Article Subject: Singles type into love, boosting German dating sites’ profits

Article Link: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5920278,00.html

Article Rating: 3.5 (out of 5)

Website: ignighter.com

Dr. Dato’s Brief:

The article talks about the dating industry in Germany where it is claimed that the online dating service works unlike here in the US.

An interesting viewpoint held is the view that social dating sites such as facebook presents no danger to the online dating industry because men and women generally don’t like to be an ‘open book’ when it comes to dating ie. having all their personal friends, pictures for viewing.

Nevertheless, the dating industry in Germany seems to be growing particularly in inner cities such as Hamburg, Frankfurt etc. There have been several sites that have come and went because of the cost of operation and there have been the bigger sites that have gobbled up the smaller ones. Nowdays only a handful exist and doing well and these include ElitePartner “”Singles with Class” and FriendScout24. It is claimed that one out of five Germans have found a partner online.

friendscout24 a german dating site appealing to some european countries