Wednesday, February 14, 2007

My online romance

Montrose Daily Press Online: "There are 100 million single and unmarried Americans, many of whom are looking for Mr. or Mrs. Right and have found a new method of dating. Hearts may now be connected through a pulsing World Wide Web, which offers a plethora of services that have grown in the past decade.

In January, there were 1,463 lifestyle and dating sites available to any Internet user, according to Matt Tatham of Hitwise Inc., and the number is increasing every year.

The cyber-dating world is dominated by several large commercial services such as Match.com, eHarmony, American Singles, Yahoo! Personals and LavaLife. Many of these sites existed for quite some time and have evolved to fit the fast-paced lifestyles of today's Americans.

'There is more than just Montrose, or just Colorado,' said Montrose resident LuAnn Mahana-Beasley, who has been meeting and dating people via the Internet for the past eight years. 'It's opened my eyes to a whole world out there.'"

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