As technology is coming at the hands of more and more users, there are more people who are getting connected to the web. This will still not be the reason for online dating services to become famous. These online dating sites that you might know are constantly growing and their popularity too. The latest survey proves that online dating has succeeded to attract 30% of overall internet users. Mainly, there has been a big boost in the male population over these sites.

If you take into account the different online communities like Hi5, Bebo, Faceboook and others, you will rapidly deduce that there are many of these persons who are looking for romance online. There are many who are trying to look for someone to date. They surf across the web for the possibility to get a boyfriend or girlfriend.

BBC World has been the one responsible for carrying out the survey and the results are amazing. The increase has a contributing number of users from eleven different countries. Nevertheless, the greatest number of upcoming online daters is from India and Pakistan.

The least number will be coming from South Korea and this should be from the fact that the web technology is not accessible to all of South Koreans. Otherwise, even if most of the online dating websites are from Americans, it will be seen that only 21% of them use online dating services.

Yet, many of these new online daters believe that while being members on online dating sites, it brings dating easier. In fact, getting in relationship with someone online will be more complicated. There are many of the testimonials at online dating sites where the couple took 3 years to tell their friend that they love each other. There is more pressure on online dating sites for exchanging phone numbers and getting further. This is something that many new online daters do not take the time to think about.

While dating online, every member takes great precaution and start by knowing clearly the person whom they are in contact with. There will be many times when you will find that after some days of chatting, someone will block you. It is simply because you do not possess the qualities that she or he is searching in the unfound partner.

According to Lawrence Kan, the online dating services let online daters with a similar mindset like in face to face dating. The main step in reality dating is making the other person like you. It is similar for online dating as well as face to face dating. The basic thing that they get doing is to impress their partner for more appreciation.

There has been a recent survey that was carried by Jeffrey Hall among over 5000 online daters in the cyberspace to see what kind of persons get using these matchmaking services. For making someone like you, you might even lie and that’s what he questioned them about. He inquired about how they could lie about their personality to other persons online.

He finally concluded that the way someone might lie, will be in response to what he or she is. For intense, if you are skinny, you might be lying about it or try to hide it to the other person. You will always be trying to show yourself with things that you don’t possess or what the other individual likes. It is all in making you appreciated by others.

The one who will lie more at online dating sites are those who are really good in manipulation and have a good sense of observation. They will get to know each of the things that you like and changing themselves in your taste. For instance, if you like eating chocolate, they will also like it. Well, the whole stuff might not be definitely for manipulative purpose though. They might get doing it for the sole purpose of having someone who appreciates them.

It has been noted by these researches that men tend to lie more than the female online population. It is the same with face to face dating but it will be with less lies. This is something normal since in face to face dating, lies can easily be detected.

Here is a review of the dating world this week:

-Poll: Social networks are online ‘pick-up joints’. Read more.

-Mail Online Launching Dating Service (Dailymail)

-Shaadi.com bets on the atom m-payments platform, read

-Datopia Goes Social, Launches Revamped Dating Website with Social Networking

-Dating for Geeks: Geeks 2 Geeks

-Herpes Dating, it exists! See Positive Singles

-Study of 20,000 Female Online Daters Reveals the Paris Hilton Effect, read more

Here is Dating Industry Research for this week:

-Multitaskers say one online dating site won’t do: When it comes to love, Kathleen Hanover is searching for a needle in a haystack. So to find Mr. Right, she has profiles on at least five online dating sites. Read more on MSNBC

-Why Pay When Dating’s Free Sites Beckon, read article on OnlinePersonalsWatch 

-The Last Word On Online Dating: LOOKING for love? A new novelist who used to work as a teacher in Harpenden has delved into the world of dot.com dating with his first book. Read on Hertsad.co.uk

-Dating … “with” children: An increase in single parents means less stigma, more confidence, experts say. Read on SunSentinel

-True.com Offers Live Video Chatting, read on Datingsitereviews

-E-dating: Illicit Dating, Who Really Cheats: read story on metro.co.uk

-Meetic, the European Leader in Online Dating, Implements ”Highdeal Transactive”: on EarthTimes.org

-Fake Internet Dating Profiles Are Used To Target Victims: One of the most alarming aspects with regard to Internet dating is that people can literally use fake dating profiles. Read on pc1news

Memberships are soaring at dating websites as more singletons opt to screen out duds online before spending cash on a face-to-face date.

See article from Globe and Mail 

And NO, www. cheapdate .com does not exist! (no live domain, no website)

Here some strategic watch and business intelligence for dating industry on Feb 1 2009:

-Online revenue no match for print costs: NEWSPAPERS are facing a future where smaller newsrooms will need to turn out smarter reporting in a variety of media, while the printed product is sold at a higher price to fewer advertisers and a smaller paid circulation. Read the Article from TheAustralian.

-The Biology of Dating: Why Him, Why Her? Ah, the eternal question: why is HE with HER? Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher thinks she has found the answer after studying the academic literature on personality and after poring over 40,000 responses to a questionnaire on an online dating site. Read more from Time.com

-Black Dating Site, BlackPeopleMeet.com, and Steve Harvey Morning Show team up to launch Radio Date™ Segment. Read more from PR Newswire

-Dating sites fight for Valentines: As Valentine’s Day approaches, single consumers are shopping for love on the Web, and online dating sites are looking to attract them, making online dating a growth area for e-commerce. Read more from Dmnews

-Date.com offers Free Access to members in India: Beginning today, new members in India can join the site and automatically have access to Date.Com’s features.”In India, there is a long standing culture of matrimony which is similar in nature to online dating,” Date.Com CEO Meir Strahlberg said in a statement issued by Asianet. Read more from Indopia.in

Dating Intelligence Watch on January 25, 2009:

-70% of Brits spy on their partner online. Read more.

-Online dating over 40. Read one woman’s honest account of getting back into the dating game. By Olivia Rosen

-A cheap date on Long Island for $30 or less. Read more

-Match.com Ramps Up Campaign To Boost UK Dominance In 2009. Read.

-About Recession Dating.

-New Dallas-based online dating site, DownToEarth.com highlights new member features and no fee