The eWooing Week In Review, some online news articles about dating online or related stories that I found interesting in the past week. Some news and views you can use to help you in your search for that special someone. We try to read them all and spit out the bad ones. Leaving only the following for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

Getting To The Truth In Online Dating

A dating online tips news story from CBS 4 News Boston. You can read the story or watch the news segment via streaming video.

WIRED FOR LOVE

A longish article about the ups and downs of online dating with a few tips and stats thrown in for good measure.

For some, online’s out of the question

A somewhat depressing view of the world of online dating. I sure hope these people aren’t right. While internet dating is not the panacea for meeting someone it isn’t nearly as bad as the people in this article make it out to be.

Varying routine can increase dating pool

Written for the college crowd and not specifically about online dating but the idea of shaking things up is a good one. If you don’t like the results you are getting then you need to do something different.

Online dating led her to Mr. Right

An online dating success story showing that you might want to think about looking in a new direction for that special someone.

One intrepid reporter’s journey into the world of online dating

A look at the first week of an online dater. Points out that women usually have their profiles viewed more and get more emails than men usually do. Tip for the ladies who would like to standout in the online dating pool: Make the first move and send emails to guys you find interesting or attractive in someway. You will set yourself apart because this doesn’t happen as much for the men. Just a thought.

You had me at love dot com

A tale of online dating success for the over 50 crowd. It is not all youngsters looking for companionship online.

The eWooing Week In Review, here are four articles in and around the subject of online dating I found interesting in the past week. Some news and views you can use to help you in your search for someone special. Enjoy!

Anatomy of an online ad

Get some tips on what makes a good online dating profile.

Has romance been reduced to acronyms? (subscription)

This article isn’t LOL funny IMHO but I do kind of agree that using them indescriminatly or in speech is NAGI, BICBW.

Open Hostility

Being open and honest is good but I think this is taking it to far. It almost comes of dishonest just in the opposite direction than usual. Most people puff themselves up, these tend to deflate ones self.

Online Dating Is Fine, But What About Some Of Those Photos?

Photos are an important part of any online daters profile. Why would you post old photos or bad photos of yourself. Why would you want the person’s first impression after meeting you in person to be a bad one.

The eWooing Week In Review, some articles about online dating or related stories that I found interesting in the past week. Some news and views you can use to help you in your search for that special someone. Many were read only four made this list. Enjoy!

Let’s Get Physical – Online

An article about chemistry and the new online dating site Chemistry.com which is now in beta and brought to you by Match.com. It sounds a lot like eHarmony with the addition of a internal scheduling system for meeting a match for the first time. You answer a bunch of questions and you are only matched with those the system finds you may have chemistry with. It is presently only available to people in Seattle, San Diego, Denver and Washington D.C. During the testing phase you can get a 90 day free membership if you are in one of the above cities.

The bride wore black: Gothic love, forged online, crosses ocean

Maybe we need to increase the area we are looking for someone in. Here is a story of love found between two continents.

Better Loving Through Chemistry?

Another article about Chemistry.com. This article groups it with the other dating sites like eHarmony and PerfectMatch but goes a little more indepth about how the matching is done.

Single Asian Female Seeking True Love in the Sea of Singles

Fishing shouldn’t be this hard. You would think that with all the new online dating fishing poles and bait we wouldn’t have to throw so many back.

The eWooing Week In Review, these are five articles about online dating or related stories that I found interesting in the past week. Some news and views you can use to help you in your search for that special someone. Enjoy!

Airline idea takes online dating to new heights

Travel much? How about this for an idea for meeting that special somebody or at least having someone interesting to talk to for the flight.

Looking for love in all the wrong places

Did you know that eHarmony rejects more than 15% of the people who fill out the personality profile. I new some were not accepted but I had no idea it was that high. Try filling it out yourself and see if you make the cut.

Bachelor pad: The culture of courtship changes by the minute

My question after reading this was that if Jon really loved and wanted to marry and have a family with this woman he was crying over then why hasn’t he and what does all the technology and other things mentioned have to do with him not doing so?

Looking for love after 40

A look at dating in the F-Zone, that is dating in your forties and fifties. You might consider reading The Boomer’s Guide to Online Dating for a little help in navigating the F-Zone for dating online.

They’re going the distance

The idea of meeting someone and marrying them and then living seperately sounds odd to me but it seems to have worked for these couples.