LOS ANGELES TIMES — Feb 9 — As online dating has become more widespread, so have niche sites specializing by lifestyle and interest; truckerpassions.com, tallfriends.com, friendslikeme.org, gothicloveonline.com, conservativematch.com, hiphopmatchmaker.com, rightstuffdating.com, grapedates.com, datemypet.com, sugardaddie.com, dharmadate.net, veggiedate.com, largepassions.com. According to JupiterResearch, 14% of American Internet users browsed personal ads in 2005. In 2006, that figure is expected to increase to 16%. Spark operates 26 dating sites. Twenty-five of them are niche, including blacksinglesconnection.com, deafsinglesconnection.com, singleparentsmingle.com, christianmingle.com, militarysinglesconnection.com. The largest dating portal for Jewish singles, JDate currently has 600,000 members.
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