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Online dating once had singles racing home to check their email, surf their online dating site and fantasize about their dream introduction. Now they are scheming for new ways to meet someone.

Internet posting to online dating sites fell marginally last year, according to Jupiter Research. And that trend is expected to continue at the pace of another loss of 6% this year.

What happened to this dream date?
"Online misrepresentation is both a turn off and a danger," notes Paul A. Falzone, CEO of The Right One and Together Dating, the largest office-based, traditional matchmaking service with over 60 locations throughout the U.S. "Singles are getting really tired of online princes that are really frogs, frauds or frauline."

The other factor is convenience. Falzone continues, "Singles flocked to the Internet for a quick click and caress. What they found was a heap of data and a massive ordeal to weed through it. They found more thorns than roses."

The U.S. online dating market is worth $521 million, according to Jupiter. A distant cousin to the leading online industries – gambling which rings up $10 billion worldwide last year and pornography that grossed $2 billion in the U.S. alone.

When you consider that Americans spent $13-billion on Valentine’s Gifts, perhaps online dating has hit its peak and is heading south.

"Singles, especially single parents, are extremely busy," notes Falzone. "They left the bar scene because they didn’t want to hang around and hope for the best and often experience the worst." He continues, "Online dating has been a similar time consumer and disappointment."

Falzone concludes, "Our office based service continues to grow. After 32 years of concierge level, personal introductions, revenues are spiraling to $45-million and membership is up to approximately 300,000 strong."