Where the Hot People Engage

BUB.BLICIO.US -- May 7 -- The Engage party, had a hotness factor of 8.5 and no reek of desperation that typically pervades singles events. The crowd was professional, sophisticated, and most were smooth socializers. Engage removes the randomness factor of online dating by providing a social networking platform that allows your friends to be your matchmaker, as well as a voting system to rate the behavior of Engage community members. Online dating has a lot of room for improvement. The online dating industry is huge and growing, as time-starved people turn increasingly to the Internet for love. As of 2006, approximately 4 million U.S. Internet users surf online dating sites for at least 17 minutes daily, amounting up to almost 4.5 billion pages views per month. The 2 largest dating sites are Yahoo Personals and Match.com, with a combined total of 9.3 million monthly visitors. Some would also argue that MySpace.com is essentially huge dating hub in disguise. FULL ARTICLE @ BUB.BLICIO.US