Online Dating Guide & Blog

As valuable links are posted in articles, I will try to include them here so that the links can be browsed easily in one place. Link Exchange links are posted at the bottom.

Dating Articles and Thoughts
• Cheap but Great Dates: Ideas on original date ideas. Originally discussed in this post
• Online Daters to Avoid: Good advice for avoiding dead-ends in online dating originally discussed here.
• Best and Worst Cities for Dating: Best and worst cities for 2007.
• SODA: The Safer Online Dating Alliance site which offers many good tips for online dating and was originally talked about in this article.

Dating Sites
• OD2 Directory of Dating Services and Web Sites – OnlineDating2.com is a well organized directory of dating websites and dating services located throughout the USA as well as Internationally.
• Match.com – A very popular online dating service both in the U.S. and the U.K.
• OKCupid – My personal favorite free online dating service which I talk about in this post.
• eHarmony – Reportedly the most visited online dating site, this service concentrates on matching you to other singles based on your personality. This service puts a big emphasis on marriage.
• MatchAffinity – A U.K. specific online dating service that mixes the benefits of many different dating service types. I talk about this service in greater detail in this post.

Dating Services
• Best Online Dating Profile Writer: Go from being one of many – to being “the one”. Your dating profile is competing for attention with millions of others. So get noticed. Have your profile crafted by an award-winning ad writer who’s trained to be persuasive. See samples. See credentials. And, see for yourself at: trysweettalk.com.
• LookBetterOnline.com: a site that offers professionally taken photos for online dating profiles originally discussed in this article.
• Intelius: A company that offers background checks for online dating that was discussed here.
• My Best Face – A free service from OKCupid to help you select your best photo to use on your profile

Online Dating in the News
• Risks of Online Dating: An article on the risks of online dating. I didn’t agree with some of their conclusions but still a worth-while read.

Humorous Links
• I Liked Your Profile: A collection of really bad, scary, and funny emails received by people dating online.

Other Links

• Captivating Imagery Pittsburgh Wedding Photography: My wife’s photography site. Maybe my guide will help enough that you would actually need to contact her!
• Self Help Blog Directory