Google Alerts  Google
has this really neat feature to assist those who've no time for
research or simply want to add to their research findings called "google
alerts". You set it up and then it sends you everything it finds on the web that includes your search terms. This can be tricky because if your search terms are not worded correctly you could find yourself with either a inbox full of smut, a gazillion emails or both. Anyway, I have been using google alerts to gather information with search terms like "online dating sites" and the actual names of sites to which I had memberships. Sometimes it pulls up interesting info, other times it just gives me a search list which includes that site. Either way, I'm just thrilled to bits about the fact that it
exists! A word to the wise though, the alerts do not cover
blogs.... Set
up your alert Dee: Hi Cenk, thank you for consenting. I took a look at
your site. Having some online dating experience under my
belt, I noted that you offer something I've yet to see offered by
other sites, so when the opportunity presented itself, I took it...
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Recommended Reading: Why You're Still SingleBy Evan Marc Katz & Linda Holmes
I've just received the above-mentioned book for review. It fits perfectly within our genre doesn't it? From the back cover of the book:
Internet Speak 101: BRB - Be Right Back an abbreviation used while using Instant Messenger or chatting to signal that you're stepping away from your computer for a brief moment. I learned the hard way that this can last anywhere from five minutes to 24 hours. I used to get highly upset about it, wondering, Where are his manners? How could he just leave me hanging mid convo? That is--until recently. While multi-tasking, I left someone hanging. I didn't mean to ... I'd just plain forgotten about them, it was only as I began shutting down all my windows that I realized I'd left them there. "mea culpa" I prettily sent an offline message to apologize and vowed in future to stop taking it personally when the same happens to me. Does that mean I've assimilated? |
Cenk:
Hi Dee, thanks a lot for your interest in an interview.
• Introduction • AIJAN: The Memoir • Dating Site Reviews • Humor • Feedback |
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Dear Reader,
Hello and welcome to the first issue of Age is Just a Number
Newsletter. Although I love blogging, I've been having so much
fun communicating via newsletters, I decided to create newsletters
for all my blogs! Just as each blog has a different approach,
so it is with the newsletters. Enjoy! |
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This book (or "blook" as it has been recently
coined) is based heavily on my blog
Age Is Just a Number, which was created to recount an
extraordinary two-year span of my life. Due to my hectic work
schedule and doubts about the feasibility of readership, project
AIJAN ground to a halt after a mere two episodes.First I tried listing it in the Memoirs section of the now defunct serial Website, keepingitcoming.net. My story sat and sat and sat, with nary a purchaser. I could tell folks were clicking on the page, but there was no purchase in sight—not even during the buy-one-story-full-price, get-another-for-a-penny sale! My brash confidence took a beating! My story had drama, betrayal, flashers and more ... add to that a snazzy cover image with a gorgeous model (me ... LOL). What more did they want? By the way, you will be seeing "LOL" a lot. It's an internet abbreviation that means "Laughing Out Loud." When I first began to use Instant Messaging I thought it meant "Lots of Love," which gave me quite a fuzzy feeling about the internet, but you'll read more about that later.) I rallied. I tried pumping the story on my own Web sites and was again disappointed, if not befuddled. This was great stuff! Had the whole world gone mad? Then one day, in an email from one of my writing groups, the word "blog" turned up. "I've just updated my blog!" What, pray tell, is a blog? I asked myself. I then clicked my way to the neatest discovery since sliced bread—blogging! Once I dusted off my flailing confidence and began blogging, I realized that I’d found my niche! Something about a blog and the word "publish" seems to get my creative juices flowing in a way that Microsoft Word does not. A few weeks went by and I received a sporadic comment or two—nothing like the droves I'd envisioned. But just about the time my confidence again began to dwindle, I made another phenomenal discovery via another blogger's post--BlogExplosion! A traffic exchange Web site, where for every two blogs you surf, you receive one visit, BlogExplosion meant a new beginning for me. It didn't take me long to realize that extended surfing equaled visits, and visits equaled feedback—otherwise known as comments! Due to copyright issues, this blook is not an exact replica of the AIJAN blog. Certain posts found online are not in the blook and vice versa. In addition, all pictures except those of me or taken by me have been deleted from the print version. I did try to maintain the conversational tone and overall feel of the blogging experience. I've also held onto comments that enhanced the original posts. The beauty of linking was preserved in the Links section. In addition, I've retained the original dates so that you can have an idea of the time frame of the book. You have the option of reading straight through to get that "as-it-occurred" feeling, or you may utilize the table of contents to read by category. A glossary has also been provided for terms that might be unfamiliar. |
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 "Where Black Folks Click!" This site is part of the socialplus.com network. I've been a member since November 2003. At that time, on offer was a FREE membership which enabled you to browse, flirt and respond to emails from members. Recently revamped, the amenities now include a 14-day trial membership, which entitles you to browse, flirt, email, *chat and *personality profile which helps you discover your "ultimate compatible match." (*New additions). After your 14-day trial, you retain the right to browse, flirt, respond to emails and chat.... Read Full Article |
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"This is a 'to do' list for women who aren't meeting the guys they want to meet, either the quantity of guys or the quality of guys that make them happy." If you are happy with what you are getting, then good for you. Don't change a thing. If you are going to gripe about players, flakey guys, guys who only love the chase, guys who only want sex, and all the rest, then do these things and you will have more shots at more good guys than you will know what to do with.... Read Full Article |
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This is where you get to have your say about your views on online dating, share your triumphant or horror stories or just say... hello, I'm a reader. Put AIJAN Feedback in the subject line.... Feedback |
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