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Sunday, February 18 2007 @ 01:22 PM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Dating-Guru
Views: 1,723
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 There are thousands of dating sites on the internet today. These
personals sites can offer dating possibilities to all singles or they may
specialize and offer their service to only a certain type of single. More
dating services have tried to evolved into a niche market since competition has
become very fearless in the last few years. The smaller dating sites just
can't compete with the advertising dollars that the large services spend.
The major categories that online dating sites specialize in are:
General Dating Sites
This category contains the most sites as well as the largest dating services out
there. These type of dating sites don't specialize in any one area.
They have members from all ages, backgrounds, personalities, interests and locations.
All singles who joined a dating site that falls in a category listed below could
have joined one of these sites as well.
Location Specific Dating
The next dating site type is based on it's members location. This can range from
being a country specific dating service, and all the way down to city specific.
These services tend to be very popular with younger singles as they allow people
to meet new friends in their area. These dating sites also tend to hold
more single events since there members tend to live close together.
Senior Dating Services
As the name suggests, senior dating sites cater to singles over the age of
65. Most of these types of dating services usually count singles aged 50
or greater in their demographic but some sites advertise for people
aged 40 and over. This are is one of the fastest growing areas thanks to
the aging baby boomers.
Religious Dating
These dating sites usually focus on either Christian dating in general or on
just a specific religion like Catholic or Jewish. To attract members,
these sites tend to have a variety of interest groups as well as message boards
(very popular with members).
Adult Dating Sites
As the name suggests these sites are for adults only. They deal with
singles more interested in a sexual encounter than a long term relationship.
Marriage is usually not looked for on these types of sites. These sites also
usually have a much larger percentage of men than woman (not that they advertise
this).
Ethnic Specific
Dating Services based on different cultures are becoming more popular.
These sites help ethnic minorities in such countries as the United States,
Canada and the United Kingdom to find each other. These singles usually
have a strong cultural background and believe families are very important.
Miscellaneous Dating
This includes all other dating site categories. Popular dating
sites on the rise include sites for singles who are heavier than average (BBW),
dating sites that deal with single parents
or dating services with singles from certain jobs like the military or firemen.
As you can see there are many different types of dating services. To
compete with the established dating services, more dating sites have had to start
specializing. This is good news for the dating single as it means more choice
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Saturday, February 17 2007 @ 01:38 PM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Dating-Guru
Views: 1,380
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Online dating is hot. People are finding out that meeting someone online is not only very doable but can be especially gratifying. .
But (there’s always one of those) internet dating can sometimes produce less than positive results. For many people it’s when expectations meet reality.
For instance a guy who thinks he’s found the right girl. He replies on her profile and suddenly they start communicating on a very regular basis.
The chemistry they’ve built up through exchanging messages and talking on the phone blossoms. Now he considers the possibility of having more than an online relationship with the girl. He decides it’s time to set up their first real date. |
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Saturday, February 17 2007 @ 01:11 PM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Dating-Guru
Views: 1,499
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As you know the first impression can last forever or at least goes a long way, so you may like to make the most of it and remind yourself of the basic ingredients for a successful first date:
• Self-confidence. Be normal, be yourself - confident and happy. Look directly at the date. Make conversation or allow your date to take the first steps.
• Be positive. Life is beautiful and positive attracts positive, so to make sure you are getting a great date, just be great yourself!
• Talk with, not at. Listening and questioning are a very important part of every conversation. So, if you like your date, show your interest by listening and asking questions.
• Flirt but just not too much. Flirting is great, but can also give the wrong impression so better not to over do it. There’ll be plenty of time for flirtation when the relationship develops!
• Dress to impress, smart/sexy but without looking like you’ve tried too hard. Moderation is everything. Be clean and well-groomed, and dress appropriately for the occasion – casual for the pub or local restaurant, smarter for the ballet or theatre.
• Beware the demon drink. When you’re excited and maybe slightly nervous, it’s easy to keep on refilling your glass. But you want to keep in control of yourself, so how about limiting yourself to just a couple of drinks. And a woman particularly might question the motives of a man who keeps trying to ply her with alcohol…
• Just enjoy yourself. Meeting new people is fascinating, especially when you may be meeting your future partner, so it helps to feel optimistic and look forward to having a great time together!
It’s your turn to be happy! So good luck and have fun!
