Copenda, the revolutionary social people search engine that allows people to search for their soul mate or new friends in social networks and dating web sites. Their complex algorithms crawl semi-structured data from multiple social networks and online dating sites such as Myspace, Bebo, Facebook, hi5, friendster, match, plentyoffish and more.

More and more people are using the web to meet new people and communicate with their friends. The main places people use to meet new friends or look for dating are social networks and online dating sites.

One of the major problems in meeting new people in social networks is that users need to scan and dive deeply into the profiles to initiate a connection for relationships or dating. Although many users use social networks for dating purposes, the social network user experience is not suited for this purpose. Online dating sites, on the other hand, are designed for this purpose but suffer from low status among the younger generation.

Copenda uniquely integrates an innovative user interface with dating site features such as personality search and social network features such as ranking, comments and tagging.

Check it out!  What have you go to lose?  If Copenda can make like a little easier by pulling all your online accounts into one convenient location for dating, this could be quite a time saver for you.

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Online Hookups Made Easy

I guess I’m one of those people who are addicted to social networking sites. And recently, the subject of my so-called addiction is Facebook. We keep a profile on these sites for a variety of reasons and, personally, I’m there for friends and networking. But remember when I told you guys about casual references and self branding? If yes, then you already know that social networking sites are a few of the ways to meet new people who can turn out to be date prospects.

Facebook’s popularity rests on the versatility of the whole community application. They took social networking to a whole new level by introducing the idea of adding applications onto your profile, hence, making it more “YOU” in some sense. It’s all about customising profiles to suit your needs. And one example of an app that’s available is this one I’m featuring today.

Is your boyfriend or girlfriend cheating on you?

Are you likely to be on Cheaters or Donny Dumps? Find out if your loved one is being faithful or not.

I just happen to think it might be interesting to you guys. It’s a quiz brought to us by Take! and it simply helps you find out whether if your relationship is in trouble.

I found the questions baffling. Not the sort of questions i was expecting in an “Is he cheating on you?” quiz. If you have a Facebook account, feel free to add the app so you’d see what I’m talking about.

If you’re wondering if I took the quiz, yes for research purposes. LOL. So what was the result? (Check after the fold)

They are probably not cheating on you.
They like to experiment but only with you there. You two are going to have a wild and adventurous life together if you play this one correctly. A life full of memories, low on regrets, and full of casual 3rd party sexual partners. Ha, ok maybe not that last one. But seriously, they enjoy life and you would do best to live it with them to the fullest.

It’s something I already know anyway. LOL. Before you label me presumptive or, worse, naive. Let me tell you this, it’s better to trust that my boyfriend has said that he will never cheat on me. For that, I’m truly grateful!

Image: Is your boyfriend or girlfriend cheating on you?

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Is Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend Cheating on You?

I simply can’t see the point on why people will put their “lovelife” on a reality show.

Are you interested to see how the show is like?

Que Horror! Talk of sex on the first meeting? Meeting online then immediately hooking up in person? Egad. I’m truly way too conservative. Heh.

What about you guys? What do you think of it?

Hat tip to b5media’s own Mike Abundo of Inside Online Video.

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Online Hookups + YouTube = Date: Unknown

There’s a unique new website that’s jumped into the online dating arena that allows you to set your friends up with people you know they’ll like!

Engage.com is the first website that lets you try your hand at matchmaking. You start by asking your single friends to create a profile on Engage.com then you can have loads of fun pairing them up.

If you think you have found a potential ‘great match’ you will send a message to both people giving them a little background history on one another and just why you think they’d be a great match.

Then you step back and let nature takes it’s course.

Tags: dating, online personals, matchmaking, engage.com, matchmaker

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Your Chance to Play Cupid

How does social networking sites affect real life relationships?

One is online and the other, well, IS generally offline even when some of it IS spent online.

Some of the questions raised and tried to find answers to were:

• Will you ask your partner to delete photos/albums of his or her exes?
• Why is that bit important to you?
• Is it important for partners to update their profiles?
• Why is it important to update?
• Why keep an account (Friendster, Multiply, Orkut, MySpace) even when it has been dormant?

And there were several more. If you know the Filipino/Tagalog language, I suggest that you have a listen to the podcast dubbed as BoBCast, Episode 4: Of Banana Splits & Relationships over at Yugatech (though it was a mixture of English and Tagolog all throughout the podcast).

Anyway, perhaps you guys can give it a go right here by answering the questions. We all would appreciate an insight or two on the matter.

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How Social Networking Sites Affect Relationships

Here’s how it works:

Only vehicle riders who wish to receive cell phone calls need to register with SameLane. Callers do not have to register with SameLane. Callers simply call the SameLane mobile line and if the call is connected their cell phone bill is charged for the call. No registration needed. See a car with a SameLane sticker? Just pick up your cell phone and call the SameLane mobile line, it’s as simple as that.

