Channeling PG for a moment: Make something people want. I think that on the whole, most dating sites are more concerned with figuring out how to make a buck of

Channeling PG for a moment: Make something people want. I think that on the whole, most dating sites are more concerned with figuring out how to make a buck off someone than what their users want. If you use Wordtrackers keyword tool which people normally use for SEO purposes and type in "dating"... 4 out of the top 10 keyword are related to free dating sites, but how many dating sites can you name that are free? I can only think of one off the top of my head (penty of fish) - and Markus is making a killing with his site. [edit: if you take the social networks like facebook and myspace into account, you have a couple more - but the traffic to those sites is less qualified, IE not people specifically looking for dates] I think that if you can build a decent site (it really doesn't have to be that fancy) that you can run free - I think you would have a better chance at success than simply trying to build more complex functionality and charge people for it. Make the site simple, make it user friendly.