Talk about tough love: one survey shows that how much attention an online dater gets is all about how he/she looks in her profile picture.

OKCupid.com recently posted a pretty thorough blog on their site analyzing—literally, with graphs and charts—who gets the most messages on their dating site and why. We're sure the idealistic creators hoped to find that Kierkegaard-reading folks who volunteer at the local animal shelter (despite their mediocre looks) are most popular. Alas, it was the traditionally hot hotties who get the most messages. Color us shocked. Are You Hot Enough For This Dating Site?

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If you think your online dating experience should be as glossy and exclusive as the velvet ropes of a celebrity-laden hangout or pages of Vogue magazine then get thee to BeautifulPeople.com.

BeautifulPeople.com is a dating site for all of you who get queasy double-clicking through the reams of average-looking folks on normal sites. If human imperfections make you gag, then it may be time to run your profile picture through the Photoshop monkeys and try your luck at Beautiful People.com. But don't expect a coveted slot. In the same vein as a Tyra Banks-worthy model casting call, you … Read More

If traditional online dating sites like Match.com and OKCupid are too detached and cold—what with their prude winks and snoozy, nice-to-meet-you messages—you may be in luck. Why not give adult virtual dating a try? Online Dating For Real Geeks Only

With RedLightSocialCenter.com you can hop into the cartoon body of a porn star, mingle in sex clubs with other singles and even instruct your Double-D breasted avatar to hop on stage and perform a strip tease for your future soul mate sitting behind his computer. What's more old-school romantic then that? Virtually Getting To Know … Read More

Living out in the sticks of Western Massachusetts as I do, there are only about 40 women on the dating site I'm browsing who meet my criteria. They all live within 20 miles of me, and range in age from 24 to 60. All are married or attached, and looking for something other than what they have at home. Few have photos available, for obvious reasons. Online Dating In 8 Simple Steps

There is Jams1*, 24: Well-behaved women seldom make history… I may come off as a bitch, but I know exactly what it is I'm looking for … Read More

One thing that I know about attractive people is that they do not care for uglies trying to get in their pantaloons. Correction: they like the attention but it really concerns them if the unattractive (or poor) person honestly thinks they have a chance to slime his/ her way into said trousers. Sure, some of them are "well adjusted" enough to give 4s, 5s and 6s a chance sans alcohol, and some of them actually date down to shine more. We call those two groups the outliers. 

Any veteran of online dating knows that there are some really, really bad profiles out there. Either people say something incredibly trite and use the terms "hard-working," "fun-loving" and "family-oriented" like they have any meaning left, or they write an incredibly serious autobiography starting with what position their parents were in on the evening of their conception to the names they have picked out for their future kids. Either way, unless the photo is outstanding, that person becomes your dog Skip. Read: 5 Mistakes Men Make When Dating Online

Whether you are a grad student, a busy executive or a divorced mom, it seems as each year goes by more responsibilities are piled on and the faster time flies. You are starting to wonder whether you will ever find love, and your mom doesn't seem to help matters by reminding you that your biological clock is tiiiiccking. Before you cringe at the thought of fitting in another item on your already over-booked schedule, here is a list that you might find handy when it comes to scheduling time for dating. Dating and Marriage?

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We all know that online dating is a numbers game. There are some who get lucky in love right away, and others that have an on-again off-again love affair with online dating for years.

Just when you thought you'd all but mastered the complicated art of real world flirting—the Internet comes along and opens its scary and confusing jaws to a whole new checklist of proper etiquette. Savvy online-dating women have learned to filter through the stream of floating heads, "wasssups!" and winks until we find someone worthy of a meet-up. If your newest online crush falls into any of the below, it might be time to throw him back into the online ocean. Online Dating Coaches Help Us Maximize Our Upside