Advantages and Disadvantages of internet marriages

Let us agree that internet has changed our life in every way, shape and form, even the way many of us get married. Not long ago, there was a time when almost everyone use to find their bride or bride grooms only by referrals from friends and family and most marriages were arranged marriages only. Marriages done from other sources (including love marriages) were often not very well accepted in our society. Online marriages or finding the matrimonial online is the latest trend and in this article we have tried to list the advantages, disadvantages and benefits of finding the right match online.

HOW TO CREATE A GOOD MATRIMONIAL BIODATA OR PROFILE:

1. Nice Picture:
A good profile should be always accompanied by a recent picture. It is useful because for most people looks matter significantly and you do not want to waste time with people where the proposal gets declined because they did not like the photo. It is usually better to go to a nearby photo studio and get a good picture clicked professionally.

2. What should I write in my profile:
The best way to do is to spend atleast 2 days looking at online profiles of other people and figure out which presentation and format is most appealing to you. It is always recommended to be truthful but do not over-tell about your personal details. For example it may be a good idea not to give your exact home address, not to mention the exact salary and company you are working (use a salary range instead). Most matrimonial profiles tend to overstate the skin colour by at-least one shade, it is up to you how to present that.

Things that may include are:
- Short paragraph about you 4-5 lines (too long can be boring).
- Your education, plus academic grades if you are a good student.
- Extra curricular activities.
- Cooking (even guys .. girls like guys who can do light casual cooking even if it's once a month).
- A short description of your job.
- Your parents, siblings and what they do.
- Your likes and dislikes.
- Very clearly describe what kind of a partner you are looking.
- References: Available on request.

3. Start with paid service itself: A good profile will usually start to get replies for possible matches. Therefore to continue with the conversation instead of wasting days to upgrade your profile later. Do not get over excited if you receive too many replies, always use your common sense while replying (or to simply ignore).

Top Indian websites and cost of premium membership:
Three month membership is about 1500 rupees. Longer the membership, lesser you pay per month. Most websites offer upto a 12 month membership for around 4000 to 5000 rupees.
1. BharatMatrimony.com
2. Shaadi.com
3. JeevanSathi
4. SimplyMarry.com

ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE MATRIMONIAL/MARRIAGES:

1. Huge Choice:

You can select from the wide variety of matrimonial profiles and not just the people you know. You can literally shortlist the suitable matches based on education, religion, caste, salary, location, hobbies, personality and even looks. Similarly you can post your profile and let others contact you in the same way. You can even include or exclude people with special circumstances like people with disabilities, divorce or widow. Because there are millions of profiles online the biggest advantage of finding a match online is undoughtedly "The Choice". Even if you were taking out your matrimonial advertisement in the newspaper, your voice is still restricted to the territory where that newspaper is circulated. Although it is a good idea to place your advertisement on internet and newspapers for maximum exposure.

2. Cheap Services:
Although in most of the online matrimonial / matchmaker sites the basic listing can be free but in order to start a real conversation between both the interested parties, you have to upgrade to a paid membership which is also quite cheap and is within a few hundred rupees. therefore it is best to have a paid membership from the starting itself rather than having to upgrade it later on..

3. See picture / video:
In most arranged marriage proposals, people use to hesitate sending photos, even when they did attach a photo there was always a problem of getting back the photo if the proposal did not work out. Here you can just shortlist the profiles with pictures only.

DISADVANTAGES OF ONLINE MATRIMONIAL / MARRIAGES:

1. Genuinety is questionable:
This is the biggest drawback when trying to find a life partner online. You have no idea how much truth a person has written. Everyone tries to polish their matrimonial biodata with lies and deception and many cases go too far in order to get the conversation started. On the other hand there is more truthful knowledge about the background of your possible bride/groom if you have met the person or if your friends or relatives know the person. False photographs, lies about salary and family background are not uncommon in online marriages.

2. Privacy:
Once something goes on internet, there is no gurantee how far all of it will go. In most cases it is not an issue, therefore refrain from providing any information which may be sensitive to you. Provide those details only which are sufficient to establish a contact with the other party.

3. High divorce rates: ( Reference: in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080715/1072/ten-virtual-reality.html)
If your marriage was made online, there's a one in three chance that you will be sitting in front of a marriage counsellor, say experts. Psychiatrists in the capital have recorded an increase in the number of married couples, who met in cyber space, seeking counselling. In Arranged marriages, the man and woman come from a similar background and therefore share the same views of marriage and family, the chance of divorcing due to irreconcilable differences is not as strong as in western cultures or online marriages.

