The German firm has increased the ability of its members to flirt by letting them search by life situation and interests. peperonity hosts more than six million user pages and is accessed by 12 million visitors a month.

Marcus Ladwig, COO of peperonity, said: "peperonity is becoming more and more an essential part of users` daily life. They use it at home, at school, on the bus, virtually everywhere. What they like most about our approach is probably that you can express yourself freely and still be found by others through those criteria."

peperonity.com was launched in 2001, and now has almost two million registered users.