It seems natural that speed dating events will attract our senior citizens. After all as one of the participants, 65-year-old Sid Hackman, has said, "When you're a senior, you're not on borrowed time, but you don't have 30 years to waste."

The Arizona Republic has an interesting article on the subject. And while we do suggest our senior single readers to attend that kind of events, we want to propose them to also use some of the senior-centric dating services. We have a whole category listing few of the most popular services, but as always - the site from FriendFinder network rules. Yap, I'll use this opportunity to promote SeniorFriendFinder. They have the largest database and the service is easy to use. So if you're considering yourself to be a senior, what are you waiting for?

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Dating DNA, a California based company, a service that makes its case by promoting a rather innovative way to find singles that are compatible with you. They call it the "Dating DNA Number" and basically it represents a unique way to identify your dating preferences, where the number is actually a 9 digit code that explains your dating profile (your "dating DNA"). The number, which is generated based upon answers to a variety of questions about your dating preferences, is unique for every user, and can be used to match with numbers from other users, finally getting a compatibility score. The bigger the score the greater the chance you've found your match. Dating DNA Numbers can also be used off line as well, by simply giving someone your number (ha, I knew phone numbers are a thing of the past), or getting theirs. If you score well, don't waste time, just go and get married right away .

But there's a lot more to this than the dating DNA number. The service is aimed at major social networking sites such as Facebook, My Space, and Craig's List, which are getting ever more popular for users using these networks to meet other people and date. All you have to do is add the application on Facebook (or widget somewhere else), and you'll be able to share your dating DNA number with other members.

I must admit the idea is pretty neat and innovative. Just goes to prove that online dating is not a fad, and that there will always be new ways for singles to connect online. Are you looking to meet that special someone? Head on over to Dating DNA, and just play the numbers.

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Are you fond of rural life? Sally, from the UK, has discovered the advantages of living outside the city, but soon realized it's kind of hard to meet singles in such an environment. She started her own dating service called Country Couples, which is tailored especially to address the dating needs of people living in the UK country side.

The service features two types of memberships, a free membership and a full membership. The free membership gets you access to the site plus 5 flirts and 3 emails, enough to enable you to decide whether you wish to join as a full member. Free membership lasts for three months, after which you are offered the paid membership packages. The full membership, on the other hand, gets you access to all services within the site. I couldn't find a list of what these services are, but there were a couple of hints in the direction of chat, personal messages, personal photos and more. Full membership is charged at £6.50 for one month and £32.50 for six months (one month for free).

If you prefer the easy going life and fun of a local barn or pub, as opposed to the fast lane lifestyle of a wine or sushi bar in a crowded city, this is probably the way to go. Oh, and of course it would help if you are from the UK, unless of course Country Couples decides to expand and offer its services to other countries. A pretty logical next step in my opinion.

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In a joint effort, SpeedDate.com and Meebo introduced an app on the social network which enables users to visually communicate in the best speed dating fashion. This is their promotional video featuring some known bloggers using the new app for getting to know each other. Judging from the video, the new app is a lot of fun. Check it out:

SpeedDating is a free service, featuring what they call round robin dating, where each member gets a seven minute session with other candidates, all happening during a scheduled speed dating event.

Meebo is a service which enables people to join a social network of people who use all kinds of instant messaging services like AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ or Jabber. There are no downloads and installs, just a free registration, and you are on your way to being connected with others.

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Another online dating service is before us - FaceRomance.com . Basically, it's the usual, sign-up for free and make your profile. There are some very interesting characteristics though, like the IM service (kind of like ICQ), seeing who's online in a real time environment, and the ability to create a video profile. Registered members get to send emails, IM other members and chat, and use the rating system in order to rate other members and express opinion about them. There is something called Friendship Circles to which members can invite other members to join, and introduce new comers to the existing members of the friendship circle.

What may set this service apart is its search application. I mean, I know the more criteria you control, the more precise the results should be, but this is overwhelming - there are some 28 criteria which you can choose to set before a search. With parameters ranging from basic, like male/female, age, country, city, to parameters like body type, smoker, drinker, income, you should be able to find someone who fairly precisely matches your idea of a potential partner. Of the well known, veteran dating services, eHarmony comes to mind with its very complex precise profile search.

FaceRomance sounds like it means business, so if you are ready to face romance :), head on over to their site and register for free.

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