A survey focusing on online matchmaking for the first time shows that more than 70% of the respondents believe the Internet can provide more opportunities for them to make friends, and over 80% accept the phenomenon of finding marriage partners online, 30% of whom would like to have a try.

Sponsored by the website www.yeeyoo.com, a survey on online matchmaking conducted by Shanghai iResearch Co. since June is approaching the end. Half of the respondents think that there are not enough social activities for them to get to know friends of the opposite sex, while the Internet provides more chances and online chatting is more convenient. Nearly 40% of them believe matchmaking websites can provide more chances than traditional matchmaking companies.

However, nearly 60% are doubtful about it, as they cannot tell reliable matchmaking websites from the false ones. "It reflects that there's much room for improvement of the online matchmaking market. As it lacks creditability, most people prefer to take a wait-and-see attitude," said a related chief.

As analyzed by this chief, people lacking in mutual trust is one of the main reasons of this phenomenon. Moreover, the creditability of some traditional matchmaking companies is rather low, and it has cut down some people's trust on this market. Meanwhile, the virtual status of the Internet itself also highlights the problem.

In addition, 55% of the respondents indicate they would like to receive identity examination by the matchmaking websites, since they hope to build a reliable circumstance for making friends.

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