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In the competitive
world of online dating, singles brand themselves as sexy
commodities. But what happens when the wrapping comes off?
Source:
Salon.com
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By Heather
Havrilesky
May 15, 2002
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The golden age
of online dating is upon us. Just ask executives of Match.com, who
last month reported a 195 percent increase in paid subscribers
over the same quarter last year. Or look at Yahoo, where online
personals have increased the company's revenues despite a decline
in income from advertising. Or talk to any youngish single person
in New York. When I asked a friend, who met her last boyfriend
online, how many of her single friends had used or are currently
using online dating services, she replied, "Pretty much all of
them."
Look no further than the "Personals of
the Day" you see pop up on this site, as well as the Onion and
countless other sites, and you'll realize two things: One, online
personals have become a major source of revenue for content sites,
and two, there are some damn fine-looking young folks floating
around out there. Unless Spring Street Networks, the source of
those ads, has been inventing fictional singles with a crack team
of models, stylists, marketers and professional photographers,
there appear to be a great many attractive people online these
days, shamelessly hamming it up in the hopes of meeting that
special anyone.
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http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/05/15/online_dating/
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