviews of
online-dating candidates by people who have met them. Atlas
HUGGED; Need to narrow the choices? Super-specialized singles sites
exist for bikers, smokers, democrats, NASCAR devotees and people with
sexually transmitted diseases. Even randy Ayn Rand aficionados can
gather at TheAtlasphere.com. DATING ON DEMAND; Comcast cable
customers can watch video profiles and then log on through
Hurrydate.com. FULL ARTICLE @ TIME