Because SameLane is for casual socializing we don’t pass the calling phone ID onto the called person’s phone. That way you don’t have to publicize who you are, and maybe never do during the phone call. Think of it as chatting to strangers on the plane or standing in the queue at Starbucks. The SameLane system does however replace your caller ID with what we call a Pseudo ID. That way the called party can choose not to receive your call if for example you have called them once too often.

SameLane members pay nothing to receive calls. The patent pending software in the SameLane system protects the called party from nuisance calls. The system offers the called party three choices. They can either accept the call, decline the call or bar all future calls from the calling cell phone.

The SameLane system ensures that the identity of both parties to a phone call is not disclosed unless one or both parties decide to pass this information during the call.

Does this really have THAT much potential?

Would you take advantage of a service like this?

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Social Networking Takes to the Roadways

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This tip is for all patrons of online dating sites. It’s quite understandable when we get into this frenzy of creating profiles in all the free online dating sites we’d come across or putting up notices on online personals. The more places we can get our profiles accessible to other online daters, the better right? Right!

However, be careful not to spread yourself too much. You might reach a point wherein you might find it difficult to manage all these profiles/accounts you’ve created. Instead of connecting, you might end up missing the notes or pings sent your way.

So, be sure to always check for messages. Somewhat similar to regularly checking your email. Find ways to check them as efficiently and regularly as possible so you can timely respond and connect with a potential mate.

Remember, these messages can be a start of something bigger than online dating. Hmmm. Can you guess what that can be?

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Quick Tip: Check For Messages

Social Networking has taken the web by storm, so it seemed only natural that it would eventually move in the more ‘on-the-go’ direction.

Hobnobster is a web and mobile social networking and bookmarking service where individuals get to message, mix and mingle with individuals of their choice by making use of the advanced profile search engine and the easy browse feature for fast navigation through the member profiles found in the network. In addition, since it can help you hook up with members within your vicinity, you can actually meet online contacts in person.

Coming from several years of utilizing various online dating services, I think Hobnobster has the potential to become a very successful and active new trend in personals and dating.

Hobnobster permits members the option of sending a smile,  hug,  flower, anonymous text messages and, my favorite – personalized text messages that serve as icebreakers.

Privacy is a must when singles are meeting people online and Hobnobster’s got it!  You have this handy little feature that will allow you to block messages from unwanted members.

Hobnobster is still in the infancy stages so now is the prefect time to jump on this bandwagon.

If you are single, have a cell phone and are serious about meeting that special someone, Hobnobster is worth a looksie.

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Social Networking with a twist

It’s actually not a bad idea if you think of it. What do you really need in a site to find someone you can date anyway? Isn’t it all about finding a person whom you can connect with?

I’ve got to admit that I have gone on dates with people I met through sites like these — social networking sites, I mean. I can’t say it’s 100% better than online dating sites, it’s just another alternative to finding Mr. Right.

What I like about the dates I’ve gone to are the idea that I’m not “forced” to be romantic with them right away because all of these dates are of platonic nature, er, at least, on my part and that they are guys I’ve actually interacted with and find something in common through the sites.

I guess when I tried the online dating sites, I’m pressured by the idea that the guys expect me to go into dating and the whole she-bang straight away. I’m under the impression that the expectations are solely directed toward creating a romantic relationship. I may be at fault here but, hey, these sites aren’t called online dating sites for nothing, right?

Bottomline is perhaps if you’re not comfortable with the idea of meeting dates online, social networking sites are a good option for you. At the very least you’ll be meeting new friends you can simply hang out with if you’re not in the mood for dating just yet.

What do you think?

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Dating and Social Networking

So, I meet this great guy on MySpace. Everything was going great. However, we were both on Myspace and Myspace is a relationship breaker in my opinion. For example, he took me out on a date and texted messaged me about how he couldn’t stop thinking about me. After that, he goes online and makes comments on this girls picture about how sexy she is. Isn’t that wrong? Is it just me?

He said on his page he was just there for friends, but I don’t think friends do that.

If he wants everyone to know how he feels about me, why is he posting these comments? He’s constantly flirting openly with other women on MySpace.

The last straw was when he forgot about our date which was okay he was tired from working. Then, he goes on Myspace while I am at home feeling bad and chats with some girl. He keeps telling me that I am blowing everything out of proportion, and that it is not flirting it is Myspacing. What is the difference? Does it make a difference that it is on the internet?

Anyway, we got into this huge fight last weekend. We haven’t talked since. I did text message him a couple times, but he didn’t respond. He was on Myspace Sunday night and Monday night.

I guess that is more important to him than me. I don’t know if he is ever going to contact me again or if I ever meant anything to him. I think he is a nice guy, and he makes it sound like myspace is game. Was I a game?

I don’t know what to do. I really like him and want this to work out. However, I did say some things that I regret because I was mad about the situation. What should I do now? Am I taking myspace too personally. I deleted my account.

What should I do?

