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My name is Shimrit Elisar and I am the author of Everyone's Guide to Online Dating , the UK's first online dating book. This is where I write about the online dating industry, rant about relationships and also offer tips and advice to the general Internet dating population. If you're new to online dating, feel free to check out my introductory online dating advice. |
New research suggests online daters have a false sense of security when dating online. But is the increasingly popular trend of pushing for intrusive background checks the way the online industry should go?
Continue Reading Add comment June 30th, 2010
A new dating site aims to match up complete opposites but is this concept really helpful or is it just another gimmick with no purpose apart from making the site some money?
Continue Reading 1 comment June 29th, 2010
Well, if you tuned in to BBC Radio Oxford this morning you could have heard me speak about the merits of online dating on Louisa Hannan’s show.
I should have perhaps posted this before the event, but in the (unlikely) case you missed it and are interested in hearing me talk about the disappearing stigma, liars and the suitability of online dating for finding a long-term partner, you will soon be able to tune in online and listen to the show, where the first hour was all about finding love. I come in around 10 minutes before the end of the first hour.
Check out this link where I assume today’s show (28/6) will appear in the next couple of days.
I’m always happy to speak about online dating on the radio. Especially when reminded that the stigma is indeed disappearing and people are indeed realising that it’s actually a viable way to meet people.
I’ve met quite a few couples recently who’ve met online, including people in their 60s and 70s. The system works!
Add comment June 28th, 2010
You can try to ignore the FIFA world cup, but chances are that if you are in the UK, you won’t be able to. Signs, flags, big screen TVs and the eternal sound of the dreaded vuvuzelas are everywere and online dating, too, takes its traditional hit, with a small but significant slump during game time.
Continue Reading Add comment June 18th, 2010
I seem to have blinked and missed the global day of action against online scams, but if you’ve been a victim of online fraud of the online dating variety (and, of course, any other variety, but this is an online dating blog) and are a UK resident, you are encouraged to report it to the UK’s National Fraud Authority where each complaint is taken very seriously.
Check out the press release.
This is good news in a way, but the fact that “millions of Britons” are losing a total sum of 3.5 billion pounds a year to online scammers is pretty worrying.
Add comment June 9th, 2010
An Australian online dating company has recently come out with some useful safety tips for online daters, including a very handy reference guide for the ten most common online dating scams. It’s a good site to check out if you want to educate yourself about the dodgier side of online dating.
Australia has been hit quite hard with online dating scams and online scams in general, so it’s good to see people doing something about it (even if it does get their sites a bit more publicity along the way).
Continue Reading 1 comment June 9th, 2010
Match Affinity is having a free communications weekend this weekend! This means that from Fri-Sun you’ll be able to send and receive messages on the site for free.
If you’re looking to try a new serious relationships site with a personality test, you can give this one a go absolutely free this weekend. Just make sure you’re all signed up (for free) and have completed their personality test by Friday if you want to make best use of the site.
Click here to go to Match Affinity
Add comment June 1st, 2010
