tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193106892026-05-09T01:40:31.449-07:00The Dating Dr blog - dishing up all the dirt on internet dating! Dating Dr talks about his online dating experiences, dating news and also answers questions from internet daters just like you!Rich Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909277312470768781noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19310689.post-45277016819933217592007-04-04T20:59:00.000-07:002007-04-04T21:10:01.413-07:00

Great news! One of my favorite dating sites, Meet Me at Hot or Not is finally free! Yep, they have joined the band wagon of free dating websites like PlentyofFish.com. They used to charge monthly fees for sending emails between members, now its free to do this because they are going to start displaying more ads (probably adsense I would think) to support the website instead.They are keeping the

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Don't pass out. Yes, i'm posting again! Firstly, I am sorry. I know its been too long since I've posted. Believe it or not I was actually kind of dating someone for a while, plus I was back east for a little while. But anyway, i'm back!And my first post back is about something I have been meaning to reveal for a while - how to spot fake profiles on MySpace and even other dating websites like

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Everyone seems to be doing it these days, and I don't mean watching the OC show, which I personally can't stand ;) Yep, even celebrities are now using a certain cool website to date. Guess how UFC champion Tim Ortiz met supermodel Jenna Jameson? Nope, not through another celebrity buddy. Jenna actually found Tim's MySpace page, posted a few comments about him, and soon they ended up emailing,

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Match.com just announced a website makeover. They have gone for a 'trendy' black color scheme, which isn't too bad I guess. They have also made one other major change. And I can't say its a good one!Looks like the are going all out for new member sign ups - you can't even browse the search results without signing up for a free account! You see the results in the background, but you can't even

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Well, its been a long while coming, but today I have finally launched my new dating profile evaluation tool! You can use this tool to find out just how good any of your dating profiles are. You may think yours is hotshot, but might not be afterall - use this new quick tool to find out! Plus, you get tips on how to improve it based on your evaluation result. Take a look, and let me know what you

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Yes folks, its been a while coming, but over the thanksgiving period, I finally had some time to create a MySpace DatingDr profile. Take a look, add comments, and most of all, remember to add me as a friend! As of the time of posting, you could make history and be the first person to comment! on my MySpace DatingDr profile :)http://www.myspace.com/datingdrcomOh and hope you all had a wonderful

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We get some great offers from some of the dating sites out there from time to time. This time we have got a great exclusive coupon for you guys - 7 day free trial at True.com. I'm sure you have seen those sexy ads on myspace for these guys - they have been promoting heavily and in my opinion have come along way recently. The used to focus on the fact that they do background checks, but have

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I love MySpace for free online dating, don't get me wrong - I even wrote a free ebook on it! But, there is one thing that is pretty sucky on there - the search. Its good for narrowing down your search, but there is one major thing wrong with it - there is no keyword search in conjuction with it.There is now a new website which realized this myspace search shortcoming, and came up with a great

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I have been thinking about this for a while now. Being in san diego, most of my friends are single like me, and I know plenty of people. And the only engaged couple i knew have just broke up after being together for 6 years! its crazy how many single people there are these days - and more and more people are getting married later, or sometimes not at all. compare this with the last generation,

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When I manage to find someone cute's instant messenger address (and some people list them on their MySpace accounts if you look closely!), I love thinking up cool pickup lines to say on instant messenger. Because if you just say 'hey', chances are they won't reply to you. And saying A/S/L, is like saying you have no life. So, I thought I would ask what your favorite online pickup lines are. Here

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i I just love it when new dating websites come out with a different angle. This new one is called YesNoMayB.com - and its pretty damn cool! It works very much like Hot or Not - using something called 'FaceSpin' you see peoples photos and say whether you want to meet them or not. Once you say yes, they are added to a cool 'black book' feature, where you can find more about them, and look at all

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Continuing in our series of DatingDr answers, this week we are featuring a very interesting question from Joshua in Phoenix about a cheating friend... read on!Joshua: "I really don't know what to do. One of my best friends is married to a pretty damn cool woman, who I have always had a thing for. But I got over that, until recently - I found out he is using CraigsList to meet and mess around with

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Ha. Knew you would fall for it - you are reading this when I said don't! And you know why? Because its not the typical title people give posts, and you were curious about why its so boring. And this is what some online daters are starting to do with their profile headlines - being negative about themselves or something.And what made me post about this? Well I read a great article in the New York

