Watch Out For Fraud When Trying to Score a Date Online


Updated 02/10/12 11:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Online Dating Scams and Fraud

There are lots of ways to find your geeky love match online, but as they say on The Bachelor, not all online daters are there for the right reasons. According to a new report, online dating fraud rose 150 percent in 2011, making Internet dating sites a hotbed for fraudulent links and phishing scams. With over three percent of interactions being of fraudulent nature — including those Read more

Tips For Building an Effective Online Dating Profile


Updated 02/08/12 8:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Make an Online Dating Profile

In this digital age, men and women aren't just hitting bars and coffee shops to snag a date. More and more, they're heading to the Internet. In fact, 50 percent of men have met a woman online according to a recent survey. It's obvious that online dating has become the norm, and for good reason — the Internet gives you more options because you can cover a wider area of partner possibilities (as Read more

13 Geekiest Pickup Lines


Updated 02/03/12 5:10 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

The Geekiest Pickup Lines

Geeks are generally stereotyped as socially awkward with an inability to strike up a conversation with the opposite sex. These 13 geekiest pickup lines, compiled from McSweeney's Ineffective Pickup Lines For the Modern Internet Persona and our GeekSugar community, might just prove that fact. Pro tip: you might not want to use these when trying to score a Valentine's Day date. Have you ever Read more

4 Places to Find Your Valentine Online


Updated 02/02/12 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Best Online Dating Websites

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and you haven't secured a companion for the evening. No sweat! There are plenty of websites that will help you find a crush-worthy date to accompany you to your dinner for two; all you have to do is have a great online profile and an open mind. Of course, you could always hit the town with your best girls instead (which may be a lot less stressful), but least Read more

Where Are All the Single Geeks? 5 Places You Might Find Them


Updated 01/29/12 8:38 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 2 comments

Where to Find Geeky Guys to Date

In my social circle, I hear the same question often: "Where are all the single geek boys?" If you're a single gal, you may be asking yourself the same, so I'm taking a stab at playing matchmaker. Below, you'll find five possible places to uncover scores of single geeks, hopefully bringing your dating search to an end. By the way, you can still leave your other tech-related questions on our Read more

68 Geeky Dating Tips, Facts, and Insights to Help You Navigate 2012


Updated 01/23/12 6:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Best Sex, Love, and Dating Tips From 2011

Dating is hard, but these 68 dating tips, facts, and insights may make it easier to navigate. Especially helpful in the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, these facts about where you're most likely to find a nice geek to date to how technology is affecting the way we look at relationships, get ready big year of dating wins (and fails) ahead. Read more

Meet Your Perfect Music Match on Tastebuds


Updated 08/22/11 5:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tastebuds Music Dating Website

The matches resulting in your current online dating profile seem sweet enough, but what do you do upon learning that they love Justin Bieber and haven't even heard of MGMT? Since music is so much a part of the digital generation's lives, Tastebuds was founded to help single people find their match with locals in their area who share the same musical preferences. The site makes finding love as Read more

6 Ways to Initiate Love the Techie Way


Updated 08/17/11 5:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Internet and Geek Dating Pickup Lines

We often talk about navigating dating in a digital world, and just when we thought we had it mastered, the witty folks at McSweeney's come up with a list of ineffective (in our techie circle that's debatable) technology pickup lines. Here are our top three come-ons from McSweeney's, plus three crowd-sourced from the GeekSugar Facebook page. If someone approached with you these gems, would you run Read more

Digital Breakups: 5 Ways Not to Drop the Breakup Bomb


Updated 08/08/11 10:10 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Worst Ways to Be Dumped

A recent study shows that breaking up the old-fashioned way (aka face-to-face) is going the way of the pager. In fact, 10 percent of iOS users, 15 percent of BlackBerry users, and 18 percent of Android users say they've broken up with someone digitally instead of talking it out in person. On the bright side, at least you didn't get the breakup bomb via Post-it? Here are five ways smartphone users Read more

4 Ways Not to Handle a Breakup Online, and 1 Helpful Suggestion


Updated 07/30/11 2:50 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Ways to Not Handle a Breakup Online

Ah, Summer lovin'. A time to cozy up to your sweetheart and celebrate a new year of blossoming love . . . unless it's not. If your Summer love is no longer a blast, here's a little advice for what not to do online. I won't publicly claim to have experienced any of these firsthand, but anyone who has experienced the sting of a love lost could be susceptible to one of these no-nos. Read more