About The Author
CityDating.co.uk was formed in 2000 in response to the increasing demand for Internet based personals. The Internet lends itself well to this service due to it’s wide availability and the degree of anonymity for its users.
http://citydating.co.uk
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Thursday, December 14 2006 @ 11:12 AM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,489
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Last week we talked about the first five of the "Top Ten Excuses" single adults make for dropping out of the dating pool. Today we'll cover the second half of the list. Fair warning-the bottom half of the list is even more hard-hitting than the first five, so fasten your seat belts. If you are making excuses for dating failure, prepare to be challenged…in the best possible way!
The first five "excuses" centered around physical limitations, advanced age, kids, game playing and finances. Let's continue where we left off: |
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Thursday, December 14 2006 @ 11:11 AM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,398
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One of the most unfortunate truths in the dating world is that a disproportionately large number of single adults have actually given up on dating completely. Interestingly, some such people really have no concrete answer as to why this is. Others are readily able to come up with an excuse or two (or ten). Either way, it's tragic that so many people voluntarily choose a life without any chance of meeting a "significant other".
My personal feeling is that just about any one of us walking this planet could theoretically join the throng of those who have thrown in the towel on dating. Each one of us could cite some excuse of our own and be done with it-after all, nobody's perfect. |
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Thursday, December 07 2006 @ 09:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,413
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Online dating is hot. People are finding out that meeting someone online is not only very doable but can be especially gratifying. .
But (there’s always one of those) internet dating can sometimes produce less than positive results. For many people it’s when expectations meet reality.
For instance a guy who thinks he’s found the right girl. He replies on her profile and suddenly they start communicating on a very regular basis.
The chemistry they’ve built up through exchanging messages and talking on the phone blossoms. Now he considers the possibility of having more than an online relationship with the girl. He decides it’s time to set up their first real date.
And then it happens. They meet for first time over lunch and it’s a disaster. The girl appears to be somewhat different than what the guy had expected or recalled. But worse of all, the cheerful chemistry and lively conversation they had built up abruptly vanished. The date came to an end and even though the girl said that she had a nice time and enjoyed herself the problem is still there. The guy does not know what to say.
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Monday, November 20 2006 @ 07:59 AM Eastern Standard Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,487
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Everybody wants free stuff and that goes in the online dating world as well.
Now getting something for free doesn't mean by any means that is as good as if
you where paying for it. 99.999% of the time in internet dating this is
true.
Now the first thing I would like to say is don't confuse a free membership at
a dating site for a free trial membership.
Free Memberships
By free memberships I mean you have full access to all features of the dating
site and this membership has no expiry date. There is no paid component to
the dating site. While this may sound good initially, upon joining these
sites you will find that they have little to no members. Most of theses sites
are run by people looking for a quick buck. Running a dating site is no easy way
to make money. There is a lot of hard work maintaining the site and
keeping your members happy. This also allows the dating site to
keep your membership online forever and to use it to inflate the dating services
membership
numbers even if you only used the membership once 2 years ago.
Most of these sites will eventually plan to start charging for memberships to
get full access to the dating service (if they survive long enough). Most
time lines for this tend to be 6 months to a year. If they advertise
properly, this ensures that they will have enough members to make the site look
busy (at least a thousand members).
These sites that are completely free usually bombard their members with large
amounts of advertising. Sometimes this is not too noticeable, just a few
text ads at the bottom or top of the page. Most times though, you will
have popup ads and flashing annoying banner ads everywhere. Since these
dating services do not make money the traditional way (charging a membership
fee) they have to then look to advertisers for their source of income. No
one can run a completely free dating service forever since it cost good money to
support a dating site, it's members, advertising, computer hardware and to
supply access to the internet.
Free Trial Memberships
These type of memberships usually offer full access to the dating site for a
limited time (a week or less) or offer a membership that has no expiry date but
has crippled the features offered to the members. The dating services that
offer these type of memberships always offer a paid membership as well.
These sites tend to be more established and have a lot more members than the
completely free unlimited trials dating services.
Dating sites that offer free full access memberships for a limited time allow
you to act as any paid member would. You can create a profile, search the
database for singles that spark your interest and then send them mail. The
one difference with this membership is usually the dating site will require a
credit card number when you signup. Once your free trial is over they then
will charge you a fee every month. To prevent this you usually have to
notify them that you wish to cancel your membership before your trial has run
out. Not all dating services do this but, it is best to read the terms of
service closely to see how to cancel your membership.
