The Online Dating Explosion Online dating has taken the nation by storm. Kiss goodbye to love letters and welcome saucy emails. Statistics show that the online dating industry is receiving more than $214 million per year and that popular websites such as www.friendfinder.com achieves tens of thousands of new members each day. There are over 100 million adult dating sites across the web, over 17 million people per year look at dating sites and about 2.5 million of them continue to the next stage, purchasing a membership. There are hundreds of thousands of free sites that are bursting at the seams with members taking advantage of their free services to find that special someone. In the days where you can shop online, file your tax claims online and even book a hair cut online it is no wonder that you can meet the love of your life online as well. Many sites organize meets so that couples can eventually meet each other safely. There are always ups and downs with an Internet relationship and the sites related to them. There are many people that believe Internet dating has reached its saturation point but all the evidence proves otherwise as each year the online dating community continues to grow in vast numbers. Where there’s love, there’s marriage. www.eharmony.com reports that they are responsible for over 6000 marriages since its creation, a figure any site would be happy to have on its resume. According to ABC News, more than 7.9 million users log onto dating sites from their work while 26.6 million users are logging on from the comfort of their own home. However, it was shown that browsers from work stayed online at those sites for longer than the people logging on from home. The super skinny model physique that was once hunted for is now toned down to the average figure. An average man now finds that he likes curves better than a sack of bones and more and more women are piling on the pounds to keep up with the demand. While good looks were essential some years ago 67% of single US men and 88% of single US women decide that a smile and a personality goes a lot further than godly looks, although it does help… People aren’t picky; they just know what they want. This is why online dating services have boomed. With simple search features users can eliminate those that don’t share the same interests or those who don’t share the same age. You can even search by photograph so you know what you’re buying before sending payment! 55% of men and 50% of women all think that they have an equal if not better chance of meeting someone online than they do in their local bar. Online dating is the new and easy way to search for love. You can simply set a website to do the legwork for you as you kick back, relax and wait for your true love to check their emails. Life has never been easier all thanks to the wild and wonderful benefits of the ever growing World Wide Web.