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Must Read Dating Articles - February 22 Edition

Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Valentine’s Day is behind us for another year, and most of us sports enthusiasts are tuned into the Winter Olympics being held in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.  Hosting visitors from around the world, there are bound to be some Funny Questions About Canada.

If you’re happy in a relationship you wouldn’t think about flirting with someone else, would you?  Some consider it a sport, but it you don’t know where to draw the line, you could find yourself acting out Dangerous Relationship Behavior.

America’s First Legal Gigolo examines America’s first legal prostidude (yes, that’s spelled correctly!), while 7 Worst Fashion Trends Ever takes a lighthearted look at what we’ve chosen to to put on our bodies over the years.  It seems that some of it should’ve gone straight into the garbage!

That’s all for this week, more next Monday.

Must Read Dating Articles - February 16 Edition

Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

We continued the countdown to Valentine’s Day with Greeting Cards, E-Cards and E-Videos and Feeling Like The Dating Cupid Forgot About You? For a different take on the hearts, flowers and chocolates have a lookat When V-Day Feels More Like C-Day.

Ever wondered if your guy/gal was really working late?  Dangerous Relationship Behaviours; Snooping examines whether to snoop or not.

Our lives are made up of decisions; we make them every single day.  When it comes to sex, there are some Bad Sex Decisions That Are Totally Worth Making.  But if all that sexy decision making is just too much to handle, find out Why Abstinence Is Hot.  No, really!

Anyone who’s half of a loving couple wouldn’t trade it for the world, myself included, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t Things I Miss About Being Single.

And finally, for an interesting take on the sexes read Gender Switch; Male PMS and Female Ejaculation.  Who knew??!!

That’s the condensed version of last week’s articles.  More next week!

Must Read Dating Articles - Feb 1 Edition

Posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Valentine’s Day is coming soon! Don’t be left unprepared. Show your flair by making one of these 15 creative do it yourself gifts for Valentine’s Day.

Not everyone likes to follow the rules and some are just meant to be broken. When it comes to relationships these are the relationship rules to break.

Speaking of relationships, or the lack thereof, just what are the pros and cons of undefined relationships?

If you can’t figure out whether to ditch him or hold onto him, subtle signs that he’s a keeper might help you decide!

And if you decide to let him go, well It’s Your Party…Cry If You Want To (It’s Good For You!). Seriously, crying really IS good for your health.

Guys, if your man game needs a helping hand, you need Dude Food: Powerful Foods To Keep Your Man Game Up.

We all know that friends are important, but did you know about The 5 Types Of Friends You Absolutely Must Have?

Those are our articles from last week. We’ll have another summary for you next Monday!

Must Read Dating Articles - Jan 22 Edition

Posted on Friday, January 22nd, 2010

We have all been in that position where you are going to watch a movie but know ahead of time that you may not be remembering much of the movie as your attention is… elsewhere. Here are the 5 best or worst movies to watch on a date.

With Haiti in crisis, here is a must read article before you donate irresponsibly called the world just doesn’t feel right as Haiti hurts.

Our article called the top 10 media darlings of 2009 is a nice break from the general dating articles, and focuses on ten popular people that broke headlines in 2009.

Here is an article for the men reading the blog called the secrets you need to know about Valentines day.

For those dating in their 20’s, you have to read twenty-something love why its the best and worst thing ever. We encourage you to comment on it if you agree or disagree and to state your points.

Last but not least is a flagship article about which questions to ask on a first date, an article that a lot of people are looking for and one that we hit the head on the nail with.

That sums it up for this week, stay tuned for more must reads next week here at Datepad.

iPod Touch Winner

Posted on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The winner of the 16GB iPod Touch is Bingwui Ng from Malaysia!

You can see his blog entry here.

Congratulations Bingwui, and Datepad wishes to thank everyone that entered our blog contest!

iPod Touch Contest - Win a FREE 16GB iPod Touch

Posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008

The Datepad “Blog for an iPod Touch”
All of us here at Datepad.com strive in having the best support for our users, and as such we like to offer incredibly cool contests like this month’s $5,000 Dream Date “Spring Fling 08″ contest, and by removing the need to use your credit card to join an online dating service.

To continue this trend, we are offering the blogging community a FREE 16GB iPod touch. We had originally planned on giving away an 8GB (which would still be an incredibly awesome free gift), but we thought our dedicated supporters deserved a free upgrade to the 16GB model, so that’s what we did!

For those of you who are living under a rock, you can see all of the amazing iPod Touch features over at the Apple page.

How do I win a free iPod Touch?
This is going to be a blog contest that is 100% free to join for anyone who owns a blog. All you have to do is write about this blog contest, and include a short snippet about what Datepad does and you will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a free $400.00 16GB iPod Touch.

Here are the simple rules

  1. You must mention Datepad.com and what we offer.
  2. Your post must be at least 150 words in length.
  3. You must mention this contest and link to this post.

The deadline for submitting your blog entry is Sunday, April 20th. The winner will be selected using random.org’s random integer generator using each entry as a numbered list.

The contest is open to everyone, and there is a maximum of two entries per person.

Country Usage

Posted on Saturday, March 15th, 2008

I am a big fan of statistics. I like to know everything about everyone that visits my websites so that I can learn how to better satisfy their experience. While for the launch I have been targetting the United States and Canada for my marketing campaigns, it has been interesting to find out that we are receiving a lot of traffic from unexpected areas due to the power of the internet. See for yourself:

United States- 64.4%

Canada - 7.8%
United Kingdom - 6.7%
India - 4.4%
Australia - 3.3%

This truly shows you the effect viral marketing has on the internet. If you are not utilizing it, you are missing out on a lot of potential clients.