If you do go the internet dating route, it’s best to find the dating site that best caters to people like you. Each dating site has its own demographic, and you’ll probably want to be matched with people you would recognize as potential mates.
My husband was once on e-harmony, back in the day. He says that they’re very good at matching up singles from the Christian Right. If you are at the end of that particular bell curve, as he was (not being Christian and all), he says that they match you up with other people at the end of their own bell curve – I guess if you are not part of their center-of-mass, all freaks are alike, so to speak. (Keep in mind that this is just one man’s opinion.)
That said, neither e-harmony, OK Cupid, nor any of the other multitude of dating sites helped my husband. He met me through a friend. ;)