RATING THE ONLINE ADULT DATING SERVICES
by Erik Jay
There are millions of dollars being wagered today on the love lives of the American people. Besides all the money being spent on advertising for shampoo, perfume, lingerie, champagne and all the other things people need to smell, look and act sexy, now people who spend lots of time on the Internet have to wade through tons of come-ons, and the latest time-waster for the love-hungry is rating the online adult dating services.
It seems like the online adult dating services fall into several broad categories. There are the marriage-minded sites like Match.com and eHarmony, and the wild-and-crazy "social networking" sites like MySpace. The former would have you believe that the only natural, normal and socially acceptable aim for using online adult dating services is marriage, and they focus all their attention on psyching you out and fitting you into a relationship as if it's a big human jigsaw puzzle.
On the other hand, the MySpace model is wide open and would appear, on the surface, to be the right place for grown-up people with grown-up needs and desires to find a date — for a minute, a day, a month, whatever. The problem is, it's a bit too freewheeling, and has become a destination for scammers, spammers and con artists. One common come-on to hook folks looking for legitimate online adult dating services is to post pics of pretty girls, with the links leading to porno sites and escort services. MySpace is losing a lot of its early luster, and much of the reason is the fact it is almost completely unpoliced.
Now, somewhere between the wildness of MySpace and the marriage track of eHarmony, there has to be a happy medium, a place where adults can congregate and hook up without fear of being ripped off by crooks or roped into marriage. There is such a place, and it's called Date.com. When you rate the online adult dating services on such things as simplicity of purpose and corporate focus, Date.com just comes out on top every time. It's because we know who we are and what we are here to do. And it's because we know who you are, and what you are here to do.
Just sign up at Date.com and you are free to connect with any and all kinds of other grown-ups, to do all the kinds of grown-up things you want to do. But you are not at the mercy of frauds and schemers, because that is where we put our attention, on making sure that the people that you meet are who they say they are. And that's the extent of it. We make sure the water's safe, but you get in the pool and stay and play as long as you want. It's all up to you.
If you're wondering where you're going to meet people like yourself, and the bar scene has gotten frustrating and pointless, sign up with Date.com right now. You've got nothing to lose, a lot to gain — and you won't have anyone stealing your credit cards or telling you to get married, either.
Written as work-for-hire for Jamie Minton Consulting, which company therefore holds all rights to the article.
