Online dating services are a lucrative business in every country where people can afford to pay a membership fee — or maybe even in countries where they can't.

In Germany, online dating services increased their turnover by 29% last year. According to Jupiter Research, Germans spent 85 million Euros on finding a partner online in 2007, while that number is expected to reach 103 million. Other research company, Comscore, says currently about 6.3 million Germans visit online dating services each month.

As for the Europe as a whole, the number of internet users dating online amounts to 33.5 million each month. The total turnover of online dating service operators in Western Europe is forecasted to increase from 317 million Euros last year to 393 million Euros in 2008.

[Via: Just4Business]

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After ending his romance with David Cassidy's daughter Katie, Jesse McCartney has taken to looking for love online.

The 20-year-old has signed up to Jewish dating site JDate.com (more information about JDate is available from here), even though he isn't Jewish. Apparently a conservative Jewish friend recommended him the service, arguing there are a lot of different people of all religious backgrounds on that site.

That's something new, as far as I'm concerned. I thought JDate is for Jewish people only, but it seems I was wrong — or not, we'll see about that.

Anyway, if you want to meet Jesse, you'd want to know his screen name - that's "jbagel07". If you're a teenage girl, I sure don't have to repeat that twice.

[Via: SFGate]

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FlirtingInTraffic.com has been in business for two years and now they are searching for a buyer "willing and capable of managing and growing the brand."

To date, they've receiving over seventy pieces of media coverage from across the U.S. — including coverage from such media as CNN, Fox, NBC, and ABC — and the new owner will have minimal trouble explaining users what the site is all about.

FlirtingInTraffic.com, or the so called "F.I.T," is a dating and social networking site put in place to connect drivers who catch each other's eye but have no way of contacting them. Site members — mostly from U.S., but also from Canada and Ireland — can complete an online biography, upload a headshot or a picture of their car and order or print a Flirting ID bumper sticker. Drivers can flirt from behind the wheel or take it further by jotting down the ID and get acquainted in a safe and comfortable online setting.

According to the official release, reasons for selling the site stem from the umbrella companies' overall growth and "inability to dedicate the time and resources necessary to continually keep pace with its demand."

What do you say? Have money to invest? For more information contact Keith at info(at)flirtingintraffic.com.

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It seems Jennifer Aniston has started dating again. It's Aaron Eckhart, the co-star in the latest movie called "Traveling", which has just been completed. Reportedly, the couple are getting along very well, and have been on the movie set while shooting "Traveling". Rumor has it Jennifer decided to act in the new movie because Aaron was starring in it.

The new movie is a break from the past few romantic comedy roles the actress has done. It's a romantic drama (has to be romantic ) with plenty of intense scenes opposite Aaron. They are together in almost every scene. Well, I guess they decided to take it further, and onto real life.

[Via: India Times]

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Speed dating has been around for a while and has gained significant popularity probably due to the fact that singles can avoid spending too much time hanging around datins sites exchanging mails, or at bars and clubs weekend after weekend. CamLink, a New York based company founded in 2007, has decided to speed things up a bit more by introducing web cams into the speed dating process. Speed dating now has the online dimension, becoming online speed dating. Dusan wrote about something similar a while back about the online speed dating event organized by SpeedDate.com.

Each Online Speed Date session consists of a number of mini-dates, ranging from 1 minute (the so-called "turbo dates") to 5 minutes for a typical session. CamLink also hosts private events for parties with a particular interest. Events are theme based. During the date participants vote if they like the person they're speed dating with. If both users vote "yes" the system detects the match and users are prompted to select which contact information they are willing to share. Users are able to communicate through the website, or through email, screen names or phone number if they feel comfortable enough. The next step is in their hands.

Registration is free, so if you've tried speed dating and want to take it to the next level, there's no excuse not to try this. Now, off you go to the stylist, beef up your appearance … oh, and get a web cam if you don't have one.

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