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Tools For Identifying Online Dating Scams and Liars
Published on October 16, 2009
This article is one in a series that discusses protecting yourself from scams when dating online. As online dating grows more popular so do dating scams associated with them. There are many good resources online describing dating scams but not very many give concrete ways to defend or combat them. Because of this, I want […]
Keep readingAre Niche Dating Sites Worth My Time or Money?
Published on October 3, 2009
Note: In discussing this topic I’ll be using a Christian dating service as an example but I hope it becomes clear that this advice can be applied to many different types of niche sites. I use this example as I have some personal experience in the area. I also have a friend who has had […]
Keep readingWhy are People Rejected by eHarmony?
Published on September 22, 2009
Have you been rejected by eHarmony? You’re not alone if so: eHarmony claims that as many as 20% of the applicants are rejected. There are several issues which eHarmony explained to the Washington Post as reasons a person can be rejected. As you’ll see, many of these reasons won’t apply to you. Regardless of the […]
Keep readingTop 10 Most Visited Online Dating Sites, June 2009
Published on September 20, 2009
Nielsen released numbers in June of this year showing which online dating sites were receiving the most traffic. During that month, there were close to 30 million unique visitors across the sites they were tracking…obviously online dating is becoming more popular all the time. The following are a list of the top ten sites based […]
Keep readingHow to Fix the Free Dating Service Model
Published on September 16, 2009
Yesterday I discussed why the free online dating services have such problems: men who send massive amounts of spam searching for a woman willing to have sex. The services could cancel these men’s accounts but that really accomplishes nothing – they’ll just open another. It would appear that these free services will simply have to […]
Keep readingThe Cost of Free Dating Services
Published on September 15, 2009
With completely free online dating services out there, you might wonder how it is that sites that require you to pay have stayed in business. It’s not because there is some hidden price with the free services (they really are totally free). It’s not because the free sites don’t offer similar services (they do, if […]
Keep readingDating Services: How Long Should I Sign Up For?
Published on February 19, 2008
My last article talked about an offer from Match.com where you could get six months free after paying for six months (although there are more than a few hoops to jump through to earn those free months). Photo by cathyse97 At any rate, the very fact that you have to pay for six months up-front […]
Keep readingIssues with the Match.com Six Month Guarantee
Published on February 8, 2008
A friend of mine tried out the Match.com 6 Month Guaranteeprogram where if you don’t meet that “special someone”, you will get 6 months free. Unfortunately, when he came to the end of his six months they said he didn’t qualify even though, as far as he could tell, he did. I checked online for […]
Keep readingOnline Dating Services with a Different Approach
Published on November 9, 2007
Recently I was reading a TechCrunch article about the online dating services that are taking a different approach. There were two dating sites listed in the article that I was familiar with: Engage.com and GreatBoyFriends.com. I had read about Engage.com a few weeks ago and was interested by the idea. The service provides what might […]
Keep readingA Great Idea for Online Dating
Published on October 31, 2007
In my guide, I stress the importance of meeting anyone you are talking to online sooner rather than later. I make this recommendation based on the fact that I found my impressions that were created from talking to someone through email or on the phone were often very (very) wrong. In these cases, within the […]
Keep readingOn the Fence about Online Dating
Published on October 30, 2007
If you are one of the many singles out there who has considered online dating but just can’t bring yourself to shell out the cash to give it a try the web site Plenty of Fish might just be what you were looking for. When I was dating online, there were a few free sites […]
Keep readingWorth A Thousand Words? How about $150?
Published on October 22, 2007
Recently, when a friend needed photos for his online dating profile, it was a good opportunity for my wife (who is a professional photographer) to get some portrait shots while helping a friend at the same time. The shoot went well and our friend genuinely liked the photos and had them up on his profile […]
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