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A good number of online dating services, such as LavaLife, Match.com, and Date.ca require that you provide a short header message (opening line) that appears under your member name when people do searches – similar to MySpace. Too often people don’t know what to put in that space and how to bets utilize it, thus ending up with generic headers like, “I may be the one for you” or “hello”.

It’s critical that you take advantage of your header message and develop one that commands attention - something clever, funny, or philosophical that will make a person want to click on your profile and read it.

While this will add a few minutes to your registration time, it will go a long way to enhancing your experience. Here are a couple of tips for what goes into creating a profile that people will want to click on and check out. It goes without saying that a photo is going to be an integral part of this process, as is your username, but these tips are directed solely at the header portion of your profile.

1) Don’t be cliché or boring

When you don’t know what to say for your header message, resist the temptation to resort to overused default headers like “Searching for Love” or “Looking to meet new people.”

You don’t want to appear ordinary. Each service has tens of thousands of users and they are all competing with you in a quest to find that “perfect” partner. As a result, you need to ensure that the header you use will attract the attention of others. Looking at these examples I found searching the Internet, which one would you be most likely to look twice at?

“Looking to Meet New People”
“Hello”
“Willing to Lie About How We Met!”
“You May be the One I’m Looking for”

One of these things is not like the other… The best one takes a humorous approach to the concept of telling others how you met. It’s unique and clever. Make sure your header is the diamond in the rough among boring, cliché header messages.

2) Do some research

One of the best ways to get creative and come up with that witty, winning profile header is to check out the ones that interest you. What is it about that particular header that makes you want to click on their profile and learn more? Identify patterns and see what is catching your eye, and then apply those to creating your own. Here are a few favorites I found around the Web:

“We make a perfect couple: I’ve got the brains and you’ve got the body!”
“Ok, I’m here. Now what’s your other two wishes?”
“Bright spark looking to ignite shared paths”
“Just like a new job, I offer excellent benefits.”
Taking just a few minutes to look around and see what other people are doing to catch YOUR eye, then thinking creatively about yourself for a minute can lead to much better results.
3) Screen your matches

One of the most common gripes among online daters is the sheer number of people who contact them that don’t meet their criteria. Older men/women, people with body types you aren’t looking for or daters from far, far away. If you want to improve the interest shown to you from qualified respondents, use your header as a screen for your profile. For instance:

“Looking for fit 24-30 year old male within 20 miles of Los Angeles”

By utilizing the header as a filter, when a person who doesn’t match your criteria reads your header they are likely to move past it. However, if a “fit 24-30 year old local male” reads it, then it should attract him because he meets your criteria. Once again, some real gems from browsing around online:

“I love a man in uniform. Military men, apply within.”
“Please be local, fit, over 40, and have a posted picture.”
“Must be at least 5′10″ to get on this ride”
“Romantic men seem to be extinct. If you’re extinct, contact me now.”

Of course, you could also just join one of the services that are designed with a much more defined target audience in mind and not have to worry as much about this particular tip.

4) Mix it up!

Much like changing your sheets, it’s always a good idea to keep your profile fresh and new by rotating your pictures and changing your header message once in awhile. Every so often (1-3 weeks) come up with a new and clever, creative, or filtered subject header. Different subject headers attract different people, therefore you may reach “new” people by keeping your header fresh and updated, breaking you out of an online dating rut.

Follow these easy tips and you can maximize your account and better leverage the dating pool online to best suit your needs.

Yahoo! Canada Personals and eHarmony are two of the top online dating sites on the Internet. Which one should you choose? Learn more about the features of both and decide which of these online dating sites is right for you.

Yahoo! Canada Personals is a specifically targeted dating site, while eHarmony is aimed at creating relationships all over the world. With Yahoo, you get profile matching with people in your area that meet your criteria, not someone thousands of miles away. Yahoo! Canada Personals allows you to search freely for other members, and eHarmony makes matches for you based on compatibility principles revealed in a long and extensive personality profile. You have more freedom to contact members through Yahoo! Canada Personals, while you have to go through more waiting and forms with eHarmony.

Both services allow you to contact other members. Yahoo! Canada Personals offers contact through email or instant messages, while eHarmony uses a guided communication system involving specific questions that align with the eHarmony personality profile matching system. Only after you’ve completed guided communication, can you email your eHarmony match directly.

If the freedom and compatibility of Yahoo! Canada Personals appeals to you, but you’re interested in a more serious relationship, Yahoo offers a Premiere membership directed at individuals who’d like to find long-term relationships or even marriage.

eHarmony boasts the most marriages of any online dating site, and it is very focused on establishing long term relationships. Yahoo! Canada has options for people looking for serious relationships and even a marriage, as well as options for those looking to flirt, have some fun and keep their options more open.

The choice seems clear that Yahoo! Canada Personals offers more flexibility, compatibility and options than eHarmony does and looking at these different services it is clear why Yahoo has become Canada’s largest and hottest dating network.

Want to find a long-lasting relationship that might lead you to a marriage? Then try eHarmony.com!

eHarmony.com has already made a positive impact in the dating world for millions of people across the globe. On an average day, over 90 members marry from eHarmony.com. Plus, recent research by the American Psychological Society shows that married couples who met using eHarmony.com are significantly happier than those who met by other means. A huge number of people have already tried it and it’s still growing very fast in Canada, which means someone out there is waiting for you!

Why can eHarmony.com create such enormous success? Dr. Neil Clark Warren, who is the well-known relationship expert, best-selling author and clinical psychologist, built its system. In 2000, Dr. Warren built a scientific matching system: Compatibility Matching System™. It is a fun, comprehensive, and sophisticated system that provides a deepened insight for you and your ideal partner. Then, the system will find the best matches for you. That’s right, the best! Since the system is based on 29 key dimensions to test your personality based on traits like “emotional temperament,” “social style,” “physicality,” “relationship skills,” and “values and beliefs,” it has been proven to predict healthier and happier relationships.

With over 14 million members and over 10 thousand new members daily, eHarmony has established a strong base of members for you to choose from. Join now and become one of their newest success stories.