SMART
MONEY — Feb 14 — Complaints about online matchmaking and dating sites
are up 73% from 2005, according to the Better Business Bureau. A common
complaint about online dating is that sites exaggerate the number of
potential dates. In 2007, while 10% of Internet users posted a personal
ad on an online dating site, only 5% became paid subscribers, according
to Jupiter Research. The most common complaint about matchmaking
sites, is that the quality of the singles don’t meet the seeker’s
criteria. Also nearly 70% of complaints against online-dating sites
stem from billing issues. FULL ARTICLE @ SMART MONEY