Showing posts with label dating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dating. Show all posts

Saturday, May 29, 2010

American Singles Are Dating Online More Than Ever Before


American singles dating has become big business thanks to the internet. There are now millions of single American women and men registered with various American singles dating agencies and other online dating services. If you’re a single American looking for a new partner or to establish a new relationship, be it romantic or otherwise, the online dating world is now one of the best places to start.

There are many benefits to online dating, but perhaps the most beneficial aspect relates to the sheer volumes of single men and women that are doing it. In fact, because there are so many American singles dating online you are virtually guaranteed to find the type of partner you’re looking for.

Is it really true that there are millions of American singles dating online?

In truth, the numbers are very difficult to quantify. Some dating services advertise they have hundreds of thousands of registered singles, others advertise they have twenty million. A study in 2003 showed something like 40 million Americans had visited online dating sites. If we turn to official census statistics we can see that there are millions of confirmed single Americans. The question is how many of these are registered with online dating services? Again, the numbers are difficult to quantify, but fortunately if you’re single and wondering, you can check two key areas for yourself.

The first is that the American singles dating scene has become a massive and highly competitive internet business. The industry is calculated to be worth anything from $500M to $1 Billion annually, possibly even more. Online dating worldwide or even online dating for just American singles is one of the most popular, lucrative and thriving businesses on the internet today. That doesn’t happen unless there are plenty of customers.

The second, and perhaps the most important, is that nearly all singles dating websites display the number of registered users logged on at any given time. All you have to do is participate to see for yourself that at different times of the day there may be dozens, hundreds and even thousands of American singles logged on and seeking to find that special friend or romantic mate.

There was a time in the recent past when online dating was in its infancy and as a result was a questionable social activity viewed with caution, but those times are past. These days online dating is popular, has widely become one of the easiest, safest and most enjoyable ways to find other American singles to hook up with, and if you approach it intelligently, might very well be the method through which you find the love of your life.

Today, you can have a Professional Relationship Director provide you with introductions to eligible individuals who have similar interests. Stop wasting time with online dating services and step up to the art of matchmaking. Contact a Single? Atlanta today and engage us to represent your personal interests. Click Here to receive our FREE Video series on Secret Conversations with a Matchmaker.

Local Dating Sites: How do I Find Them?


If you’re new to on line dating you may be wondering how you go about finding local dating sites. Fortunately the answer is easy.

There are thousands of on line dating sites all over the world. Obviously finding a date online wouldn’t be of any value if you could never find anyone who you can actually meet up with, and so all internet dating services offer some kind of localized search function, usually by zip code.

Not all of the top dating sites in the world will be of value to your specific area since many offer searches that are restricted to a particular country. For example, many of the top sites only offer local dating searches in the U.S. Of course, there are also many worldwide dating sites that are technically local dating sites since they have a complete country, state and city search function.

When it comes to working out which of the top tier online dating services also act as local dating sites, all you can do is experiment by using their search function for your local area.

There are pros and cons between using larger sites and more local oriented sites. Some people prefer to use the larger on line dating services because they feel that they offer a little more anonymity amongst the crowd. Some people trust the larger sites more than smaller, local dating sites. You may find there are many profiles from your local area on the larger dating sites for these are similar reasons.

Naturally local dating sites that are actually specific to your area will only have profiles of people in that area. Your profile will stand out more readily in a local dating site that caters only to your immediate area as will the profiles of others in your local area. The benefit may be that you are able to find someone closer to you more readily. It is however impossible to make a blanket statement regarding this since there are literally thousands of on line dating sites and there may be more than one that cater to your area.

If you’re looking for a local dating site that caters only to your specific local area, then you will need to search for it online. Be aware that many of the larger online dating sites will also cater to your area and so if you search for a broad term such as “local dating sites” your initial search results will probably be comprised of larger online dating sites that cater to a local area somewhere. For this reason you will need to narrow your search criteria.

Decide what you’re looking for from a local dating site and narrow your search terms to match your goals. For example, searching for “local dating sites” will deliver broad results, whilst searching for “Santa Barbara single women” will be more likely to locate search results from websites that list profiles of single women in the Santa Barbara area. If you’re looking only to date a person with a specific religious faith, a search term such as “Santa Barbara single Christian women” may help you to find a local dating site more suitable to your needs.

Fortunately the online dating world is very competitive and for this reason it won’t take you long to find either a local dating site that has many members or a broader, larger site that caters to your local area that also has many members. There are many single people out there and online dating is the preferred method for meeting people these days. With a little searching, you’ll find the local dating site that works for you.

Today, you can have a Professional Relationship Director provide you with introductions to eligible individuals who have similar interests. Stop wasting time with online dating services and step up to the art of matchmaking. Contact a Single? Atlanta today and engage us to represent your personal interests. Click Here to receive our FREE Video series on Secret Conversations with a Matchmaker.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

How Matches Are Made In Online Dating Sites


Online dating opens up possibilities, meeting people, building relationships and even getting married. Once you have already signed for a service and uploaded your profile in the site, the dating site would come up with different possible matches.

