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How to Use Match.com
Published on October 9, 2010
How should I use Match.com? What’s the best way to approach using this service? First, there is no perfect approach. However, I think that Match.com> has some strength that its users can take advantage of to help improve their experience with the service. Below, I’m going to discuss the communication process at Match.com and how […]
Keep readingStop Unwanted Dating Site Auto-Renewals
Published on September 9, 2010
Photo by stuartpillbrow Every pay online dating service that I am aware of has a policy where you are automatically auto-renewed at whatever subscription plan you select when first signing up. This means that if you sign up for six months, when your first six months comes to an end they will automatically renew you […]
Keep readingDoes eHarmony Work?
Published on September 5, 2010
Does eHarmony work? Do people really have success using it? The simple answer is this: yes, it does work and many people have great success, including marriage, using it. While that is the short answer, I think many people are more interested in this question: Will eHarmony work for me? That question is harder to […]
Keep readingIs eHarmony Free?
Published on August 31, 2010
Is eHarmony free? This question comes up from time to time and the short answer is: no, eHarmony is not free (see this post for cost information). Parts of the service are free and there are also free events that the service has from time to time. These two areas can confuse first time users […]
Keep readingDating Commercials are Better in the UK
Published on August 22, 2010
It seems to me that dating commercials in the UK are far superior to those in the US. Here in the States most of our commercials are either couples talking or black-and-white commercials of a single person sitting or laying and occasionally laughing (and I’m not sure what the point is to these commercials, to […]
Keep readingLovestruck: Online Dating for the Busy Professional
Published on August 18, 2010
To business professionals, the idea of dating simply feels like it is not an option. The demand of our jobs or personal lives makes the idea of actively seeking a relationship seem impossible. For many, the common thought is that a relationship is something we will pursue when things “slow down”, next month or next […]
Keep readingProximity-Based Dating: A Look at MeetMoi
Published on August 15, 2010
I remember reading about devices in Japan that would alert you when you are near another single person who also had one of these devices. I read about this years and years ago (probably when I first started dating online in 2004) so I can’t remember all the details but I seem to remember that […]
Keep readingeHarmony vs Chemistry.com: Which Service Is Better?
Published on August 8, 2010
What is the difference between eHarmony and Chemistry.com? Is eHarmony better than Chemistry.com? While the two services appear very similar, I will discuss what I consider the biggest difference between them. Then I’ll discuss some additional feature differences and why in some cases one of the two services may serve you better than the other. […]
Keep readingChemistry.com Review
Published on August 2, 2010
Chemistry.com is a popular matchmaking-based service in the US. The point of Chemistry.com it is to provide you matches based on personality as opposed to having you browse to through hundreds of profiles and randomly picking the people you feel you will get along best with. I’m going to break this review down into a […]
Keep readingOnline Dating with Your Friends
Published on July 25, 2010
Recently I posted my two part interview with Chloe, the CEO of the new online dating service HelloJackieJoe. You can find this interview in the following posts: Interview Part 1 Interview Part 2 I wanted to take an opportunity to talk a little bit more about this service. The first thing that I’ll say is […]
Keep readingYahoo! Personals Officially Finished
Published on July 24, 2010
Earlier this week (July 21st to be exact) marked the last day that any user of Yahoo! Personals could switch to Match.com, the service that will be taking over all the accounts that previously existed within the Yahoo! service. Yahoo! Personals is the first service I ever paid for when I started dating online. I […]
Keep readingThe HelloJackieJoe Interview, Part 2
Published on July 24, 2010
This post is the second half of a two-part interview I had with Chloe Rothwell, the CEO of the new online dating service called HelloJackieJoe. HelloJackieJoe is unique in that it aims to involve your friends into your online dating experience. The first half of my interview with Chloe is available here in the second […]
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