A word about dating review sites - Online Dating Briefs by Dr. Dato
Article Subject: A word about some online dating review sites
Dr. Dato’s Brief:
Today the main theme of my postings seem to be focussed on the advertising segment of online dating and I thought I would pursue this further which could be of use to my readers.
As I mentioned in my previous post, contextual advertising really hits home very highly targeted adverts to the page you are browsing based on your behavioral analysis.
Since online dating sites have been doing very well based on the large yearly gains made by companies such as match, eharmony etc. it is only fair to say that the ‘cottage industries’ supporting these sites will also move up the scale. Such marketing sites include review sites, advice and relationship sites, press releases, blogs, newsfeed, tv, radio, contextual advertising and more.
I wanted to focus today on some of the review sites and to make some of the users more aware of their motives.
You will come across review dating sites that aggressively pushes their website through many channels such as sponsored linkings, search engine positioning etc and you need to be careful what you are dealing with here. Such sites include this one called top10bestdatingsites.com which claims to do comparison tests on the top dating sites and steer you to the dating sites that they have listed on their sites.
You have probably noticed on TV when you see a drug commercial and at the end of the ad. they would say something like, ‘taking so and so drug, can lead you to vomiting, suicidal tendencies, dizziness…’ and so forth.
If the same were to apply to these types of review sites, it would read as, ‘we cannot guarantee that you will find your perfect date as we have implied, because we are here just to make money, if you did click on any of the so called ‘top dating site’ links that we have provided, you will be doing us a great favor, making us money and making our affiliated dating company lots of money too’.
Don’t believe me?
Check out this review of zoosk as opposed to top10bestdatingsites.com review of this site. Also the rating they have of the site to the left is completely false!
Tags: about review websites, dating review sites, sincerity in dating reviews
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I am woman who has my faith as my foundation,my patience and giving self as the building blocks, and, as I have been told… a heart as big as Texas. I wish to love someone for the rest of my life. To wake up with him by my side, knowing that no matter what happens…I’ll be able to have his loving arms to come home to. To share everything with him.To talk to him about our own ideas, our dreams,the little things that make us laugh.. and the not so little things that we can’t help worrying about. I want to give him my love…a pure love -as a place that he can come to for acceptance or the simple comfort that silence brings when words left unspoken can still be understood. I want to grow old with him, to watch our life unfold, our dreams, one by one, to become our reality.I’m looking for someone who has a good sense of humor, is easy going, has a positive outlook, is open-minded and mature. I would describe myself as kind, thoughtful and compassionate. I was extremely shy when I was a little girl which I think has often resulted in some people mistakenly thinking I’m snobbish or aloof; now I’m just a little reserved until I get to know someone. I’m not a drama queen or a whiner. I like to laugh and I like to think my kids keep me young. I enjoy good books, movies and like to cook and bake. I enjoy nature and the outdoors but am not really athletic. I love music (pop and country, some stuff from other genres) and the arts in general. I tend to lead a fairly quiet life. I would prefer to snuggle on the couch with someone I care about than go to an amusement park (don’t really like crowds)
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