You have heard folks chatting about it, you have more than likely seen advertisements for online dating services on television but for some reason, you have not yet tried it. Perhaps you are a little nervous or possibly, you do not know a lot about computers and the Internet. Maybe you will think less of yourself if you try to meet someone using technology rather than your own personality.

If you think about it, online dating is nothing more than finding a date on line by means of match website. Both men and women can use the site to find a date and they do this by browsing through online dating profiles that interest them. Some matchmaking sites allow free browsing whilst others charge a small fee to allow users to access their database.

The online dating industry is said to have brought in some $500 million during 2005 and that figure is even higher now. It is also estimated that around fifty million Americans have visited an online dating site at one time or the other. With figures like that, we can safely assume that online dating works and works well. If it were not so popular, online dating as a business model would certainly have failed by now, due to lack of income. Even with the huge popularity of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook amongst others, online dating sites not only continue to thrive but are also continuing to attract more new members than ever before. However, what is it about online dating that still attracts so many folks.