Questions and answers

This is where I try to play agony aunt and answer people’s questions about anything to do with online dating and dating and relationships in general. Feel free to email me with your questions and I will answer them here. It’s all 100% confidential!


Fake profiles – why are they there?

Q: I’ve been dating online for about a month or so on a couple of different dating sites. When I search, I keep seeing profiles that are obviously fake. Are these put there by the websites to try and get people to join? Does this mean I should find better dating sites that are more honest?

Continue Reading Add comment April 30th, 2009

What should the first date be like?

Q: I’ve met someone I like on a dating site and I think we are ready to meet up in person. What is the best thing to do on a first date? Is a romantic dinner the way to go?

Continue Reading Add comment January 19th, 2009

Does online dating work?

Happy new year, everyone!

If you’re looking for love and have made it your resolution for this year, I wish you all the best. As this is a time of new beginnings, I thought I’d tackle the question so many people ask when considering whether to use online dating for the first time: does online dating work?

Continue Reading Add comment January 1st, 2009

Question: How do I find advertisers for my new dating site?

Advertising can be an important source of revenue and, for free sites, the only source of revenue. We all know about Markus and his plentyoffish Adwords empire (we do, don’t we?) but we also know that things are usually not as straightforward as that.

Continue Reading 6 comments August 7th, 2007

New questions and answers section

Since I started this blog, I’ve had a few people email me with some online dating problems/questions, so I thought it may be a good idea to invite more people to do the same. I’ll post them on here with the answers but obviously won’t include any personal information. So if anyone out there has any burning online dating questions, don’t be afraid to ask!

1 comment March 27th, 2007


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