Singling Out Dating Websites

How many of you out there have dream of meeting THE ONE of your dreams in a grand ball or an equally romantic setting? And how many of you have visualized walking away in the golden glow of the setting sun hand in hand with your partner? Quite a few, I bet. Real life, alas, is not so obliging most of the time. Work pressures, distances, and hectic schedules have taken over human lives as never before. "No time for love..." goes the rather sad song by Madonna. Well, the truth is that an increasing number of lonely hearts is trying to find love online. Thanks to a sudden profusion of dating websites, more and more singles dating are getting ready to mingle. For a quite a while online dating was considered unsafe. Like everything else dating websites too, have had their share of scandals no thanks to some unscrupulous users. But all that is more or less behind us now with several security options in place. It always pays to err on the side of caution, as you well know. So if you are single and raring to go online, there are certain rules of thumb you would do well to remember. To be sure, there are dating websites' galore. So which are the ones you should be looking at?Let's start with the basics first. Do not simply rush in to supply your details to just any dating website. Examine the site carefully. Watch out for uneven and serrated fonts, missing graphics or text and mis-aligned parts. The reason being that a site of this sort would have a very poor back-end section rendering it vulnerable to hackers who could misuse your details. Also, do examine the links and banners provided on the web page. If clicking on dating websites leads to porn sites then you know you need to get out of there and FAST. Some links are also invitation to spam; you are well-advised to stay away from them.Most new users forget to check privacy links given at the bottom of the websites' home page. This is a mistake since privacy links provide the necessary assurance that spam will not get into your mail. If a privacy link does not state anything of that sort then you are best off not using that site. Dating websites are a great place to mingle, as long as you keep yourself safe.