Date.com

Ha, I noticed on the Online Dating Insider (a blog for people who work in the Dating Industry) that David has an article on Date.com's new Blog Widgets. These Blog Widgets are actually quizzes. The available quizzes include "How addicted are you to Online Dating?" and a "Hot or Not Calculator". Once you take a quiz they will give you the code to put on a blog if you have one. Dave only scored a 45% and he thought that was low since he spends a large amount of time using online dating sites. I took the test as well and I scored a 45%! I spend a fair bit of time using online dating sites but only from the point of reviewing the dating service and checking in from time to time to see any new features and what has changed. So in this regard, some of the questions I answered pertaining to how often I change my profile and photo, would have lowered my overall score.

You can see our Date.com Review here for more information on this dating service.

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Date.com

The Editor's Top Pick - Innovative Award is designed to showcase a dating service which has implemented a feature that has expanded the user's online dating experience in an innovative way. This year's recipient is Date.com for their excellent new web browser toolbar application.

The Date.com toolbar allows you to stay logged into Date.com even while you surf other web sites. The toolbar keeps you updated on all sort of information like the number of member's currently online and it gives you easy navigation to your mail messages and other areas of Date.com. You will even receive notification when your favorite singles or friends log into Date.com.

The other great advantage of the toolbar is it enables a greater number of singles to stay online, even while not actively searching for singles or using the other dating features of the service. Whenever someone views your profile or sees your profile summary in a search result, it is indicated you are online. This gives you a much greater chance for being contacted in a number of ways including interests (same as winks) and instant messaging. As soon as a request for contact has been made, you will be automatically notified through the toolbar with a link to either view the message and reply or to start a private chat. Plus, since you are online you also appear higher in the search results of similar singles which also increases your chance for success.

Read our review of Date.com for more information about this dating service.

This Years Runner Ups for this award include (in no particular order): Match.com and FriendFinder.

Date.com has just released their first version of a dating toolbar. This interactive toolbar lets Date.com members find dates whenever they are connected to the internet. It allows singles to appear online at Date.com even when they are visiting other websites. When a member on Date.com attempts to contact you, your Toolbar will let you know right away. Features of the Date.com Toolbar includes:

• Receive emails and Interest Alerts.
• Send and receive instant messages.
• Direct access to online chatting.
• Search profiles.
• Favorites list access.
• Statistics on members online and the number of times your profile has been viewed.
• Advice and news headlines from Date.info
• Searching the web, provided by Yahoo.

Creating a toolbar for a dating service is an excellent idea. It allows members to be accessed instantly even when they are not actively using the site at the moment. This increases there chance of meeting someone new. Most singles when they use a dating service are probably online only an hour or two at any one time. They then are off doing other things on the computer like emailing friends and family or just surfing websites. Now this "other" internet time and not just when they have logged into Date.com can be used to be alerted to requests for instant messaging, etc.

Date.com's Toolbar is available to both free and paid members of Date.com. For more information about this dating service, read our review of Date.com.

Happy Anniversary to Date.com. They turned 10 last Wednesday and have much to be proud of. Since their launch 10 years ago Date.com has had over 10 million members join their dating service. Over the years they have been constantly in the fore front with new innovations to make online dating easier, more fun and successful for singles.

Date.com is one of the oldest and largest dating site on the internet today. Read our review here or check out their press release on the anniversary.

The Valentines Day promotions have started. Date.com is now offering singles 1 month free when you sign up as a new member. Just click the coupon on the left to visit Date.com to start searching for singles today. As always, a free basic membership is offered that allows you to check out the service and search for matches first, before paying for a full membership

For more information on this dating service read our Date Review (Date.com), which also includes reviews and ratings by other singles.

Update: March 26, 2007, The above mentioned promotion is now over. Date.com's current promotion is a limited time, Free full membership, where you can try all features, including communicating with other members for 7 days at no cost.

Date.com has an interesting new way of accessing their dating site that they will be launching soon, it is called Date Mobile. This new service will allow you to browse profiles, manage your account, send SMS messages and chat with singles with your mobile phone.