Stupid Idea To Name Site: Dating In Modern Style
Well, it took me some time to realize that my idea to call this website ‘dating in a modern style’ was stupid to put it mildly. I think the proper website title should be ‘online dating in the old fashioned way’ - and I have made changes to some parts of the website already.
Those dating services that we review here are ‘old school’ – Date.com, Match.com, Chemistry, even niche dating sites like Gay.com or JDate launched in the last century keep the traits of ‘that time’ Internet and technology. New generation dating is social websites.
Those dating gurus who stay in this industry for years now have long ago acknowledged this fact and run separate projects focused on traditional dating services and social websites.
Just two samples of popular dating resources:
OnlinePersonalsWatch vs SocialNetworkingWatch
OnlineDatingPost vs TheProgressBar
So, it is time for me to accept that fact too…
Or another feature that really modern dating site should include are videos. With that entire craze about videos, youtube and similar services it would be a smart move to address your website visitors with videos…
And mobile dating? I do not think that I will re-make this website for mobile internet, but I will certainly cover the most successful mobile dating services that come and go really fast (but some should last).
Another thing I would like to discuss in this offtopic post is a limited number of quality dating blogs and resources to read. There are just a few more to add to the above mentioned sites. Probably, I am wrong and it is a result of my improper research.
I guess people in the dating niche prefer to start their own dating ventures and not to waste time on covering its news and trends…
Most Trafficked Ethnic Dating Services
It is obvious that niches dating sites get many times less traffic that general dating monsters like Match.com. No surprises here, it is just interesting to see how those niche services compare to each other and who leads those niches.
Our ethnic dating site traffic review is certainly not ultimate (either our previous comparisons).
OK, let’s have a look at niche dating services. We will start with religious dating services:
ASIAN DATING: AsiaFriendFinder.com vs Asian Singles Connection
(you see a huge difference in traffic for AsiaFriendFinder & AsianSinglesConnection - so huge that it is impossible to get an idea about AsianSinglesConnection traffic volume from this chart - or probably Google Trends tool is not accurate in this case)
BLACK DATING: Blacksingles.com vs Match.com Black Dating
(unfortunately, it is impossible to find out what traffic gets Match.com Black Dating)
LATINO DATING: Amor.com vs Amigos.com
And the winner is…Amigos.com
And now see how ethnic dating services compare to religious ones – it is interesting to see what attracts people more in dating: ethic or religious roots.
As you can see ethnic dating sites are more crowded than religious dating services…
Also it is a fact that independent dating services have to compete hard to survive against dating sites networks like Date.com (some of their services - date.com: amor.com, gay.date.com, more; mingle: christianmingle.com, blacksingles.com, muslimmatrimonialsnetwork.com, more; adultfriendfinder: bigchurch.com, jewishfriendfinder.com, amigos.com, more)
It is not hard to guess what is still to come: gay/ lesbian niche dating and some specialty niche dating traffic analysis. Then we have more fun ideas to play with dating industry.
Most Trafficked Religious Dating Services
In the recent post we had fun with most trafficked general dating sites with the industry leader – Match.com. No doubt they get tons of traffic compared to religious dating services – those niche sites get lower traffic, but due to their targeting they are likely to get a better conversion rate – and they certainly do.
A number of top dating players run a network of dating sites covering a number of niches and interlinking their own projects.
OK, let’s have a look at niche dating services. We will start with religious dating services:
CHRISTIAN DATING: ChristianMingle.com vs BigChurch.com vs ChristianCafe.com
JEWISH DATING: JewishFriendFinder.com vs JDate.com
MUSLIM DATING (Google Trends returned no results and we turned to its competitor - Compete.com): TwoMuslims.com vs MuslimMatrimonialsNetwork.com
And the winner of the compared religious dating services is… JDate.com
P.S. For stats nerds some more stats tables from Plenty Of Fish owner. It is a surprise to see people signed with some paid services and still actively seeking for partners on free dating websites.
Another piece of stats coming from the same source – stats by education. It looks like educated people are most addicted to dating services. Explanation? Busy people making career with no time to spend on their personal life. And most of their time they spend at the computer that makes dating services a nice solution.
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