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Online Dating Growing in Europe, Worldwide(share?)

Online European dating popularity is definitely growing, as people throughout Europe have become more familiar with a variety of dating services, like ChristianMingle and the different benefits they may offer singles seeking a soulmate online.

Online Dating in Europe, Asia and U.S.

European dating service name recognition has come largely through word of mouth, viral marketing, Christian singles groups, the hundreds of different online dating sites and the massive media campaigns of services like:

Meetic UK
ChristianMingle.com

Christian Cafe
Christian Cupid- Asia, South America, UK, Africa, Australia, Europe, Russia
eHarmony
Perfectmatch
FREE Yahoo Personals

In the U.S. at least, it seems we can’t get through an evening of watching TV or listening to the radio without getting an online dating service personals ad. All this marketing must be working because Pew Internet Research reports that over 37% of all singles (Christian singles included) looking for a date, and 11% of all web surfers, have clicked onto online dating sites.

Presently, 15% of USA adults (that’s over 30 million people) claim they know someone who is either married or in a long term dating relationship on account of using an online dating service.

In Europe and Asia, online dating is currently growing at an even faster rate than in the US. A little more than five years ago, online dating in such countries as the Netherlands, the UK, France, Italy, Japan, China, Korea Russia and Germany was relatively unknown. Today, European dating singles have definitely fallen in love with online dating and matchmaking services. According to Meetic, the leading Europe dating service, multiple thousands of European single people (including Christian singles) are signing up daily for their free trial memberships.

Overall, whatever European dating site, you choose to use, make sure you understand what each online dating site has to offer. Since most offer risk free trial memberships, we recommend checking out a number of dating sites in order to compare the positives and negatives.

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Online Dating Sites Christian Singles Use(share?)

Millions of Christian singles use many different kinds of online dating sites in their search for that special soulmate. The simple reason for this is that there are over 1000 different dating services worldwide.

Therefore, it’s not only important for single Christians to be up to snuff in knowing what makes up a good or reputable online dating site, but also to be educated on what kinds of online dating sites are out there.

Traditional Online Dating Sites

These kind of online dating sites were the first of their kind and came with the advent of the commercial internet in the mid 90’s. Match.com is the oldest and largest of this dating genre, which also includes others like AmericanSingles, Yahoo Personals and PerfectMatch.

Traditional online dating sites do not cater to one specific singles demographic, but advertises with everyone in mind. While these online dating sites do not purport to be “Christian dating services”, many Christians do use them because the large search databases makes it easier to find a Christian mate locally.

Online Niche Dating Sites

As the dating market began getting saturated with traditional online dating sites, online niche dating sites began appearing on the web. An online niche dating site is a site that caters to specific characteristics, beliefs, interests or hobbies of particular singles. For example, say you love animals and want to date other singles who do too. No problem! Just go to DateMYPet.com, and they’ll set you up.

Online dating sites that largely market to Christian singles would include among others: EHarmony, Christian Cafe, Christian Mingle and SingleC-Single Christian Network.

Online Matchmaker Dating Sites

These dating sites are not pure online dating sites in the normal usage that we are familar with, but use the internet to market their matchmaker services. In fact, they have been around for decades before internet dating became in vogue.

What these services offer is one on one help from a professional matchmaker, who interviews and matches clients with the kind of love match they are looking to meet. An example of these kind of services you find online is Great Expectactions. Just know that if you decide to use a matchmaker dating site, you will pay a handsome fee for their services. Is it worth it? I don’t think so, but only you can tell.

Social Networks

If you’ve heard of MySpace, then you are dealing with a social network. They are not primarily online dating sites, but you can definitely meet other singles on them. There are several Christian social networks online that you may be interested in checking out.

Overall, this article was a simple overview of the kinds of online dating sites Christians use. If you are a Christian single interested in looking for a mate online, we recommend diversifying your efforts by comparing several dating services. Most of these services are either free or offer some form of free trial memberships.

Finally, the issue is not whether you can meet other Christians on these online dating sites, but which one you feel best suits your needs and beliefs as a follower of Jesus.