Hello. I'm trying to get into the habit of more in-depth reviews, so I'm sure you won't mind if I go a bit under the surface.
First Impression
"Oh God! Gradients!" Gradients are great for things like buttons, backgrounds, title-backgrounds, accents, etc. However, when you blow them up for headers, they can tend to feel like a sea of nothingness.
I do like the mirror effect,
it's quite nice.
Design
I don't remember who said it, but I remember reading an article (was it in problogger? I dunno) or book page which had the following statement:
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If you do your design right, nobody will even see it.
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Essentially, if you design your site nicely, the visitors will be too engrossed in content, as opposed to sitting around and thinking, "ugh, this is rather ugly." Like when you walk into a clean room. You don't trip over things. My point is, I'm not a fan of the pink on pink in the header, and the outer-glow effect isn't doing it any good. And the couple on the right, overlooking for a moment the horrible dither on the image, looks like brother and sister to me...perhaps find slightly more mature looking models? As well, the header clashes with the light blue in the background. Romance entails red/pink/purple?/etc, so pink is a good idea for the main color, but the blue isn't doing it any justice. Perhaps a darker shade of pink as the background?
The ad placement is good, but can you put the article titles
under the adsense? It's easier for people to read that way. As well, you could try to have some more separation between ads and content. It feels kind of overwhelming.
Content
The content is okay. I'm not personally interested in dating, so I couldn't tell you how effective it is/isn't. From a general writing standpoint, however, sometimes the sentence structure is confusing. For example, right here:
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Now you have entered the dating world and are willing to get success in it. Yes, you can.
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Yes, I can, what? It sounds like someone asked you a question in the middle of writing your post. "Mom, can I go outside?" "Yes, you can!" Apart from that, there seems to be a good array of articles, and the typography is nice and consistent.
Would I Subscribe/Join/Revisit It?
Probably not, because I don't want dating tips. As well, the pink is really distracting.
Final Thoughts
I think you should do some redesign, and maybe get a logo, for branding purposes. Put a little more separation between elements, it makes everything feel less cluttered for the reader. Maybe stop a moment and re-read articles to avoid the occasional awkward sentences that are finding their way in.