Free trial memberships that offer no expiry date disable certain features.
In most cases these are the communication features. You are allowed to
create a profile, search for singles and view their profiles. But if you
find someone you would like to email (or someone has emailed you) you will not
be able too until you upgrade your membership. Of the two free trial
membership types this is by far the more common approach.
Conclusion
Be very wary of dating sites that don't offer some sort of free membership.
What are they trying to hide? There are so many dating sites out there now
it is best just to move on and find another that offers a free glimpse at how
their dating site serves its members.
All online dating services reviewed on 5 Stars Online Dating Sites offer one of the Free Trial Membership types.
They are well established sites with millions of single members.
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Saturday, September 02 2006 @ 10:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,521
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“Opposites attract” is a law of attraction, at least where electromagnetism is concerned. But are there laws about attraction between two people? “In a world that is full of strangers” as a line in a famous song of the 1980’s goes, is there a clear set of rules that allows two people to fall for each other?
Is attraction a matter of chemistry?
Maybe. According to scientists, the attraction between animals of the opposite sex is all about chemicals called pheromones. The effect of pheromones in behavior of insects is the most studied to date. It has been observed, at least in some experiments, that pheromones are responsible for communication among same species and colony of ants. The horrible odor released by skunks to ward off enemies is said to be a kind of pheromone. Some species of apes rub pheromone-containing urine on the feet of potential mates to attract them. Some scientists believe that animals (usually the females) such as insects and mammals send out these chemical signals to tell the male of their species that their genes are different from theirs. This gene diversity is important in producing offspring with better chances of survival. The perfume industry has capitalized on pheromones as a means to increase one’s sexual attractiveness to the opposite sex. Animals such as the whale and the musk deer were hunted down for these chemicals.
Lately, scientists are looking into the existence of human pheromones and its role in mate selection. There are many conflicting views in the realm of biology, chemistry, genetics, and psychology. Most scientists would assert that these do not exist, or if they do, do not play a role in sexual attraction between a man and a woman. But new researches such as that conducted by Swiss researchers from the University of Bern led by Klaus Wedekind are slowly making these scientists rethink their stand. Their experiment involved women sniffing the cotton shirts of different men during their ovulation period. It was found out that women prefer the smell of men’s shirts that were genetically different, but also shared similarities with the women’s genes. This, like in the case of insects and other mammals, was to ensure better and healthier characteristics for their future children. But researchers also cautioned that preference for a male odor is affected by the women’s ovulation period, the food that men eat, perfumes and other scented body products, and the use of contraceptive pills.
Does personality figure in sexual attraction?
Yes, but so does your perception of a potential mate’s personality. According to a research conducted by Klohnen, E.C., & S. Luo in 2003 on interpersonal attraction and personality, a person’s sense of self-security and at least the person’s perception of his/her partner were found to be strong determinants of attraction in hypothetical situations. What does this tell us? We prefer a certain personality type, which attracts you to a person. But aside from the actual personality of the person, which can only be verified through close interaction through time, it is your perception of your potential partner that attracts you to him/her, whether the person of your affection truly has that kind of personality or not. This could probably account for a statement commonly heard from men and women on their failed relationships: “I thought he/she was this kind of person.”
So how does attraction figure in relationships?
You have probably heard that attraction is a prelude, or a factor towards a relationship. Most probably, at least in the beginning; but attraction alone cannot make a relationship work. It is that attraction that makes you notice a person from the opposite sex, but once you get to know the person more, attraction is just one consideration. Shared values, dreams, and passions become more significant in long-term relationships.
So should I stop trying to become attractive?
More than trying to become physically attractive, work on all aspects of your health: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Physical attraction is still a precursor. Remember, biology predisposes us to choose the partner with the healthiest genes. Where your emotions are concerned, just ask this to yourself: would you want to spend time with a person who feels insecure about him/herself? Probably not! There is wisdom in knowing yourself: who you are, your beliefs, values, and dreams. And do not pretend to be someone you are not. Fooling another person by making him/her think that you share the same values and beliefs is only going to cause you both disappointments. When you are healthy in all aspects, attractiveness becomes a consequence and not an end. As mentioned in the Klohnen and Luo’s research, a person’s sense of self-security matters, perhaps even beyond attraction. But remember: do these things for yourself and not for other people. Only then can you truly harness your attractiveness as a person.
