Online Dating: Easy?

Filed in archive Dating Sites on June 23, 2005

POTOMAC
NEWS -- June 13 -- Thousands of uncreative personal ads, dozens of
first dates, one three-month relationship, but still, Aaron Tax
believes in dating online. "Just like the real world, it's a
crapshoot," said Tax, 29, a lawyer. "You can really find anyone
you're looking for," said Tim Chanaud, PR manager at FriendFinder. Members on Amigos and FilipinoFriendFinder are very focused on marriage, he said, while SeniorFriendFinderusers have different goals in mind. "They're looking for
companionship, friendship," he said. Maansi Kashyap, spokeswoman
for Shaadi (means 'marriage' in Hindi), said marrying within a similar culture is vital in many South Asian countries. FULL ARTICLE @ POTOMAC NEWS

Mark Brooks: Shaadiis the leading matrimonials site. FriendFinder does not appear in
the top 15 online dating sites...but if you rolled all of their 20
sites together they would be in the top 3 every month.

Really! They fly nicely under the wire because Hitwise, Comscore
and Nielsen refuse to list AdultFriendFinder, Passion (same database as Adult FriendFinder but with a PG home page and users have to opt in to see naked profile pictures), Alt and Outpersonals in the online personals category.