Online dating sites would often times advertise their success rates. But how do they provide users of possible matches? They do not just pick out random people and put them in similar categories. There are test based online dating sites. They would ask users to answer different question. The scores would determine the prospective dates for a certain user.

Some experts say that test based sites could deliver better results compared with other online dating sites. Test based dating sites would be able to factor-in values, behavior, and other psychological aspects when marching users. Free online dating sites would match people based on their age, location and other factors which are supplied while building the user’s profile. The user would then make a choice based on what he or she has seen on the profile and pictures of the possible matches.

In other sites, the user could state which attribute is important for them. They could rank their choices and each would be given a corresponding score. The accumulated score will help the site determine which matches may interest the user. Other sites make it more complicated. They would use surveys and mathematical algorithms to search for matches. These algorithms would be able to “predict” compatibility and if relationship is possible.

Making the user profile is very important in internet sites. Physical attributes like height, weight, and body type are usually the things that people would look for their possible matches. Interests and activities even political and religious beliefs are factors when searching for dates. In some cultures, online dating sites are not mainly used for finding love matches. They would prefer having social conversations rather than date.

Adding or uploading a photo is another important step. Online daters are always reminded to be cautious with the personal identification information that they put in their profiles, like address, home phone number, full name and employer, most especially the social security number.

Online dating sites would consider different factors when sending possible matches to users. For example, men are said to be prefer a larger selection of matches belonging in a specific type. They are also more visually oriented which is why they would prefer responding to women who have attractive photos. Women, on the other hand, prefer to have “super matches” sent to them. These “super matches” are supposed to be perfect matches.

Online dating sites would include different applications for the members to use. They would usually have games, online chat, sending emails, calling, winks, emoticons, and sending virtual gifts to create venues where users could connect with other users and build possible relationships.

In the end, it is still the user who would have control. The user is still the one in control when choosing who to connect with, what information to provide and what behavior and attributes important to them. Online dating sites only provide avenues and opportunities for people to meet possible love interest and even friends. It is still up to the user to communicate and build a foundation of a relationship over time.

Today, you can have a Professional Relationship Director provide you with introductions to eligible individuals who have similar interests. Stop wasting time with online dating services and step up to the art of matchmaking. Contact a Single? Atlanta today and engage us to represent your personal interests. Click Here to receive our FREE e-Book on realizing the perfect relationship.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Books On Marriage How Do You Find The Right One




Books on marriage, can they really help save your marriage? The answer is yes, probably, but you need to make sure to pick the right book for you. Instead of taking the usual approach of compiling a list of good marriage books, this article will show you how to evaluate books on marriage to find the one that is right for you and your problems.

One hard truth that most people have a hard time accepting is that they are not special unique snowflakes. It may seem like you’re the only person in the world going through what you’re going through, but you aren’t. There are six billion people in the world; somewhere in that teeming mass is someone who has gone through what you’re going through. Probably millions of someones, to be honest.

At the same time, your marriage is unique. Yes, that is in direct contradiction with the above statement, but don’t worry, I’ll explain. While there are certainly other people with your problems, there are still millions of different variations, and all books on marriage don’t apply to every marriage.

What you need to do to sort through the thousands of books on marriage is to know exactly what it is you want out of the books. If your problem is that you wish your spouse would spend a little more time with you, then you are going to be looking for an entirely different book than someone who is trying to bring their marriage back from the brink of divorce.

So you need to know what problem, if any, you’re trying to address. You then need to look for books that fit into your personal worldview. Books on marriage that focus on prayer and spirituality may work wonderfully for some people, but if you’re not that kind of person, the advice will be useful for your particular situation.

You need to look through whatever books you think might be relevant to your situation and see if they make sense to you. Psychology, or just the study and understanding of why people do the things they do, is not a hard science. Two plus two does not necessarily equal four. If a book doesn’t make sense to you, then it will almost certainly not work for you. Look for the books on marriage that have relevance to you and your relationship, and forget the rest.

Another thing to consider is the reputation of the author. This isn’t necessarily as big a deal as you might think, but it definitely is something you need to consider when you’re looking at books on marriage. Does the person have the kind and experience and credentials that you’d expect? Do they seem to have a good handle on the subject? If you can’t find the answer to this easily, the answer is probably no.

You shouldn’t discount the internet either. Some of the most well researched, most effective books on marriage are out there available as downloads, so that you can start using them immediately. Just make sure to use what you’ve learned in this article to make sure you get the right one.

Today, you can have a Professional Relationship Director provide you with introductions to eligible individuals who have similar interests. Stop wasting time with online dating services and step up to the art of matchmaking. Contact a Single? Atlanta today and engage us to represent your personal interests. Click Here to receive our FREE e-Book on realizing the perfect relationship.