About The Author
Scott Sutton is a savvy and successful internet marketer working with the #1 most visited personal development website in the world. Learn more at: www.receivesuccess.com/new
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Friday, August 25 2006 @ 04:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,515
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It used to be that there is no such thing as free lunch. Then along came the internet and free became almost an automatic expectation.
The expectation of free stuff has but pervaded the internet, online dating included. Add to this that some people- including some of whom should know better- cannot quite distinguish between a true internet dating site and a chat room. Whatever happened to "you get what you pay for"?
So, do free dating sites exist? If so, are they worth your time?
The answer to the first question is yes. But wait, not so fast. There is a price to pay. To answer the second question, I will ask you this; how much is your time worth? Or should I ask, how much is time spent on finding your soul-mate worth?
You see, while it may seem enticing to use a free dating site, you could end up investing so much time that it will cancel out at best. Most likely it will not be worth it. You will find yourself spending lots of time on poor quality websites that don't work efficiently. Read frustration and agitation. And this is just for starters.
Next is safety. Background checks and/or verification are most likely inexistent on free sites as they just will not spend much time or (duh?) money on this. What this means is that you will most likely be contacting a person who is not whom they claim to be. Read potential disaster.
In contrast, a paid dating site usually requires the use of a credit card, or other verifiable form of payment. This leaves a trail that can back to the subscriber. A person who can be traced is less likely to engage in crooked activity.
Another important thing is quality. If the site is not making money from subscriptions, it must be getting its revenue from somewhere. The most likely source is advertising. Prepare to be bombarded with ads, pop-ups and offers. Most Spy ware and Trojan infections sneak into a computer through "free" services and downloads.
Caliber of potential prospects also matters. What kind of person will not commit a few dollars to finding the perfect mate? You can be sure that many lowlifes, losers and practical jokers will find a haven in free sites. Is a wonder that most online dating nightmare stories seem to originate from free chat rooms?
In contrast, a person who is willing to pay a subscription fee is already demonstrating commitment, and can be taken seriously.
Finally, free sites will be likely to cut corners in order to keep operating costs as low as possible. This means that features will be limited. You will also get very little useful information about your prospects. Site improvements will be few and far between if any at all.
The bottom-line still is: you get what you pay for. If you want quality you must be willing to make the commitment. If in doubt get a free trial membership with a reputable dating site, then decide if it is what you want. If so, go with it. If not, move on.
About The Author
David Kamau is webmaster of http://e-datecentral.com. Find reputable dating sites that offer free trials at: http://e-datecentral.com/personals/free_trials.htm.
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Friday, July 28 2006 @ 09:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 1,967
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There are thousands of dating sites on the internet today. With maybe
about 300 of them with enough members (10,000+) to allow singles to meet someone
new in their neighborhood (these are rough estimates). Of these online
dating services, we reviewed at least 60 different sites over a 6 month period.
This involved signing up to the dating service and noting, all available
features, number of members, participation, price, customer service, and what
niche (if any) was the dating site geared towards. From here we also
checked the net to try and find any negative feedback from members regarding
that particular dating site. All most all dating sites (and most
businesses on the internet) have some sort of negative feedback. People
tend to post a lot more complaints than glowing reviews of sites, since they
want to see if others have had the same experience, and misery loves company
;-). A percentage of these complaints are about singles not responding to
the members posted profile. This is usually a result of people not created
a profile that is honest but is also attractive to other singles. This is
in part the fault of the dating site (for maybe not posting enough info on what
makes a good profile) and also the member but, more on that in another article.
Now back to the topic at hand. Once we had the list of dating sites
with all their features, etc. we took the top sites and posted them on this
site. We only allowed one dating site per category. This is to make
it easier for you. The hard work of signing up and comparing the dating
services is done, you now just have to pick what niche (if any) you want your
dating site to be in.
This list of dating site reviews we have is not static. If we find a
better site or if enough singles tell us of a better dating site, we will
review it and if it does meet and pass the expectations of the current dating
site in the category we will replace it with the new dating service. If
you have found a dating site that you think deserves to be listed here please
comment on this article!
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