Dating Dames Answers…

Gayla:

• There are several factors to consider here…

  1. How long have you known each other?
  2. How many dates have you been on?
  3. Did you two ever discuss being exclusive with one another? And when did he tell you he wanted to tell everyone about you? Or did you just assume that?
  4. How long have you BOTH been single? (NOT in a long term relationship of any kind?)

Not to be too harsh – but it sounds to me like you’ve only had one or two dates and sure, he may have said he ‘couldn’t stop thinking about you,’ but that wasn’t him saying he was thinking about ONLY you.

If it was a great first date – you should have gone with that and just enjoyed it as much as you could for as long as you could.

If you’d never discussed being exclusive, then so what if he was hanging out in a place where the two of you met in the first place and was talking to other people! You knew he had a computer, you knew he had a MySpace and you chose to go out with him. One date does not mean you should both go home and delete every internet profile you have and opt to join Wedding Planners R Us instead. It means you just had one good date and have a good second one to look forward to and so on.

There are plenty of times where I don’t feel like going out and doing something in the outside world, but I have no problem hanging out in my sweats, on my computer – reading blogs, researching – writing or whatever – doesn’t mean I’m doing anything wrong – just that I don’t feel like being away from home.

Now if he had to actually go out to the Library to be on the computer then I would consider that grounds to take it as a hit. But if he was at home, he was at home – nothing more.

The problem I’ve seen FAR too many times in the online meeting/dating world is expectations are FAR too high by the time couples get to the first date process. You’ve talked and developed an interest, but in the mind of most guys – those really don’t count and the physical date is where it begins.

I learned the hard way! Believe me! There were many times I’d feel the tinge of rejection because I’d set my expecations too high. But in the end, it would always turn out that once I got over the rejection, I could see ALL the MANY reasons the guy wasn’t right for
me.

When the time is right (AND I speak with authority on this one) you will feel secure! It won’t be forced, it’s just there. My husband of three years could leave in the morning and be gone all day without one single phone call and I’d NEVER dream of entertaining the thought that he is cheating in any way shape or form. And to me, when a couple is
in a committed relationship, intimate talks online with strangers IS cheating.

I hate to be brutal in my response, but it sounds to me like you have emotional issues that need to be dealt with before you get involved in a relationship. Consider reading the books Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives and Ten Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships.

You’ll gain a LOT from those – I sure did!

Be committed to yourself first! NO ONE ever wants to play Florence Nitengale to someone’s emotions 24/7 even if they are people pleasers. It gets old, quick. Once you’ve lightened the emotional baggage, you’ll be in a much happier, secure and accepting place to open your heart and mind to trust naturally.

If it’s forced, it doesn’t count! Keep it real!

Sasha:

About this MySpace issue, uh, well —

I am not against the idea of meeting potential dates on MySpace or any social network sites. In fact, I have gone and met a few guys from a similar site and they’ve become good people I can hang out with. Then again, my expectation from these meet ups were hardly ever heading towards a romance.

Which brings me to think that something like this could’ve been avoided had she tried to look at the situation objectively before jumping in.

If she was only hoping to hook up with a guy then perhaps this thing is a great way to go about it. But if she was looking for a guy who wants a relationship, they could’ve waited a bit before going straight to the usual stresses that an “exclusive” dating set up brings.

However, on first impression, these conditions weren’t present. The way I understood it, they weren’t exclusively dating yet. But if it was expressed and agreed upon by these two people, then I guess the guy is simply dodgy.

Online courtesy is the same as the courtesy you offer offline. This is not just limited to MySpace so I reckon we really can’t label it “Myspacing” because the question that the guy has to answer is not “Why are you inclined to myspace when you’re already seeing me?” but “What is it that you get out of myspacing?” — regardless of the excuses that he may have put forth, it still can be called flirting.

I can understand how the girl must be feeling but all I can say is just forget the guy. Because someone who can actually do something like this at the start of a relationship is undoubtedly a bad catch.

She may think that she handled the situation badly by reacting the way she did [though, in my opinion, she did in a way] and is now regretting it, but it really wouldn’t change what happened, now, would it? She perhaps is blaming herself for ruining the chances of this relationship working out — true or not — all I can say is drop it and move on. If she’s going to do the chasing, she’ll be doing it for the entire duration of the relationship. Does she really want to do that?

Deleting the account is a little childish, she could’ve just blocked the guy or something. It signifies she lost this battle. It would’ve been better if she kept the account and acted as if the guy didn’t ruffle her feathers.

MySpace is about creating relationships online. If you’re one of the people who are not in it to mess up other people’s lives by using it just to pick up men or women by any means possible or using anonymity to their advantage, then taking it seriously is a given. I suggest that with these kind of sites, being wary helps.

And about her hope to work things out with the guy, she has to know for certain that the guy wants the same thing. She has got to get a clue, though. You initiated contact and garnered no response. It can only mean that he simply doesn’t want to respond.

In my opinion, she’s better off. So, she should just chalk it up to experience and get on with her life.

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WWYD – When MySpace invades Your Space