Should Sikh Look for Matrimonial On the Web

Well I would say, why not, development in technology and other revolutionary progress has created options for easy communication and why shouldn't one put matrimonial aside from it.
Last sunday, one of my sikh friend called me asked whether I ( me ) know any suitable sikh boy groom for his daughter ( Bride ), as he is trying to find a Suitable Sikh Boy. At once I suggested him to search on the interent on some Sikh Matrimonial Sites.
He just bumped me of by giving me a 5 minute lecture on the phone ( Do u know how painfull is it ) and gave all sorts of reasons why he should not look search for a sikh on the internet. At the end i was really out of words and had to agree with him.

Now when i thought of that incident and was thinking what other people think about this kind a issue? Does sikhs are so backward that they are still hooked up to their old traditions and practices? I see Sikh people in my everyday life and talk to them, but all that is really what we talk verbally, Do they really practice what they say?