Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Online Dating Services Get Results

By John Hardy

Most of the guys and girls who go to online dating services are older than 24. Younger guys and girls in their 20s have a large carryover of friends. These guys and girls from high school and college are still chasing down people from their extensive social circle and have little reason to bother with online dating sites.

Many professional men and women lead intense lives in their careers that does not put them in a position to meet someone of the opposite sex and that would lead to a dating relationship. Online dating services provide a powerful way to connect with compatible adults and you have the huge leverage of chatting and filtering. That?s what makes online dating services great and it is hard to duplicate elsewhere.

The workplace chains men and women down. Dating clients or co-workers are a definite taboo. Time restraints because of professional enrichment opportunities change the game. If they do go out often they intimidate others and find it hard to connect. Often they cannot put their pictures up for fear of being recognized professionally.

Online dating sites are the logical choice for many. One of the best reasons to do this is because you do it at home at your own time. You can compare information online directly so you can filter for compatible people that meet your standards. There is a monster quantity of people you can choose from that won't dry up. All you need to do is to cast your net into this sea and write a good profile and go looking for your potential mate.

One of the best unbiased rating agencies is Consumer Reports. The companies they recommend come from consumer surveys and they insure that their reports cannot be manipulated. They recommend Match.com, eHarmony and Yahoo Personals as being among the best online dating services.

If you're there for the basics, Yahoo Personals and Match.com are the best bet. eHarmony and Yahoo Personals have a compatibility test which pair you up with likes and dislikes issues. Set up a private email account with Hotmail, Google or some independent email company so you can monitor your email.

For some strange reason, eHarmony has more women than men in their membership. Perhaps it is because men don't want to fill out the lengthy personality test. A nice feature form eHarmony is that they allow you to post a number of pictures of yourself. So you can post action shots as well as more relaxed poses.

Match.com allows for an extended profile of yourself so write as much as you can about yourself. As with any sales letter, long copy sells better. Match.com bypasses the Q and A of Eharmony so you need to make your email and profile stand out.

A good online dating site that allows you to post multiple photos is Yahoo Personals. Besides posting multiple best photos of yourself, Yahoo Personals has chat email that helps in your matchmaking. Also free advice and tips are helpfully provided for reference.

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