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Shea, Oprah.com</cite></span></div><h1>Tips for Successful Online Dating</h1><p class="articleabstract">In 2000, Brenda Allison graduated from law school and moved to Chicago. There, she found a supportive group of friends, an apartment within walking distance of the city's hottest spots…and absolutely no time to date.</p></div><div id="placeholder_1"></div><div id="abody" class="articlebody"><div class="parent insert chrome6 single1 float2 cf" style="width:294px;"><div class="child c1 first"><div class="img"><p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100113160232im_/http://blstb.msn.com/i/53/BD83119E385D7E63C26A438AE8BB6.jpg" width="290" height="218" alt="Tips for Successful Online Dating" class="img1"/></p><p class="abs">||Photo: Whitebox Weddings</p></div></div></div><p>"I'm a lawyer, and it's a job that takes up a lot of time," she says. "I didn't know how I was going to meet someone, especially when with what little free time I had I wanted to spend it with my friends."<br/><br/>Heeding advice from friends living in New York City, Allison turned to the Internet. "There weren't a lot of people using the Internet to date back then," she says. "I had to go to Kinko's and scan in a picture of myself for my profile." Soon after that, she was on a date.<br/><br/>"I met this guy for drinks, and everything was going fine. I have a tendency to mess with my hair when I get nervous, so I start running my hands through it. An hour or so into the date, he looks me straight in the eyes and says: 'You have got to stop touching your hair because it's driving me crazy. I don't know if I'm going to be able to control myself!' I didn't know what to say to that, so I told him my friends were at the back of the bar, which they were. I never went out with him again."<br/><br/><strong>More online dating:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100113160232/http://lifestyle.ca.msn.com/love-sex-relationships/hearst-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22810595">5 rules for your online dating handle</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100113160232/http://lifestyle.ca.msn.com/love-sex-relationships/rogers-article.aspx?cp-documentid=23051948">Online dating tips for single parents</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100113160232/http://dating.ca.msn.com/">Find your perfect match here</a></li></ul><p>For Allison, that night was the beginning of series of dating travails. Despite a few duds and near misses, her perseverance—plus an online connection seven years later that resulted in a marriage proposal—would eventually reaffirm her belief that online dating is an ideal way to make a real connection with another person. "Meeting someone in a bar never quite worked out," she says. "The bar scene was always about 'Hey baby, you're hot' after a few drinks." <br/><br/>Though once considered the sole province of the nerdy and socially challenged, online dating has come a long way. According to online dating site <a onclick="return Msn.Navigation.OpenNew(event,this)" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100113160232/http://www.match.com/index.aspx">Match.com</a>, more than 20,000 people register to use the site every day. <a onclick="return Msn.Navigation.OpenNew(event,this)" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100113160232/http://www.eharmony.com/">eHarmony</a> says it has 20 million registered users on its roster and according to a recent study it commissioned, the dating site is responsible for 2 percent of all marriages in the United States. <br/><br/>How are all of these people finding success in love online? According to experts, honesty, patience and a well-thought-out profile are all anyone needs to find true love.</p><p><strong>The Profile</strong><br/><br/>The key to successful dating online is a well-written user profile. A profile is the unique, customizable area on an online dating site that contains biographical information about yourself, as well as photographs and details about what you're looking for in a potential mate.<br/><br/>"A lot of people get really intimidated by the profile process," says Whitney Casey, relationship insider for Match.com. "But when you think about it, when you go out, you get only one chance to make a great first impression. With a profile, you get as many as you want."<br/><br/>Casey suggests new users break down their profile in to four parts—the picture, the headline, the username and the paragraph. Gather a group of friends to help you out, and go step-by-step. "Your friends are going to keep you honest," she says. "Plus, they'll make sure you use the best picture of yourself."<br/><br/><strong>The Picture</strong><br/><br/>Stay recent and real, Casey says. All pictures should be taken within the last six months and feature a head shot, as well as a full body shot. "Putting up pictures that represent what you look like means you don't have to worry later, if he or she doesn't call you to go out again, that it's because of how you look," Allison says. "Be honest about who you are."<br/>Avoid pictures of yourself with either too many props or too many other people. "Find a happy medium between being Action Jackson and Mr. or Miss Poser," Casey says. "Your main picture should be just you, and not you wearing sunglasses or you holding your dog. Use those photos for the supplemental pictures."<br/>Update photos as much as possible. Casey suggests including photos from recent vacations as well as those that feature you taking part in a hobby you enjoy. 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