I had been posting a regular eWooing Week In Review of online dating articles and related stories that you might find of interest. Yet I got a bit behind and now am in the process of catching up. These articles may have been news or new a few weeks ago when they originally were posted but the information or stories are still relevant. So here are the online dating articles from the last few months that I found to be interesting reading or which had good tips for your perusal. Enjoy!

Believing in love at first site

At first website that is. A well written article about the stigma that still seems to be attached to dating online. How many people have to be invovled in an activity before that stigmas wears off?

Romance Blossoms On The Internet, But There Is Still Public Concern About The Safety Of Online Dating

Some statistics regarding online dating. The one at the end of the story about how only 43% of those surveyed that have used an online dating site have actually taken that final step and actually met someone in person. I sure hope those other 57% are using free dating sites. What a waste to pay for the use of Yahoo! Personals or Match.com and meet people online then communicate with them via email and then never meet for real. What do you think of that stat?

Online daters report mostly positive connections

The stat in this story that:

Among all Internet users - about 145 million single people, married people or those in relationships - opinions appear evenly split: 44 percent agree Internet dating is a “good way to meet people,” and 44 percent disagree.

I say it makes total sense since only 43% of people according to the story above have actually done so.

Internet dating allows anyone to find dates

Watch MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson back when he was still wearing the bowties in this interview with Jim Tracy, publisher of Online Dating Magazine about Niche Dating Sites.

Shallow men and the women who suffer

An interesting commentary by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach what men tend to be looking for in a woman and what they ought to be.

Have some thoughts on the above online dating articles leave them in the comments.

Well I think this online dating blog has set idle long enough. I started a second one, TVaholic, and spent my time the last few months working on it. But it is time to give this site a little time again also. So semi-regular posting should resume soon as shall a couple of posting ideas that have been sitting on the old to-do list. The first thing is getting through a backlog of news articles and other online dating blog posts to get my feet wet again.

For those that have read articles here in the past or have happened along eWooing recently, is there any topics in the realm of online dating that you would like to know about? Information you are looking for? Any areas of online dating you are looking for tips about? Let us know in the comments and maybe they will get added to that to-do list.

It’s the eWooing Week In Review, some articles about dating online and related stories that you might find of interest from the past week. As always there were a lot of dating online articles to read but only a few that are really worth reading or checking out. So here are two dating online articles for your perusal. Enjoy!

Felons, sex offenders target of online dating legislation

I agree with the guy at the end of the article. He makes a very good point about giving the scarlet letter or in this case the orange hat for people to wear in public so we all know who they are all the time. How far is too far? Would you support this legislation? Would you be more likely to trust an online dating site that did background checks?

The Five-Year Itch

Article about the slowing growth of online dating sites recently. What types of features or ideas would you like to see online dating sites implement? Web Cams? Anonymous phone service? Tools to help make it easier to meet in person? What would you do to improve online dating?

Have some thoughts on the above dating online articles leave them in the comments.

Are you a geek? Looking for other geeks for fun, friendship and maybe more? Then take a look at Geek2Geek, the niche-dating site for geeks to find other geeks online.

What they say about their online dating site:

Geek 2 Geek is the safe, friendly, and easy to use site where geeks and their admirers can find each other. Whether you’re looking for romance or just friendship, this is the place to hook up. There is no appearance information on profiles (no pictures either), true geeks just don’t care about looks. Besides, our experience tells us that most people lie about their looks on other sites. Looks are not how our members form relationships.

The site doesn’t offer appearance information so what does it show? Well, I did a search for women geeks in my area of Seattle and found 20 within 50 miles of my zip code. From a brief browse of these profiles I found that many like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, iPods and playing Final Fantasy. One even said her favorite gadget was her graphing calculator. Now that is geeky.

The site is easy to search and offers free profiles. If you do sign up they have someone called the Geek Goddess that dispenses advice and help for geeks that need a tip here or there to move forward in weekly columns. Think of her as the geek version of Dear Abby. I was not able to find any information on their site about cost past the free profile. So if you are looking for others to get your geek on with then click on over to Geek2Geek.

Have you tried Geek 2 Geek? What do you think of a dating site for geeks or those with geek tendencies? What do you think of the assertion that geeks don’t care about looks?