I've been using online dating sites off and on for the last several years. I'd give it a mixed review as sometimes I can go for long stretches of time without any action whatsoever. No messages, no flirts, nada.

On the flipside I do get the occasional bit of success, as I happened to have gotten recently. These seem to hold promise and in two situations, wound up being 6-7 month long relationships. So, yeah...it's pretty much a grab bag of outcomes. You just have to keep at it til you get the outcome you want.

Does anyone have any ideas, tips and tricks to make online dating more successful? If you have been using dating sites, how do you like it? Does it work better than other methods for finding dates?

I'm curious to know.