Finding your soul mate

In today's society finding your soul mate, or even just a date to go to the movies on Friday night can be really hard.

It's no wonder that more and more people are turning to the various online dating sites in an effort to find true love - But what do you look for in a site? How do you tell a good one from a bad one?

Well, I'm not an expert on online dating sites, but I figure that you really need to consider the following in your search for the best site:

Ease of use
Plenty of traffic / profiles
Suited to your personal tastes.

OK, allow me to elaborate on the above 3 points a little further for you.

EASE OF USE:
If the site you are trying to use is not easy to use, then you will spend more time just trying to find your own profile let alone finding profiles that match your like/dislikes/needs. The site you use should be easy for you to read, and easy to navigate. If you want to search for a 20 - 25 year old girl from Ireland then it should be straight forward and easy enough for you to select this. Not have you left wondering what button you have to push next.

PLENTY OF TRAFFIC / PROFILES:
This one I think is probably self explanatory to a great extent. Basically, if there aren't many people in the system, your choices are going to be extremely limited. The same with the traffic. You don't really want a site that 2.5 million profiles, but no regular traffic going through as that wold leave most of the profiles as dead, so you aren't going to get a response from any of the messages you send, and as you generally pay to send the messages, you really want to know the profiles your sending to are active.

SUITED TO YOUR PERSONAL TASTES:
There are many Online Dating sites on the Internet today, and there are more and more showing up that are niche sites - or sites that are targeted to an individual taste. These might be particular fetishes, more commonly though they are sites set up for people looking for other people from the same culture as them. So if you have a particular need in your relationship, rather than looking through a general online dating site, find one that caters to your needs. It might take a little longer to find such a site, but in the long run you will find there is more chance of finding someone that relates to you.

Finally with online dating sites, when you do find one you like, make sure you present a good profile of yourself. Remember, this profile is your chance to make an initial impression. Get a good photo of yourself, right an honest, and accurate description of who you are. Don't just write "footy" under sports and hobbies for example. Let people know what football you like, who you support and why etc.

Well I know this entry on Online Dating is brief, but I hope it has helped at least a little bit. If you are looking for a good site to try and find your soul mate then you might like to try http://www.one-on-one.diydating.com/ The site is quite easy to navigate and can boast access to over 1.5 million active profiles world wide. The best part is you can set you profile up for free.