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... then you can use a new service called uBreakUp.com to break up for you! How funny is that! All you have to do is go to that website and record a personalized message and schedule a time for it to be automatially delivered to your future ex. If you can deal with it making you look like a chicken s*t, then by all means use it :)Personally, i think this is one step tackier and more cowardly than

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Welcome to our new section on Dating Dirt called 'DatingDr Answers'. DatingDr will answer internet dating questions from you, the readers of this dating blog. First up is a question from Mark in Seattle. Mark: "So, I have been emailing this girl on match.com for about a week now. She sounds cool and we both like the same kind of music, but she doesn't have a photo on her profile, and seems to

Rich Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909277312470768781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19310689.post-67187669861766557802006-10-13T19:46:00.000-07:002006-10-13T19:59:44.716-07:00

Whenever you think of MySpace users, people tend to think of people in their teens and twenties. Well, I always thought older people used it (look at me, I'm 31 now!) - some research has finally just came out and backed me up! And it basically shows a growing percentage of 35-45 year old users, and a decrease in 12-17 users. So, all those baby boomers out there... get cracking with MySpace - its

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Well, im starting to post more again finally. I am having more time (summers gone...) and a renewed passion for internet dating. Anyway.One of the things I am currently working on is a dating profile evaluation tool. I am doing this because I have realized that none of the dating sites out there actually allow you to see how good your profile is, let alone do this for free. This really frustrates

Rich Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909277312470768781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19310689.post-1159944465420547672006-10-03T23:38:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:53:17.877-07:00

...about paying for dating on websites like Match.com or Yahoo Personals is this. You sign up, you do a search and find someone who is SO suited to you, and is your probable soul mate. You email them, thinking 'wow, we are so going to connect!', but you never hear from them. You are soooo let down. And you know why they didn't reply? Because chances are the person you emailed isn't a paying

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For those of you who prefer to watch rather than read, I have created an extra bonus for downloading my free MySpace dating secrets ebook. I'm actually pretty proud of it - it shows you a couple of great ways to date online using MySpace that you probably aren't doing right now. And its not some 2 minute video either - its 6 minutes! For those of you who still haven't read our MySpace Dating

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Well, I have to be honest, i'm usually more of a fan of the free dating sites like MySpace and Craigslist. But for some reason, I was surfing the net recently and ended up at Match.com. And I thought to myself, 'hmm, why not give it another go'. So sure enough, I subscribed again. And was actually pleasantly surprised - there were the most matches for me that I have seen on any dating site lately

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Well, its been a while coming... thanks for all your patience and words of engouragement! Yep, I have finally finished writing my CraigsList Dating Secrets ebook! I have already been inundated with requests for it, which is a good sign! I really think Craiglist is great for free online dating - and this ebook shows you exactly how to do it with great success! Any feedback on the ebook is much

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So, I just found a really cool new dating site, which has a really novel idea. Its called engage.com - and before you think, oh im not looking to get engaged, the name is actually misleading. It really has nothing to do with being engaged and is actually a great dating site! The thing that makes it different is that you can actually sign up as a matchmaker and match-make other people and suggest

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I get this question a lot - should I use the free 'wink' feature on dating sites? Well, my quick and simple answer is no, especially if you are a guy.After interviewing many women that use online dating sites in the past, women simply get too many winks to do anything with. And you know how women are - they rarely make the first move. So, if you are a guy sending a wink - it sends the signal that

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I really do have enormous respect for the owner of plentyoffish.com, which has become a huge free online dating site. And boy is he raking in the cash from the Google ads on there (a recent cheque for $900,000!). But unfortunately, this site has one major drawback. How can I put this.... if you like 'whales' or bigger fish, then this site is for you. For some reason, the larger element of society

Rich Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16909277312470768781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19310689.post-1148152803848255262006-05-20T12:11:00.000-07:002006-10-10T20:53:17.392-07:00

As you know, DatingDr helps improve your 'online' dating world with our ebooks and advice. I just found this great free email class that helps you improve your 'offline' dating world too - i.e. learn where and how you can meet women out and about. This guy really knows his stuff - I definitely learned a thing or two, and I thought I knew a lot about dating!Learn more about this great new dating

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