Online Dating Celebrations

FriendFinder is 10 years old! Back in 1996 when the internet was still young(ish) Andrew Conru began with FriendFinder. As time went on more sites were created to cater for the requirements.

Adult Friendfinder and Passion were to boost the profile and success of the adult dating. In the last 10 years around 130,000,000 people have signed up, looking for love, sex, romance, one night stands, webcam voyeurism and friendships.

The success is partially due to the ease of use of the sites, the mix of sites that cater for specific needs of the user (Fetish lovers use Alt, Gay and Bisexual Men use Out Personals, Lesbian and Bisexual Women using Lesbian Personals) and with the vast number of users that there are now registered and still using the sites there really is the right person for you and with 150,000 people logged in at any time chances are that Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Right is online now.

"On some of our sites, more than 40% of all those who have registered remain on our active file," says Mr. Conru, the CEO of Various Inc., parent company of the FriendFinder network. "Members stay active because they have built strong relationships with fellow members and because they enjoy the community and social networking features offered by the sites, such as blogs, interest groups, chat rooms, advice lines and the like."

It's not all about searching the members either. The FriendFinder network has communities, chat rooms, webcams and blogs these days as well as a magazine for members.

FriendFinder continues to expand. Developments into the mobile world and further acquisitions and partnerships mean that nothing stands still in the world of online dating.

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