If you answered yes, then I suggest you read on. Remember when I wrote about SpeedDate.com? SpeedDate is a dating site where dates are short, sweet, and one-on-one. SpeedDate.com will match you up based on some basic personality and geographical preferences.

The service is hosting what they call the “Olympic Speed Dating Competition.” What exactly daoes that entail? Do you have the looks, the charm, and all the right moves, but just not competition-ready when it comes to speed, strength, and endurance? If So, SpeedDate.com has the Olympic event for you.

Starting Tuesday, SpeedDate.com is hosting an Olympic-themed online dating competition to determine the world’s best online daters. This event will run all the way through Sunday August 24. SpeedDate will then announce the winners by offering gold, silver, and bronze metals to the men and woman who match with the most other singles.

“SpeedDate.com has millions of eligible and attractive single who’ve got the potential to be the world’s best online dater,” said Dan Abelon, co-founder of SpeedDate.com. To get in the Olympic spirit, SpeedDate will ask questions such as: If you go on a date with any athlete, who would it be? Which sport has the sexiest athletes? Which two athletes would make the best couple? Which Olympic event would you most like to compete in?

If anything, you should check out the site and look around. The site is neat, fresh, and offers you the luxury of dating from home. Brush your teeth, comb your hair, wax those eyebrows, and work on your charming, charismatic conversation in preparation for the Olympic Speed Dating Competition. It is sure-to-be an exciting event! 

Another dating site in amongst us so what does the new dating service have that others do not? Simply put – Images. Youniverse.com is a site and a network that connects people with image tests. Youniverse.com uses images to discover people’s interests, character, and style. I thought to myself, “how cool is that,” so I headed over to the site to see why it is craving so much attention.

Upon arriving at the website, you are instantly greeted with images. You may get confused as to what they are supposed to be, until you read the question above the images. Individuals take an image test where they are asked questions and told to respond by choosing the image that best embodies the answer. Youniverse.com has a love test that asks questions about love and has you answer with images. Once you have finished the tests you will get a description of your perception of love. The answer to the image test is your visualDNA. Once you have taken the love test you can create a profile. You can find love by searching for users with similar visualDNA. Besides finding people with similar visualDNA you can find gifts that you will find attractive and appeal to your taste. Find the perfect match and great valentine products at Youniverse.com.

” We’ve developed a way of understanding people’s feelings with the help of over 5 million people who have come from all over the world to our sister site, Imagini.net. 
As a result, everyone that’s part of Youniverse will eventually be able to have a relationship with the internet that’s guided by their feelings.”

The site is very unique and I am sure their uniquness will be rewarded with great numbers. Youniverse is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Imagini Holdings (www.imagini.net), the inventor of VisualDNA^TM, so the team knows what they are doing. The two sites may appear to be the same, but differences arise when you take a closer look. The site is clean, simple, fun, and – off the record – a little creepy. “Through our behavioral assessment tool we will allow people to discover more about themselves and, as a result, meet and connect with people in more meaningful and true ways,” said Alex Willcock, founder and CEO of Youniverse. However, you will enjoy it. It is very intreguing, and there is the prospect of meeting the woman/man of your dreams based on commonalities of your answers so go ahead and try it out!

Last year, I wrote about the popular WooMe and people seemed to really enjoy the site. If you just can’t get enough, feast your eyes upon SpeedDate.com. Launched last October, Co-founder Dan Abelon helped to start what now seems to be the biggest trend. SpeedDate.com is exactly what the name implies – fast dating. Similar to WooMe, dates are short, sweet, and one-on-one. SpeedDate.com will match you up based on some basic personality and geographical preferences.

Once you are all registered, you are able to start dating immediately. Unlike any other dating options, SpeedDate.com allows singles to immediately determine if they have real chemistry before taking the time to meet in person. How much time do you have to do this? Three minutes! There are distinguishable “yes” and “no” buttons to note whether or not you enjoyed your time, and would like to setup a real date. Afterwards, you can go back and get in touch with the “yes” daters to arrange a real-world meet-up if both of you clicked the green “yes” button. Clicking the “no” button will end the date and move you on to the next.

I have not been to a real speed-dating event, but I would imagine the process to be similar to SpeedDate.com where sessions are scheduled for an allotted amount of time on a weekly basis to maximize your potential dating pool. At all other times, keeping the browser window open will continue to match you up with new people as they come online.

I tried it out, and although I did not meet the girl of my dreams, I liked the experience. The site is neat, fresh, and offers you the luxury of dating from home. What I find interesting about the site is that it offers all forms of communication. Don’t have a webcam? Not to worry because SpeedDate.com beats the competition by offering voice, video, and text as a means of conversation, meaning if you’re without a Webcam you’re not entirely out of the game. However, I would recommend a webcam. You might get a lot of “no” clicks. It’s also worth noting that SpeedDate.com has recently launched a Facebook application. Smart move considering Facebook is one of the largest social networks on the net.

Years ago, people would have looked at you strange for finding a date online, but it is more accepted now. “It’s amazing to be able to go on 30-40 online dates in an eveing and then pick people you want to get to know better.” says Kelly, a SpeedDate member from California. “I’ve started a relationship that would not have been possible without SpeedDate.” Although you may get an occasional raised eyebrow when telling your friends you met your girl/guy online, you can look at them and laugh knowing you are happy to have met your true love on SpeedDate.com!

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In this hungry web world, dating sites are nothing new, but for this new kid on the block, their change in focus has transformed them into something new and refreshing – WooMe.

Instead of sorting through a massive pool of users, themed sessions are controlled by management, but created by the users who sign up for them. Each session has a designated number of spots, which assign one minute per person. After that, you move on. If you connect and want to talk more, a private message will facilitate further communication. So unlike any other dating site, you are finding people to interact with, instead of finding people to date. You may find the one though…

As said, you get one minute to exchange pleasantries over webcam, and then you can choose between graciously rejecting the hopeful or ask for a private message. You get five free one-minute sessions before you have to pay to get in touch further with your chosen date. It also has a social networking side to it; you’re not totally expected to be dating but can make friends this way too.

Session topics range from singles looking to mingle by geographical area, all the way to folks trying to find babysitters or nannies. You can also scope out who has signed up to be a part of the session before you throw yourself in the mix. To help schedule the sessions, users can set a time when they want it to start. In order to aid users in remembering they have signed up, users can set up a 10-minute e-mail alert, but there are also plans to add SMS and IM reminders (via a bot) to help users get a ping before a session is about to begin.

Are you shy, and don’t want to be seen? In addition to video, users can also opt for voice chat correlates with whatever picture they have associated with their WooMe account.

WooMe intends to make the majority of their money via advertising, which is where some cool advertising techniques come into play. As users join sessions, the service keeps track of what they are interested in, and will attempt to serve up contextually relevant video ads while users are waiting to connect to someone, which is after every minute.

For this one of a kind internet-dating site, I think it will definitely become quite a hit, despite the overabundance of dating sites already. This one adds unique features that stand it out from the rest, and that is very important these days.

So are you ready to be wooed?