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Eharmony’s personality dimension analysis - fact or fiction? - Dr Dato’s Brief
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The founder of the dating website, Eharmony Dr Neil Clark Warren advocates strongly the personality dimensional analysis that matches couple together on Eharmony and has proven to be a system that works.
I honestly think that Dr. Neil Warren does not believe that himself and particularly having worked 35 years as a clinical psychologist and marriage counselor (source Wiki).
Here are my arguments…
One of the most inspiring and thought provoking books I have read is ‘The Road Less Traveled’ by M. Scott Peck, M.D.
Scott spent his entire lifetime in his field of psychiatry and has always been amazed at the heart of people’s mind, thoughts and actions which he agrees is intangible in many ways and to categorize them only makes their conditions worse. He provides real examples where the factual evidence of science alone cannot explain some of the many improvements he witnesses in the human psyche.
This clearly shows the nature of the human being is far more complex than the one Dr. Neil Warren preaches. Personally, I think its a complete marketing ploy. One has to ask themselves has any of their previous relationships been based on a set of rules or been far more complex which required the adaptation of the two individuals working towards the betterment of the relationship at every level.
Read this book for inspiration, instead of believing that relationships are based on rules
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Future of mobile dating - Online Dating Briefs by Dr Dato
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Oddly enough mobile dating has still not got the attention or traction it deserves and there are plenty of reasons for this. Despite the number of mobile internet users which are outpacing the desktop internet users, the mobile market although hot in many areas has yet to mature in other areas.
One of the areas where it has real potential but still lagging is the online mobile dating. Although there are some apps. already available by the likes of match, eharmony, zoosk there are still plenty of room for expansion. This becomes more obvious when you count the number of online dating sites available on the web and the number of mobile dating applications.
Although one can access the same web page through their mobile phone, the original website was ideally designed for the user sitting in front of a 20 inch or so lcd panel. Some of the mobile OS (operating systems) providers now have browsers that ‘mobilizes’ the current website to fit the smaller screen of the smart phone, fore example sites such as google mobile or m.yahoo.com.
Expect in the coming years the number of mobile dating applications to increase on the smartphone but initially the demand is going to exceed the supply due to the slow pace of websites of converting their site to the mobile equivalent. One primary reason for this is the additional cost of developing a mobile app.
mobile dating has a strong future but few contenders so far
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Tags: future of mobile dating, mobile dating application, mobile dating on the rise
Online dating the twitter way - Dr Dato Brief
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Interestingly enough, hugely popular and successful social networks such as facebook or twitter have always been a target for creative people to leverage it for other creative types of online business. This is true of online dating and some entrepreneurs have taken a step in gathering all tweeters from their local town under one roof so they can meet other fellow single tweeters.
“So are you on tweeter? Whats your handle?” could be the opening line for shy singletons for that event. Perhaps at the early stages of meeting someone new the idea of saying a few words as in the case of tweeter text limit (160 characters) seems appropriate.
The whole idea of leveraging social networks for other interesting venues is primarily driven by the huge number of people that use the website. People who regularly use the facebook or twitter social networks begin to realize the potential it has to do something as creating as an offline social gathering for singles. However, to be good at this sort of thing requires you to have numerous friends and become very familiar and acquainted with the ins and outs of the social networking scene.
dating the twitter way because first meeting for singles can be a few words
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Tags: dating social media, dating twitter way, online social dating, social dating network
Wonderful Dating Places to make that first date special
Monday, June 6th, 2011
When you think of wonderful dating places the first thing that may come to mind are long walks on the beach, a gondola ride in Venice, or let’s simply let your imagination run wild. However, not all of us live in places that offer truly romantic hotspots. But, you have the option of making the most of what you have where just about any spot can turn out to be wonderful dating places. One of the most wonder dating places is undoubtedly free dating sites if you haven’t found someone to connect with right now. There are millions of singles on these sites and you are sure to find someone that matches up to your style. You can use the chat room as your first dating place and get to know your partner better before you decide to meet.
Places for dating
Once you are through the online dating stage you need to make your first real date special. Among the wonderful dating places to start with is a coffee shop. Ok it won’t really consider it a ‘wonderful’ place but it is the right place for a start. Even a formal evening dinner can turn out to be one of the most romantic places for a rendezvous. How about an art gallery that displays great artwork? This is an ideal place to spend some time on a date. The park is another way to relax and enjoy a date. Nature always offers you peace and tranquility and your first date needs to have plenty of that if you want to concentrate on what each other has to say.
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Finding online dates on Craigslist - Is it worth the effort?
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Craigslist.org is one of the most visited traffic websites on the planet and there are good reasons for this. The no-frills service is a perfect haven for people who want to sell their personal stuff from books to cars and for folks looking for things on the cheap. Think of it as a giant garage sale, there are no listing fees and you get to email the seller the amount you want to pay and they either take it or leave it.
For online dating, Craigslist has gained some notable notoriety from their personals section where the ease at which folks can advertise their profiles without any checks on age, type of intent etc. A famous TV program used the service to attract potential child molesters by posing as an under-age child consenting to meet-up with the aim of having sex.
Its not all that bad, but one has to be careful the type of audience you want to attract. This makes it even more important to be as accurate as possible on your profile. For women, I would not recommend putting up a photo along with your profile description but rather state you want a recent photo of the person and any other requirements. Wait for them to send you a photo and continue communicating with them only via an email until you are comfortable talking one to one on the phone.
craigslist offers more options for online dating but be wise
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