Weeding out the bad eggs

Many people are still afraid of online dating because of the potential to meet undesirable people: sexual deviants, scammers, pedophiles, married passing off as singles, men passing off as women… the list is endless.

Heart2Heart relaunches Datopia

Finding love in the digital age is increasingly easier, as dating sites integrate more and more with existing social networking, audio and video services. This is the main selling point of Datopia, a new dating site that integrates popular social sites such as Facebook and MySpace; audio and video from YouTube and iTunes; and instant communications such as Twitter and AIM along with iPhone applications for a completely multimedia, on-the-go online dating experience.

What Men Make of What you Write

When it comes to online dating, nothing is more important than your written introduction. It goes up on your profile page and sits like a spokeswoman selling the you product. As such, the you review is an oft-analyzed bit of your digital self – and you better make sure that you put the right you out there.

Meetic increases its European operations

The largest European dating conglomerate has become even larger: Meetic.com – which currently serves millions of customers in over 20 countries - is set to acquire Match.com’s entire European operations on a massive trade-off.

Wanting to Know What You Want

If you don’t want to know what you want, then internet dating is not for you.

Some people don’t like to know what they want – they would prefer to careen from event to event, person to person, making the most out of what comes through their lives.

The Three Types of Sites

There are 3 types of online dating sites.

In your quest for a special friend, you should be using the type of site which best fits what you are looking for (and why you are looking for it!)

Match.com now accepts PayPal

There is no excuse to remain single! If you were holding back from online dating because of security concerns, this will come as good news: Match.com – “the world’s largest online dating company” – just announced that it now accepts PayPal for member subscriptions.

Get inside information at JDating - Real People, Real Journeys

Top Jewish dating site JDate has just unveiled a series of 24 real-life short films called “JDating - Real People, Real Journeys”, in which JDaters give their insight on love, dating and what makes them click.

Things to Do on a First Date

Just don’t go to a movie.

Of all the activities that you can choose to engage in your very first date together, please don’t go to a movie. You’re trapped in a room for 2+ hours sitting silently next to someone you barely know… thinking.

What Men Make of What You Do

We are thinking differently.

Sometimes I stumble across a Tuesday night type of sitcom or comic and am reminded of the unending stupidity in the depiction of male sexuality – “Man wants sex.”