| Australian Online Dating Services Sees Surge in | | | | moving house to a different residential address, online |
| Cyber-space....... | | | | dating was also considered when friends are not |
| Recent online dating patterns reflect emerging social | | | | available. The internet was a new idea and concept |
| realities, as opposed to certain individual traits having a | | | | following bad offline dating mishaps. |
| shy personality . Studies performed by an Australian | | | | People were also interested in online dating sites given |
| University noted the how and why of internet romance | | | | the potential to meet a large number of singles or |
| . | | | | potential new dates in a small period of time. There |
| Political Scientists at the Australian University are | | | | was a diverse choice of people to select from with |
| researching the rise in the growing number of singles | | | | immediate access to information and helped with |
| that are using online dating services in Australia. | | | | matching issues that people saw as priorities such as |
| Information in this report shows that in a 4 week | | | | smokers and non smokers, if potential partners have |
| period, there were almost 1 million first time visitors to | | | | kids, and other matching priorities. |
| online dating websites in Australia, with more than 1 | | | | Not being able to assess instant chemistry when using |
| million more existing online daters returning to dating | | | | online dating websites was a disadvantage that could |
| websites. There are more than 50 popular or widely | | | | only be rectified by meeting offline. Other noted |
| used online dating sites, and approximately 170 online | | | | negative factors were that other online daters could |
| dating services catering for individual religions or sexual | | | | be misleading in their physical description and |
| preferences just to name a few examples. | | | | professional status. Miscommunications often had a |
| Interestingly, the Australian University also revealed that | | | | negative result with online dating as this problem |
| the increasing trend in online dating was for mainly | | | | seems to be a common occurrence. |
| social reasons. Several of the participants in the study | | | | Researches concur that there should be more |
| indicated using online dating sites for several reasons: a | | | | accessible information on the effects of |
| new a more private method of meeting singles or | | | | cyber-communication, and that the dating website |
| friends after ending a long standing relationship, it was | | | | owners themselves should give this more attention. |
| also convenient for meeting singles or friends after | | | | |