SocialGrid.com - Free Online Dating and Networking

Need a date? If you’re up for the whole online dating thing, try SocialGrid. It’s free, for starters, and it claims it will remain free for the long run. How they work: SocialGrid uses a search engine based on Linux clusters which is designed specifically for finding matches. Rather than rely on membership costs, SocialGrid will share traffic and shifting costs to other sites with personal pages and blogs. Their search engine is based on low cost grid computing and enables users to search for people based on their profile information—i.e. interests, personal traits, characteristics, income level, age etc. Users can search for people with similar tastes and characteristics all over the internet regardless of what social network or community they belong to, as long as they have a profile. Contacting other people is of course free, and the site implements a strict spam policy.

“SocialGrid is a free online dating service and decentralized social networking community that helps people meet using tags. SocialGrid can help you find your ?perfect match? and extend your social network by making it possible for you to search throughout the Internet for people with similar interests, goals, desirable traits and characteristics. Discover a whole new way to search for people.”

SocialGrid opens up the world of people search to everyone. It doesn’t rely on closed and costly memberships. By keeping the network free, the site will better be able to build its user base and thus increase the possibility of finding matches. What’s more, SocialGrid’s people search engine means that users can search across social networks and communities, without having to sign up or register.

How is SocialGrid going to advertise itself? Is it’s business model viable? Will it work?