Shopping for Mr. Right by J.M. Kearns

Author:J.M. Kearns [Kearns, J. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2013-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

How do you take care of the first point? Well, the sites I’ve already mentioned are among the top sites in North America, with the most members and the most unique visitors (more significant). But you don’t have to take my word for it. On the principle that it’s better to be told how to fish than to be given a fish, let me share with you an up-to-date, free resource where you can see current, objective information on the leading dating sites. It’s OnlinePersonalsWatch .com. To get rankings, scroll down until the right-hand column shows “Internet Dating Official Rankings,” and then choose “U.S. iDating Rankings” or “International Rankings,” as you wish. On the Hitwise list for the United States, you will see twenty-five top sites of all types, including free, pay, social networking, and matchmaking sites, and specialized sites for gays, seniors, blacks, and many others. OnlinePersonalsWatch.com was founded in 2004 by brainiac Mark Brooks, and is a cornucopia of news, trends, research, and gossip on every aspect of online dating, including hard business-oriented news.

Okay, what about the second point: which sites allow you to narrow the field down from thousands to a chosen few? This is where search parameters come in. What you want is lots of well-designed parameters—the most you can get for your budget, covering things like age, location, appearance, interests, and lifestyle.

The first thing you do when auditioning a dating site is check out these two points: does it offer enough men in your area (men who look viable to you), and can you effectively select among them? You do this before subscribing (paying), and if a site won’t let you see the merchandise before you pay, don’t bother with it.

And now we hit a major snag with online dating. (Clearing my throat.) I call it the contact barrier. It is this: some of the members who come up on searches are either off the reservation (no longer paying attention) or haven’t paid to be subscribers and so are harder to contact. The latter circumstance applies only to pay sites; the former comes up with free sites too. I will deal with this matter very thoroughly, because it’s a serious one. It turns out not to be a deal-breaker.

But let’s take things in order.

On to the audition . . .

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