What follows is a list of dating blogs I enjoy and
read regularly. There are only two criteria for the list:
- The blog has to focus primarily on dating relationships; and
- The dating blog must be timely, relevant, and offer something new or
interesting that other bloggers forgo or avoid completely.
If you feel I've missed a dating blog that meets this criteria, feel
free to add it to our database of
dating
blogs, and I'll review it for inclusion on this list.
Part
PostSecret, Twitter and dating blog, Nerve's dating site members post
succinct yet telling confessions about their dating and sex lives, such
as who they wish would contact them, why they regret not dating someone,
or what it takes to earn their romantic attentions. It's a fascinating
and constantly-evolving ticker list with a bare and uncensored view of
what other singles and couples think right now about their dating lives.
Evan Marc Katz, author of "I
Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book: A Commonsense Guide to Internet
Dating" (
Buy Direct), and "
Why
You're Still Single" (
Buy Direct) has one of
the best dating blogs going right now. Katz avoids the mainstream dating
press releases, instead focusing on providing advice to his readers on a
myriad of dating and relationship topics.
Ever wondered what it's like to run a dating
site, or curious about starting your own? Then David Evans is the guy to
ask and the blog to follow. One of the older dating blogs in existence
(circa 2002), Online Dating Insider discusses why dating sites fail or
flourish, interviews some of the top dating company movers and shakers,
and offers personalized advice and information for dating business
owners that can't be found elsewhere.
New York City, to be exact.
Simone Grant takes her readers all over the place with her dating blog,
sharing intimate details about her dating adventures while oftentimes
waxing poetic about being single in today's society, and all that it
entails.
The Great Mate debate is
an ingenious dating blog run by
Chemistry.com,
where a question is posed and answered by four or five relationship
experts, thus creating a debate about love, sex, mating and relating. So
not only do you get informative and helpful information, you'll also
find different takes on every subject introduced that naturally lend
itself to further discussion.
"Sexual politics and self indulgence. Same thing,
really," is the very apt tagline for the Kiss & Blog, which covers a
myriad of unusual topics of interest to dating singles, usually in a
provocative way. Unfortunately this dating blog isn't updated as often
as I'd like, so it ranks lower on the list than it would had it a more
regular posting schedule. Still, Kiss & Blog is a great,
thought-provoking read when it is updated, and well worth bookmarking
nonetheless.
As the title suggests, this dating blog focuses
entirely on helping geeks find their dream woman, with the help of
online dating pros 'e' and assistant 'j', who are very female, very
geeky, and very friendly.
OkCupid's
blog sits firmly in the all-time-favorite dating blog spot in my head,
and has for years - and would hit #1 on this list easily, if only they
updated a lot more than they do (the most current posting on their blog
is almost a year old now.) Having said that, there's good reason for
their lackadaisical publishing schedule: no only does OkCupid crunch the
data from their members and analyze it intricately and usefully, they
also create fun and oftentimes eye-opening graphs giving their readers a
better idea as to what they're trying to get across. This kind of
intensity takes time, and I get it... I just wish it didn't take
so
much time.
Although focused more
on the business of dating rather than relationships in and of
themselves, Mark Brooks offers brief updates about dating news from
around the world that applies to both singles and the marketers looking
to attract them. I find Brooks' ability to pick up stories before the
rest of the dating bloggers do to be refreshing, although most of the
time the posts are merely quick re-hashings of other blogger posts.
Still, it's a great place to visit if you want to stay on top of the
dating business in a succint format.
Unfortunately after a few
years of fun, the Nerve Blog-A-Log has been removed from their website
in 2010. I'm keeping it on this list in the hopes that another datings
site picks up the slack and creates something equally as amazing.
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