With countless dating websites such as match.com, eharmony.com and okcupid.com, the online dating market is a bit crowded.

The two met on an online dating site.

See, not responding is an acceptable move in online dating.

It’s worth noting that, at least relative to online gaming sites or comment boards, harassment in online dating seems to be relatively rare.

But not all experts believe that online dating translates into instant bliss.

Despite — or perhaps because of — the economic downturn, the billion-dollar online dating industry has been booming.

It’s well-known that women consistently complain that when they’re online dating, they receive hundreds of messages propositioning them from the very beginning.

By now, online dating has lost a lot of its creep-factor.

It could be more like filling out an online dating profile.

Both of us were divorced and had decided online dating was our best option.

In general, mobile apps are a pretty big improvement over websites when it comes to online dating.

Especially because online dating is popular with the middle-aged population right now — and they don’t seem to be as open to apps.

Online dating can really work, with as many as one in six marriages today between people who met online.