Free Dating and Adult Personals - Too Much Choice
There are a wide plethora of dating sites available on the Internet, from those which claim to be free (be wary of the ‘free’ marketing tag) to those which cost a small fortune to become a member of. Like with any investment in both time and money, you need to really understand what it is you are after. Some of the biggest dating sites are able to offer you a lot in terms of a large user database and confidence in the product, however you should be aware that there have also been a few law suits against some big names in this business for faking profiles! In addition it is hard for a site to protect against scammers loading false profiles, so you really should be careful that anyone you contact is in fact genuine.
Smaller sites are often quite localised and popular within a certain geographical region. These sites are also better able to cope with people loading fake profiles as they have a more personal approach to how they maintain their site. You may find that the smaller dating site has a better offering for what you are after. Though of course it is all about what your are looking for and whether or not those sites can provide you with it.
When it comes to the adult personals side of dating (and I use the term ‘dating’ loosely here), again, you would probably find that the big names suffer somewhat from fradulent postings.  However, with the smaller sites you should be aware that many of them are in fact serving niche markets and/or have a very strict critieria for the services they offer and the type of people they are trying to attract. If you go online just looking for sex, then make sure that you are using the right site as it can cause offence and violate many sites’ terms and conditions of usage.
So, do your research, think local and don’t automatically choose the big players in the online dating game, there are many alternatives which may suit you better.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I agree with this blog. And that is the reason why I started my own totally free dating site, it will be online around mid June-08, I don’t want to have your money, it will be free chat, video, forums blogs etc. Why I am doing this? So other people would not spend as much money on paid dating sites that I did, the best things in life is still free…
May 21st, 2008 at 7:45 am
Yes theres heaps of choice with online dating sites. Im a new comer to the industry. I started my online dating site in 2007. Its been hard, but Im starting to break some ground now. Mine is also free and I will soon have enough traffic to do some adverts.