THE GUARDIAN — July 13 — In Britain, the online dating stigma is collapsing. comScore World Metrix reports Britain’s 141 dating sites received 6.4 million unique visitors in May. Nielsen says UK Internet users visiting personals sites leaped 13.4% from 8.2% three years ago. Synovate found 6% of British Web users aged 18-24 engage in online dating but 38%, admit to meeting someone online and making online friends. With this demographic on free sites like MySpace, it’s difficult to maintain subscription-based. French Meetic appears to be surviving on the subscription boat.
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