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There are simple rules for the types of photo you are allowed to upload. The main photo must be your own and no one else should be on this picture (which is common sense, when you think about it). The photo must be clear, and should have your face and upper body with no suggestive or blurry images. They should also not contain any contact information such as emails, names, addresses, phone etc.

Browse & Search Feature

The member base is most likely to be dependent on the browsing and searching feature of any website. You can take a visitor membership for free but it limits your access to the site.

What I enjoyed most is searching for a partner through the site and you can do a basic search by giving the general criteria like age and country.

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In the quick search you can search by who is online, who’s new, who’s on IM, or for members who is celebrating their birthdays this week. You can also view all the featured members and save your searches and then view them in the ‘My Saved Searches’. If you are a subscribed member, you have access to the advanced search feature of the site.

Messaging

Messaging is crafted well but again for subscribed members only. You can pay your subscriptions and then use IM, mails, chat. If you are a first time visitor then you can only send winks and limited text mails and you can also send E-cards to your matches. One thing missing from the site, is that you cannot send gifts, kisses, hugs and smiley etc.

Other Features

People of the Christian faith will be happy to know that they can see all the churches throughout the world. You can also see the forum boards and the events which are taking place near you.

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You have the option to invite your friends through facebook, twitter or myspace. If you refer someone else through this website you will be automatically given one month membership free.

The site does not allow any audio/video uploading and such sharing facility.

Member Base

The website is exclusively designed for Christians populations. I did conduct a wide search and found that the site is very popular across the globe and primarily targeted towards Christians. There are many members from the US, UK, Canada, Argentina, and Australia as well as from India. Most of the members are in the age group 30’s to 60’s.

Longevity

This will not be a fair discussion in a few days to decide the quality of the site and its effectiveness over the long term. Having seen the members through the search, I would expect a healthy response to to my messages.

Scores

Ranking Statistics

As I said earlier that the site has good member base and this is confirmed from its global traffic ranking statistics. The website has been ranked 51,304 amongst other websites. The site shows 54,943 total visits with 64 referring sites sending traffic to this website.

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Conclusion

The look and feel of the website is not much attractive. The site is for a Christian community and the registration process being a fairly lengthy process has many questions related to the Christian faith.

The site is free to join and to enjoy all of it’s features you need to subscribe and pay a monthly fee.

Messaging is easy and you have access to IM, chat, and send mails and E-cards also.

The member base is good and you will find people from all over the world with Christian faith and different age groups. Browsing and searching is fairly easy to use. You are able to edit and delete your profile anytime.

Privacy for user control is also maintained as the website ensures privacy and doesn’t share any information including your name with any other site or third party.

If you are a Christian single living in any part of the world and searching for your soul mate with an aim for marriage, then you should visit ChristianSingles.com.

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Article Subject: Online love or larceny?

Article Link: http://www.telegram.com/article/20110214/NEWS/102140350/0/FRONTPAGE

Article Rating: 3.5 (out of 5)

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Dr. Dato’s Brief:

The article talks about potential scams to be aware of in the online dating world. In the case of Susan who thought she had met her ideal man was gradually becoming suspicious of his activities so she hired an investigator to track his activities. She found later that he was bankrupt and was married.

Some folks have been unfortunate enough to have got married only to find the next day that their entire belongings and life savings was stolen by the person they married and who had disappeared altogether.

These stories are likely very few and could happen to any one of us. The important thing is to be cautious but not overly cautious creating resentment in your relationship. It is best to get to know the person as well as you can and to get to know them in their own social environment ie. the habitat they live in with friends, family, relatives etc. In this way you will likely get a better picture of what kind of a person he/she is just by interacting with others.

My thinking is that most of the unfortunate situations arise from individuals who are completely immersed in their own world and ignore the social interactions with others. By interacting and doing things along with other people can paint a better picture of the person and their characteristics and personality. This will give you more confidence and trust to take the relationship further or not.

winning genuine trust requires effort in a social environment

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