Dating Sites Defy Economic Downturn

“‘I don’t know if any business is recession-proof,’ said Sam Sebastian, director of classifieds and local advertising at Google. ‘But this is one that happens to be doing very well.’ Of the 100 million single Americans out there, some 20 million use online-dating sites, Mr. Sebastian said. And between July and December 2008, the number of searches on Google for words related to online dating surged an average of 20% from the same time period in 2007.” [Link]
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