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Browse & Search Feature

Browsing and searching is possible through the site.

The purpose of joining Cheek’d is so that you can buy cards and the site will give you 50 decks of cards with a unique member id and a card code.

You can edit your profile and see the inbox for free but to access other features, you will need to subscribe to the site.

At the left side of the member page, you can view the collection of cards and shopping and activation of the cards can also be done there. You can also gift the cheek’d cards to other people such as friends, families, colleagues etc.

As this is a card dating site, there is no such thing as browsing through profiles.

You have to buy the cards and hand them conspicuously to someone you are interested in you then they may or may not contact you from the information provided on the card.

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Messaging

As seen in earlier card dating sites, the messaging feature is not that great a feature and you can only see your inbox. There are no features like gifts and hugs that are commonly associated with other online dating sites.

Member Base

As I could not search for members on this site and it would be unfair of me to provide a count of the member base.

Longevity

Longevity of any site cannot be determined by a single visit but for a card dating site, it is very difficult to say determine the number of paid subscription members.

Ranking Statistics

The site has been launched in May 2010 and it has received the highest number of visitors in July 2010 but the number is decreasing constantly and currently the site has only 396 unique visitors since Jan 2011. This could imply that the concept is not ’sticky’ and is fading with lack of interest. The site has a Google ranking of 1,612,342.

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Conclusion

As I have reviewed two other card dating sites (flipmedating, greenlightcard), the cards dating site is a unique concept and requires much effort in the ‘offline’ activity to give any credibility to the website usage.

Photo uploading is easy and there are no rules set for that.

Messaging feature is not very good as you cannot send messages and you can only view your inbox but this may have been the intended design for this unique concept in online dating.

There are no such members to browse or search since this is a unique service requiring people to find the site through the card handed to them.

As far as meeting and dating people are concerned, it may be a long winded process and my preference is for the more common online dating sites that are currently out there right now.

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Article Subject: Online dating: Does everyone lie?

Game Link: http://blogs.ajc.com/misadventures-in-atlanta/2011/02/25/online-dating-does-everyone-lie/?cxntfid=blogs_misadventures_in_atlanta

Rating: 3.0 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This post has sparked off plenty of user comments and makes for interesting reading on this subject.

The topic of the post is about the recent incident where New York Congressman Chris Lee had a brief encounter with “Leggy Glamazon” whom he met through craigslist website. He had apparently lied about his age and the fact that he was married with children and on top of that he was a congressman.

The question addressed to users were “How can you tell if the person you are dating is actually single?”

Some of the comments are quite frank and also accounts of people’s experience with online dating sites. Everyone has much to say but at the end of the day, it still boils down to the same thing ie. how trusting you can be with another person based on their personality and character and would you want to be in an intimate relationship with that person.

trust is based on much effort on the part of individuals

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Article Subject: Online Dating Website Starts Matchmaking Makeover

Game Link: http://www.climbthenet.com/online-dating-website-starts-matchmaking-makeover/973

Rating: 2.8 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

This post mentions variations of online dating sites that some of our users are astute to but other may not. I will try to clarify the different systems that are used by the various dating sites out there.

Matching System
These types of dating sites usually have a very lengthy questionnaire that users have to fill in before they can register to their site. It’s not something you can skip because it is this very information that the dating sites will use to pass through their dating algorithms in order to match you to other members on the website. Such dating sites include eHarmony, eVow and a host of others.

Search System
These dating sites allow you to go through a very simplified registration process often takes just a few minutes before you can become a member of these sites. Once you are logged in to the dating site, you are free to browse and search for other members on the website. The search criteria can be by location, age, photo and other options which allows you to limit the returned search to your exact needs. Such dating sites include zoosk, bandoo and more.

Hybrid System
This type of dating system does both of the above. Usually the system will allow you to register fairly quick to the website and you can go to a section where you can also find your matches that has been delivered by the matching algorithm of the site. To get the best results you need to plugin as much information about yourself into the system through their pages like ‘Edit Profile’ or ‘Update Profile’. Such dating sites include Plentyoffish, Jumpdates, Datehookup and more. Some of these sites will deliver your matches via an emil such as Jumpdates.

Hopefully this will help our readers to appreciate the kind of technology that goes on behind the scenes. Watch this space for more information on this subject.

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