Archive for December, 2006:
Quest Personals - Reviewed by Cupid
I’d seen advertisements on TV for Quest Personals. They looked like your basic infomercial, so I really hadn’t put much stock in what they were selling. As time passed, curiosity got the better of me so here’s what I found inside the site…
QuestPersonals.com has a lot to offer those who appreciate a detailed profile. Besides the usual questions about age and race, they have a few additional sections that include information such as favorite books and movies. They go into your career and work goals, without getting too specific. There’s a section where you can leave a voice greeting and they can even promote in your local paper if you want. Some of the questions might not suit you, but having them there allows you the room to express yourself in as much or as little detail as you’d like. It also may give you better insight into Mister or Misses Right, if you stumble across their profile.
“. . . we suggest you proceed with caution.â€Â
You’ll be pleased to know that Quest Personals gives you a number of search options to help narrow your results. You can sort by some of the basics such as age, ethnicity and smoking habits. The site is missing some other essential search options, though, such as by height and body type. Search results can be ordered based on last log-in date but it doesn’t tell you when a person last logged on, making it impossible to tell how busy the site is. This is a huge drawback to QuestPersonals.com so we suggest you proceed with caution.
MetroDate - Reviewed by Cupid
Metrodate.com is a dating site with urban flair. When it comes to design, it’s maybe not the most edgy with its lavender and amber graphics, but it has some features that are cooler than its colours. You don’t necessarily have to be from a major metropolis, but when you fill out your profile they will ask you the name of the biggest burg nearby. It sort of has a comic strip, larger-than-life, pop art feel to its interface that makes me think that if Clark Kent was going to try to meet Lois Lane online, he might login to this site. But generally, even if you’re not a part-time superhero in tights, you should feel very much at home here.
Filling out my free profile wasn’t so arduous a task as it sometimes feels at other sites. There were four pages of questions, just enough required information to give someone else a general idea of who I am without my having to reveal deep, dark childhood secrets or other private details of my life. Besides a photo, I also had the option to add a video introduction or a voice recording to my description. What impressed me most was that I was required to provide a photo in order to use their chat feature. I like when a site forces it subscribers to add a picture since it definitely improves the overall quality of the profiles. I gave this site a 9/10. I should also point out that you can earn a free month of service by adding a video to your Metrodate ad.
Asia Friend Finder - Reviewed by Cupid
For broad-based Asian-specific dating, the Friend Finder network offers this site. Asia Friend Finder is a total-package site, but you have to hand over the money before you really get to see what it’s about. This can make anyone new to the online dating scene cringe, but Friend Finder has a track record of producing high-quality, member-driven sites and Asia Friend Finder is no exception.The profile quality at Asia Friend Finder is extremely high. There are more questions than you could ever need and opportunities to fill out profiles to a greater or lesser extent as you please. The one problem is that you can’t see what other members have written about themselves or what other pictures they’ve posted until you pay for a membership. However, if you would like to see some of what is available to you on the other side, you can always view your profile section and try filling out the questions.
Asia Friend Finder looks pretty solid from a visual perspective. There’s a lot going on at times as far as what’s on the screen, and the designers didn’t shy away from highlighting it all through color. The blend of choices doesn’t sit perfectly with my taste, but it’s a subjective area. No matter what your tastes are, however, you won’t find the presentation getting in the way of your search for love and romance.
Millions of Gay Personals are Online now with Gay Date.com!
When we were searching for Gay Online Dating companies, we were disappointed by how few their were, and the ones we did find were, well…. rubbish!
But Gay.Date.com is an exception to these websites! Gay Date .com is a specialized website for Gay personals, which has stemmed of their mother company, the legendary Date .com (see review below).
Gay date has all the usual features of online dating sites, but one new feature that is now included which we were very impressed by was the chance to speak to people in real time using video cameras. We thought this was such a great idea, and it definitely puts gay.date.com ahead of all the rest!
Matchmaker.com - Find Special Someone Today
Matchmaker.com has been operating since 1985 and is considered to be the oldest online dating site. We have been responsible for thousands of successful relationships and marriages and our stories have been included in print, radio, and TV.
Unlike many dating sites, Matchmaker.com aligned members into one of several demographic or geographic communities, with only limited communication between members of different communities.
CinemaNow to Add A&E Television Networks and Showtime Networks Content for Download to Own Service
More New, Critically Acclaimed Television Series Increase CinemaNow’s Selection of Premium Video Content
Marina Del Rey, CA (December 18, 2006) - CinemaNow, Inc., the leading Internet provider of downloadable videos, today announced it has signed licensing agreements with Showtime Networks Inc. and A&E Television Networks (AETN) to offer select television content through its Web site (www.cinemanow.com). Starting this month, AETN series from A&E® Network, The History Channel® and The Biography Channel®, including Biography® and Modern Marvels, and SHOWTIME television series including The L Word®, and Sleeper Cell will be available for purchase on a download to own basis. To kick off its relationship with SHOWTIME, CinemaNow will be offering the premiere episode Sleeper Cell: American Terror available free to its customers.
GottaPlay- The only place to Play
GottaPlay is one of the leading video game rental company’s on the internet today. They offer people the opportunity to rent an unlimited amount of video games every month, for one set price. There are NO due dates, NO late fees, and NO mailing costs for all rentals. Ever.
Store Description: GotaPlay
Gotaplay.com has consolidated a group of online game rental companies to create a premier gaming enterprise offering multiple distribution centers located across the United States, greater availability of the games their users want, and greater convenience for every gamer. Gottaplay delivers games to their subscriber’s doorstep with service being based on a monthly subscription. Gotaplay.com games are sent postage paid with return mailers. You get the games you really want, and you can play them as long as you like. Gotaplay.com has all the top games for all the major platforms and unlike the other guys, they actually have the hottest titles in stock, every day.
Why shop : GotaPlay
Sign up for your trial online. Select as many games as you want from Gotaplay.com collection, and arrange them on your Gamer “Q” in the order you’d like to receive them. We’ll do the rest! Depending on your plan, you’ll receive 1 to 3 games sent through first class mail with the USPS. Gotaplay.com always aim to send games in priority order, and there’s always free postage both ways. Enjoy the games for as long as you like.
There are never any late fees or due dates with Gotaplay.com. Simply pop the game back in its pre-paid return envelope and mail it back to Gotaplay.com. When they get them back, they send your next title within 24 hours.
