By now you've probably used some online dating service. If you still haven't here are six reasons why you should do that according to American Chronicle. Author of the article, Andrew Johnstone, doesn't actually convince readers directly, rather he's just point out reasons why they should try out finding their love online:

1. It's a time saving experience. Once you invest some time in creating your profile, the "work" is practically non existent.
2. It's cheap. For men meeting women online costs very little (membership fees) and saves you money which you otherwise would spend in a cafe or a club.
3. It's perfect for those that are afraid of the whole "approaching" thing. First few moves are "conducted" via Web. Later should be easier, right?
4. It's comfortable. You are at your home while flirting online. Or you can do that from your work or even while on-the-go using a mobile dating service.
5. It's safe. After few chat sessions you can filter out psychos and other "not that desired" candidates.
6. It's productive. Using online dating service you can meet many more women/men than you could ever hope to achieve at a bar, club, gym or the mall and you can interact with them all at the same time.

Convinced? Here are some good online dating services that should help you start your online adventure.

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Over at DNA India, Ismat Tahseen prepared an interesting article about the benefits of blind dating. My idea is not to steal their audience, rather to recap the thoughts written in the article. Let's roll…

• First there's the excitement. Usually you do know something about a person you're about to meet, but you don't know everything. As far as you're concerned, he or she may be a secret agent, a circus performer, or an aristocrat going incognito. It's most likely you'll meet yet another average person, but hey we're all human beings and like to dream.
• Then there's creativity involved. Actually, it's more of an option, but isn't this the perfect opportunity to try-out a new hairstyle or a dazzling outfit, something you wouldn't wear with someone who knows you.
• Romance is the third parameter according to Ismat. We all — women especially — dream of her perfect "stranger in the night" and this might be the opportunity to meet him. As for the guys, you did ask for her "specs" and photos, right?
• Hope comes forth, as you're thinking that a blind date could break the current pattern of sleeping, eating and working. It doesn't have to, and usually doesn't, but you can hope. Who knows where you could go with this Mr or Ms X.
• Finally the whole anonymity can be sexy for itself. The person you're seeing doesn't know you, hence you can be completely different person, at least on the start.

You can read the full article from here.

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If you're a man and own a small fortune, you're probably already aware you should watch out not to get into some "gold-digger's scheme." Yeah, they can look hot and some of them are quite educated. But, still they're in the "game" for the money, and I'm not sure you want that.

Anyway, TheStreet has compiled a list of top 10 dating tips for rich man. I'll only recap the main points here, which are not just dealing with "gold digger issue" but also with the overall dating etiquette. Without further ado, here they come:

1. Ditch the CrackBerry.
2. Pick Up the Check …
3. … Not the Waitress.
4. Don't Spend More Than $100 on the First Date.
5. Talk About Your Kids …
6. … Not Your Ex.
7. Lose the Wife.
8. Enjoy What You Spend Your Money On.
9. Splurge on the Free Stuff.
10. Show Restraint.

For more information, read the full article from here.

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Online dating (and mobile dating) are great ways to meet someone interesting and make new friends. Unfortunately, as is the case with almost every service, there will always be someone who will try to exploit that service for their own ends. Protecting your privacy has become a must today.

Vumber (Virtual Number) has decided to make it easier for everyone to shield their real mobile phone number by giving everyone a completely different number. Basically, for a small monthly fee of $4.99, subscribers get the freedom to choose any number they wish in an area code, and have all calls made to that number invisibly forwarded to their personal number. Also, when making calls, even though they are made from the personal (mobile phone) number, the recipient sees the "fake" (but working) number through caller ID. Additionally, there are call handling options - for example if some weirdo keeps calling you over and over again, simply setup "ring-no-answer" or "the number you've dialed is no longer in service" voice message. Naturally, all users can change their Vumber any time. The whole process of setting up and using Vumber is quite straight-forward, as you can see here.

The developers of this service had online dating and personals in mind as the primary users, which is why we are posting about Vumber here. Anyway, this sounds like a service to use for protecting your privacy, so if you want that extra security layer, give Vumber a shot.

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By now it's quite obvious that Internet has become a mainstream way to meet someone special in the Western Europe. As a matter of fact, there's a fifty-fifty chance that any single person you know is currently using an online dating service.

According to the UK online matchmaking service PARSHIP, 7.8 million single Britons — 52% for men and 48% for women — used some form of online dating service last year. In comparison, 5.4 million people used a mixture of offline and online services in 2005. What's more, 53% of singles (59% of men and 46% of women) say they intend to use the Internet to meet someone in the future, with figures rising to 65% with 36 to 40 year olds who say they intend to log on to find love in 2008.

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