Dating Services: How Long Should I Sign Up For?

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). At any rate, the very fact that you have to pay for six months up-front got me thinking […]



Online Dating Services with a Different Approach

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 be […]



A Great Idea for Online Dating

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 […]



On the Fence about Online Dating

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 […]



Worth A Thousand Words? How about $150?

Kate has been taking photography classes and has been looking for an outlet for her creativity. Recently, when a friend needed photos for his online dating profile, it was a perfect opportunity for her to get some shots of someone other than me and the dog. The “shoot” went well without any problems and our […]



100 Best Dating Sites

As the name suggests, 100bestdatingsites.com is a list of dating services rated for usability and features. The dating sites are rated based on ease-of-use, honest business practices, etc. Personally, I stuck with the best known companies when dating online because I believed this would give me the best odds (I assumed the best known would […]