Chemistry and Numbers: The Online Dating Guide (Paperback)

by Steve Monas (Author)
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Product Description
Chemistry and Numbers is the definitive guide to Online Dating and Relationship sites. This book reviews some of the most popular and successful online dating sites, helping you make an informed decision. A step by step, fully illustrated guide on signing up to making the first impression.

Your True Love Is Just A Click Away!

You are living in California, and your soulmate lives in Nebraska. Do you believe that you'll meet them at the corner bar?

The dating scene is changing every day, and online dating websites have opened up singles to a whole new world of dating opportunities. Never before has true love been found from around the corner to half a world away!

As you are reading this, millions of eligible men and women are online looking for their Mr. or Mrs. Right, but with so many online dating sites and choices, it can be very hard to find the right one for you.

Some of the 20 sites that are reviewed an! d shown with Step by Step Picture Instructions include:

Match - EHarmony - True - Chemistry - American Singles - Lava Life - Craigslist and more

Photos

Registration	Confirmation	Profile
Extra Characters	About Your Match	Search	Communication

Why Did You Create An Online Dating Profile ?

I created an online dating profile to meet new people and to jump-start my dating life. I moved to a new city after college and prior to posting online, I struggled to find men that I was interested in dating. As is the case for many young professionals, there's scant opportunity to meet the right person unless you have a vast social network, so my profile was meant to expand my search wider and include people I wouldn't meet in my everyday travels between work at a very small company, the gym, and my grad school classes. The internet provided an efficient &convenient way.

About the Author
Steve Monas was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and moved to San Diego when he was 5. He has had numerous startups from surf clothing lines to web applications. He maintains an active lifestyle and loves to travel. He is currently mentoring several companies, and writing more books on various popular topics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (November 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419651234
• ISBN-13: 978-1419651236
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #569,434 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good But Not Great, December 11, 2006

By	Allen Taylor (Hanover, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

With the proliferation of online dating sites there is a huge demand for online dating books, and there are plenty out there. Most just deal with online dating in general, how to get the most out of it, what the benefits are, etc. Steve Monas' book "Chemistry and Numbers: The Online Dating Guide" is unique. It highlights the most popular dating sites online and gives a short review of each then a how-to on how to set up a profile.

One of the most useful parts of the book is the section at the beginning that offers some help for people interested in online dating. The help includes a short piece written by someone by the name of "Sabrine H.," who talks about why anyone would want to set up an online dating profile. There is also an introduction by the author and tips for online dating and for choosing a photo as well as some tips for online dating safety.

The screenshots for each of the web sites featured is helpful and the author also includes a little history of each site, what the best feature of each site is, what complaints users of the site have and even the web address for the web site's wikipedia entry.

The book's main focus is on the positives and negatives of the most popular dating sites online and a how-to set up a profile. There is also a site summary at the back of the book that tells you the cost of joining, how many photos each site allows, the sites' membership, URLs and when they were started. Another supplement lists some niche dating sites that is useful.
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I was also disappointed to find that there weren't more race-based sites listed. There was an African-American dating site listed, but there weren't any Asian, Desi, Hispanic or other race-based niche sites on the list. However, all of the web sites listed cater to anyone of any race.

If you're looking for a dating web site to join, I'd recommend this book to help you choose which one(s).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chemistry and Numbers Gives You Something to Think About..., December 14, 2006

By	T. Bowen "Faith" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Before Chemistry and Numbers I considered internet dating completely off limits. Too much of a risk, not secure enough, too many odd balls out there...etc. However, Chemistry and Numbers does a good job of presenting internet dating as a positive means of meeting people in a very mobile and busy society.

Given that many of our traditional ways of meeting people, you know the "guy next door falls in love with girl next door or high school sweet hearts marry at 19" type scenarios, are less frequent, Chemistry and Numbers suggests a way that fits right in with our computer/IM/email society. One comment in the book really had me thinking; will internet dating be as common place for dating as the card catalogue is when you select a book in the library? Something to think about...

Chemistry and Numbers step by step approach to some of the most popular sites is easy to understand, even for those of us who are not computer savvy. It also gives you some great decision making information such as cost involved, positive and negative aspects of the site, and the number of pictures you can post. Chemistry and Numbers is very helpful in narrowing down what site you want to go with.

Not sure if I will venture out there; I am too much of a traditionalist. Chemistry and Numbers really helped to enlighten me to internet dating. I may promote it more with my students who are a bit younger and more daring.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic guide to online dating services, December 12, 2006

By	dbradford19 - See all my reviews

Having gotten my feet wet trying a couple of online dating sites a few years ago, Steve Monas' book "Chemistry and Numbers: The Online Dating Guide" gave me one big surprise right in the table of contents. I had no idea there were now so many online dating services. Monas has done all of the leg work here and has compiled information on all of the ones you've heard of, and on many that you probably haven't.

There are sections devoted to each site he's reviewed, including screenshots that take you through the registration process. While I like to consider myself fairly net savvy and felt that giving that much visual instruction was unnecessary, I imagine many people would find it a big plus, particularly those who've never registered for a dating site before and don't know what to expect.

I think one of the most useful features in the book is the information about how the sites match up members, telling which ones use detailed questionnaires and/or personality testing and which ones let you go in and sort out the wheat from the chaff for yourself. Thanks to Monas, if I ever have the need to try online dating again I now know exactly which sites I'd be interested in and which ones I will stay very far away from.