eHarmony is one of the many online dating websites that is designed to uniquely match single men and women for friendships, dating, and even long-term relationships. This privately owned online company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The primary investors for this company include Technology Crossover Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Fayez Sarofim company.
The confidence of success for this websites rest within a compatibility model that was designed by psychologist Neil Warren, Greg Forgatch, and Galen Buckwalter. Along with creating relationship connections, eHarmony offers advice to users who may solely be inquiring about advice for an existing relationship. The founders of this website have faith in this service because they believe that it is not about matching people with similar hobbies, rather focusing on compatibility. To obtain a compatibility match each user is prompted to create a user account and profile that will tell about themselves rather then what they want in someone else. Along with written passages by the user, a questionnaire is completed that in the aftermath determines characteristics, beliefs, values, emotional health, and skills. The information from the questionnaire and profile are used in a matching algorithm which depicts traits and values to replicate happy couples.
While eHarmony has not submitted their work for peer review or correlating evaluations, their results speak for themselves. Over ninety percent of eHarmony couples had marriage quality scores that were above average when compared to couples who begun their relationships elsewhere. Since 2000, the company has gained over 33 million members and have well over 15 thousand eHarmony questionnaires filled out each day. According to renowned outsider research relationship companies, approximately 542 eHarmony members get married in the United States daily. While eHarmony receive its’ many criticism, it clearly is a social network to be reckoned with among others.
eHarmony sounds like a very reliable site for finding a relationship however I would like to see some research into the actual duration of the relationships.
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As I was reading the article, I was thinking of the same question as Jon. How many of these marriages last? The statistic for divorces in America is now at 50 percent. How does eHarmony compare to that statistic, I wonder.
ReplyDeleteSome people join sites for special interests (not necessarily dating sites) and end up meeting someone special that way too.
ReplyDeleteWith E-Harmony, the computer "picks" for you and there may be a week between times that it selects a potential match.Personally, I think most of the huge services end up going sour because they just focus on money.