February, The Harshest Month

There is no doubt in my mind, that the current month is the harshest month.
If you’re a guy and your dating and it’s Valentine’s Day and you just don’t know what to do…. well, that’s major stress and opens you up to all other kinds of effects too.

I’ve had on again/ off-again colds for the last 2 months, and romance is a hard thing to do when you’re a walking kleenex box, tissues stuffed in every pocket and a red-as-rudolph matching nose.
Just maybe the stress of this day has made me more susceptible to bugs and viruses?

I’ve also been looking for some new dating services to review. So far, FarmersOnly.com has made the grade; a unique niche in an otherwise overdone dating service market. You can read the review here.

Valentines Day was a great time, even a Saturday night I am sure added a level of romance that just isn’t the same when Valentines Day lands on a Tuesday or Wednesday, right?

We will soon have posted a new contest, to start next week, sponsored by “The Dating Coach” DeAnna Lorraine (www.DeannaLorraine.com ).

And new reviews are being posted today, reviews of:
ProfessionalSingles.com
HarmonyPartners.com
LargeandLovely.com
MilitaryFriends.com
DatingforSeniors.com

Should be exciting!

December 2008

What’s HOT in a cold, cold winter.

Dating is a tough business… for a lot of people.

And I don’t mean the it’s tough for the guys that own the dating services, but for the single people that have to make the choice of the right dating service and the effects that joining a dating service that just “isn’t right” and sours them on the whole “online dating thing” because of it.

Online dating is more or less a catalogue of people seeking people… singles seeking singles… but there are so many catalogues (dating services) to choose from where do you start?

Start with the dating services that are new and fast rising because of their great features.

Anyone can be a Facebook member, use online speed dating… but really, you get the sincerity of a wet duck looking for a dry, heated room.

To prove your sincerity of being single and, at the very least, looking for new people to hang out with and maybe do stuff with, is a much harder endeavour.

Sure, the Match.com’s of the Internet can get you introduced… but is that introduction of any value to you?

Sure, plentyoffish.com can also find you some people in your neighborhood… but are the values of a free service user the values of a person that is looking for more in a partner?

Dating is tough.

I invite you to email me your success stories and your disappointments for publication.

Help others by clearing your conscience of those bad dates or maybe by telling us about your online dating success.

I, of course, am my own online dating success story, having me my wife some 10 years ago and now married happily 8 years.
If I can do it, you can too… and I hope to be the type of a website service that can help you find dates, find some magic, find love online.

OF NEWS

Special eharmony.com discount code for December 2008 and January 2009:
CODE: ALOVELINKSCCDD
Price: $143.76 (or 20% off a six month subscription)
Term: 6 month subscription
Expiration: Jan. 31st 2009
Renewal:$140.95
This is for US and Canada eharnomy.com and .ca websites

SOON TO BE CRAZY WILD

Lovebank.com is reaching out to singles and business partners. Lots of opportunities to be on the ground floor of a booming dating service (memberships are annually $39.95) which is great for single people, and, as well, business opportunities abound for local brick and mortar stores, restaurants, tourist destinations and other business and services, to find a large online customer base. I’m going to be watching this one closely and should have more news about Lovebank.com soon.

SEASONAL SPECIALS

aLoveLinksPlus.com has, once again, turned over their Live365.com internet radio broadcast to “Robrob8’s Cracked Christmas Show” featuring all your favorite Christmas comedy songs. Free listenership is limited, so log in early and stay tuned.

Christmas shopping sales and special deals are rampant this year for online shoppers. I will try to add some great offers to the shopping section of aLoveLinksPlus.com as they become available. Due to time restraints, not all offers will be posted, so watch your email and the shopping discount page on the website.

October / November

It’s been a few months updating and all I can say is busy, busy, busy.

The Internet is busting at the seams not only with a whole host of crappy new “free” dating services but some really good ones too, sadly these new interesting dating services don’t offer much in the way of membership, as in how many members they have at the time of my visit, so I have to wait… wait… until there efforts in drawing more members makes the dating service reviewable.

I have also noticed a lot of action in the “video dating” sector. A few well thought out serveices are trying to make a go of video only dating, or by being a back-end video dating technology (plug-in) for other web sites to incorporate into their services.

That will make things interesting just as Userplane changed in a way that chat can be offered on websites, maybe video will follow suit.

I see that the “Lemontonic” dating service model (being a premium service using the Microsoft IM as the backend servivce) has collapsed, and now they are pushing a “Badoo” membership based on the free with advertising model. Too bad, I liked Lemontonic.

Ahh well, hopefully in the next few days I will have some suitable websites to review and post for you… and hopefully won’t have a layoff of so many months between posts. Happy Halloween!

May Flowers

May is here along with the promises of spring and new life.

And new adventures. Threoughout this month the aLoveLinksPlus editorial team will be looking for exciting places to meet new poeple to review for you. If you can get out in the RW (Real World) an doff your compoter for a few hours we want to make sure it’s your time that is well spent, so we will spend our time wisely to help you.

Already we have identified several interesting web services so stay tuned to the New Reviews page, and join our newsletter too, you’ll like what you read!