Online Dating Sites
There are so many different dating sites to choose from and so many varied interfaces. This poses problems for end users of these sites. How do you know which dating sites have real members and not loads of fake ones.? Are there hidden charges and annoying marketing techniques such as ‘Sign up for free’ (but pay to email someone)? Many poor examples of dating sites exist and a lot of them are nothing more than the same sites franchised out to people wanting to run their own web business. Many more are filled nearly completely with fake profiles and even the big sites have been caught out a few times in this manner (as a few big US court cases will verify).
How do you spot a decent Dating Site? Well, a good dating site should meet the following criteria:
- A good Page Rank (PR is a measure of Google’s opinion on the importance of this site)
- No fake profiles, i.e. no profiles made up by the site owners and serious anti-spam measures in place to prevent spammers loading fake profiles
- Fees detailed up-front and clearly identified
- Clean, uncluttered layout, easy to use and non-stressful user interface
- Terms and Conditions (T&C), plus a privacy policy
- Plenty of members (but beware sites which say they have millions of members, many are cheating their customers – most of the big Dating Sites are well known, so if you see a site with millions of members, but nobody has heard of them, then the alarm bells should start to ring)
- A policy of opt-ins rather than opt-outs. What this means is that many sites will, by default, sell/share your details onto their ’sister’ sites or other third parties (on these sites, by default you need to opt-out of such blatant privacy violations – reputable sites will only allow you to opt-in to them). Avoid these opt-out sites and read the small print carefully to make sure your email address does not end up on some mass-mailing list
Pay attention to those 7 points and you should be able to avoid falling foul of scammers or at the very least having your time wasted. Clickinlove is a reputable site which adheres to the above points and engages only in ethical marketing, so feel free to check it out and see if it has what you are after.