4. Past history of a person:
There is no way to tell if the other guy (or girl) is really nice or not. Did he have too many affairs or for that matter even having one or not, whether the person is a heavy drinker or smoker etc. There rare cases where people have even tried to re-marry using these online websites. Making an opinion about a person and his family background within a few meetings or phonecalls can be quite risky.

A BETTER APPROACH FOR CREATING YOUR ONLINE BIODATA:

1. Be truthful, even if there are any negative points in your matrimonial bio-data, it is still better to clarify upfront. If you are really hesitant to mention those online, disclose those to the interested parties within the first or second conversation before the talks go too far.

2. Whenever you receive a response or get contacted, always go slow and never show too much excitement. Always ask for references and try to seek if you have any friends or relatives where that person lives and if you can get any information about the true background of that person. In rare cases people even make use of expensive background and detective services.

3. Others: Let the girl and guy talk to each other a few times before they really meet in person. Two good natured people will like each other is not a guarantee. Talk to each other not just about hobbies but also about their future plans, if they had any serious love affair and if a person smokes or drinks. Try to judge if the person is marrying for money and hopefully not for the dowry. Although in times of difficulty, the couple can count on the help of their parents and in-laws for physical, emotional and financial support. Does the balance of practicality and emotion matches yours. Do your religious thoughts meet, are you both vegetarian or non-vegetarian. How much influence does the guy have of his family (too much parental influence can be bad).

4. Listen to your parents: In most cases your parents will have a more matured advice than yours, although it may not be always true. You should also check for the compatibility of the two families along with your own.

5.Each person is different: Good qualities in one person may not always be found in the other one. It is not a bad idea to seek premarital counseling rather than doing it later. Over time the couple may realise that they made a hasty decision and are incompatible.

CONCLUSION:
Using internet as a medium to find your life partner is a good choice, but be careful of people who put false and overly exaggerated statements in their biodata.

 

 

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Advantages and disadvantages of online jewelry shopping

To bring clarity in the very beginning I would like to stipulate that the quality of the merchandise is not a topic in this article. Any known type and quality of jewelry is already available on the net as it is in conventional (physical) stores. The task of this article is to outline the pros and cons of online buying of jewelry as opposed to the conventional buying over the counter in terms of convenience, price and service.
Advantages:

Massive choice - This particular point is one of the biggest advantages of online jewelry shopping and at the same time a disadvantage too. Having too much of a choice tends to have confusing effect on most people and blur their ability of an objective decision. On the other hand choice and diversity means that you will find what you are looking for, even if you are not very certain what exactly it is and you will find it at the best possible price, which brings us to the next point.

Competitive prices - Yes, it is logical for the prices to be more competitive online, exactly because of the massive choice. The convenience of being the only jeweler in town is replaced online, by the alternative of being a jewelry shop in enormous "jewelry only" shopping mall with thousands of jewelry shops next to each other, selling similar merchandise. It is getting even worst: the customer enters and exits the shop with a touch of a button without giving the merchant chance to state his case. The online jewelry retail stores are ran on very low cost, enabling the merchants to significantly narrow their mark up margins and still make reasonable profit.

Information - Any information about jewelry, diamonds and precious stones is widely available on the net and you don't need particular computer skills or a lot of time to obtain it. Armed with knowledge and ability to compare value for money at the click of the mouse the online customer is not to be taken for granted. Today's jewelers , whether they like it or not, will face educated customers, longing for the best value for their hard earned cash.

Time saving - This advantage of online jewelry shopping is very obvious. The time necessary to visit an online jeweler, looking for particular piece is an average of 6 minutes if you are using the assistance of JewelGateway and about 20 minutes otherwise, considering the search and checking the sometime surprisingly well positioned irrelevant hits. The time to visit a conventional jewelry shop depends on many factors, but it will suffice to say that it is not in the comparable margins.

Convenience - Very much connected to the time topic but there is more. I would like to mention, time taken from work, time taken on weekend (depending on the jeweler's trading hours), making an appointment (and stick to it), driving to and from, looking for parking etc. After all this effort the inventory you will be seeing will be limited in comparison to your online choice. The guidance and advice you will be given will be sale orientated and in most cases not 100% objective.

