If you consider looking for your future life partner online, make sure you chose the right website. It is usually easy enough to see whether a particular website is for marriage minded people or sex-daters. Look at the people’s profiles, see what they are saying about themselves and the person they desire to meet. Their descriptions and stated priorities will speak for themselves. Of course, there is always a chance of a sex-dater posting an ad at a “serious” website, but usually, the two do not mix.
Another thing I always advise is to chose a website that lets you fill out a detailed profile, not just a brief ad stating your age, height, weight, and hair color. The more you can share about yourself and read about your potential mate, the better. When good profiles are available, you will narrow down your search quickly and easily. You won’t even need to contact certain people to see whether you are compatible, you will read their information and know it right away if they are not someone you would be interested it.
I had joined a dating website that offered a brief questionnaire and a detailed profile; you could start with the first and fill out the second later on. There were some folks there who never did that, they just filled out the questionnaire and never went any further. For me, those were the profiles to disregard automatically. It told me that those people were not serious enough about finding their other half, they did not care to give it the full effort.