Disadvantages:

Relatively large amounts paid in advance - This is one matter with roots in the psychological background of most of us and it takes time to over ride it. The modus operandi of small scale trade for millennia is to immediately get what you paid for. In jewelry language: you put the ring on your finger, you pay for it and keep it there. Buying the same ring online lives you with this rather virtual feeling. You just paid a good amount of money (by the way, also virtual) and you got nothing. One can't be blamed for being cautious. Today more than ever the cyber space is crowded by con artists. There is however reliable ways to avoid them and stay on the safe side. Read more

Security of payment and shipping - Closely related to the above topic. The security of your payment is a serious issue and you have to make sure it is properly dealt with by checking the security policy of the jewelry merchant. In many cases though, the merchant is as exposed to fraud, as the customer and even more, since he have to ship an expensive jewelry before the payment is cleared. The customer have 3 to 7 days window to cancel the payment, while the shipping is irreversible. The shipping and insurance are handled by the merchant and in most cases is free of charge.  Read more

Impossibility to examine and try on - A major disadvantage, since very few pieces of jewelry fits well everybody. The touch of the polished gold or the glitter of a real diamond is impossible to simulate fully on the web page and thus, lives space for misconception. However this is promptly addressed with the implementation of proper return policy. A good return policy is one which provides a 30 day money back guarantee or possibly longer.

Overchoice - the advantage of massive and diverse choice in overdose turns into disadvantage. If you write "diamond ring" in your browser you will get approximately 8 million entries. Not all of them are jewelry merchants but a good deal are, besides how could one know. A customer seldom checks further than the first 20 to 30 entries, before she gets bored or confused and goes back or decides to buy over the counter. While Search Engine listing is done by stringent standards, it is automatic and done on the merit of marketing mastery rather than quality of the jewelry and service. You, as a customer might be missing this wonderful jewelry site, full of value packed offers on the jewelry you are looking for - just because they are listed 40th or 140th for that matter.

Impatience and Conservatism - These personal qualities of some customers, are big disadvantage to the online jewelry shopping and unfortunately there is no viable strategy to deal with them. My only advice to the customer in doubt is: Give it a chance. It may turn the hassle and hesitation into a pleasurable and exiting experience.

 

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Advantages of Video Conferencing

The aim of all business organizations is to boost their profit margin. But there is another aspect that they monitor while doing so. It is saving time and money. And video conference services are designed just to meet these two goals. Video chatting or video conference will allow you to meet up all your business associates who are located in overseas destinations from the comforts of your office. It is meant for the progressive entrepreneurs who need not live out of suitcase every now and then for business purposes. Video conferencing bridges that gap of oceans and allows archiving success in time management and fiscal economization.

The combination of computer hardware and software and advanced communication units has given birth to video conferencing. This has changed the paradigm of business communications. The multiple video conferencing allows you to meet up with people located at various corners of the world simultaneously.

Video conferencing is carried out through industry standard equipment. The equipment is basically browser-based that and can be monitored, moderated and controlled. Even in the virtual boardroom there are provisions of reserving seats for participants who are spread across globally. Such a service gives real time audio and video communication.

Video conferencing is a great success on geographical restrictions and businesses can streamline their operations easily now. There can be controlled or secure video conferencing whereby a meeting is held with a few chosen participants.

It allows the honchos of the businesses to discuss their problems and find a solution with the clicks of a mouse. Innovative ideas and strategies can now be shared and confabulated on through digital audio-video presentations from the any corner of the world within seconds.

If you are still wondering how you are saving money by business video conferencing services...well a noticeable dollar savings are made by completely eliminating the requirement to travel to a pre-set conference site. Moreover it enables to hold board meetings on regular schedules without failure. The chances of canceling the meeting due to external factors are minimized.

Video conference services allow the moderators to control various elements of a meeting. These include attendance, content, time, and frequency of meetings. This modern technique of communication allows moderators to invite only those whose presence is required in the meeting and averting them whose presence is not solicited. They are also able to delete any particular statement made by a participant in the meetings that was uncalled for.

Conferences thus held can be planned properly. The moderators can carry out umpteen video conferences before the actual one is held on the scheduled date. This gives a proper idea as to who will be attending the virtual meeting and how long they have to be in it. The guess work that often leads to goof ups in traditional meetings are completely eliminated in video chatting.

Communication thus held saves one of the most precious commodities of any business - time. This time can be utilized in other valuable aspects of the business.


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Love Marriage and Arranged Marriage – Advantages and Disadvantages

I am an Indian and when we look into the Indian culture and tradition, its mostly arranged marriage that happens, but now things are changing, old customs are just remaining customs. In arranged marriages, usually the parents or some elderly person comes up with a proposal for marriage and then they go through the horoscopes, educational qualifications, physical, chemistry, biology, family backgrounds / history and all kinds of stuffs and then finally the acceptance from the boy and the girl. Acceptance from girl side was not of high priority in most cases earlier, but now things have started changing. Some are really forced to get married according to the wish of their parents or elders. In fact they have to sacrifice their life for the sake of keeping their parents happy.

In love marriage, when a boy fall in love with a girl who matches his likes or a girl likes a boy and they becomes friend. The friendship may grow more closer and at one stage if they feel comfortable with each other, they may decide to become life partners. In most of the cases, all these happens without the knowledge of their parents. When the stage comes to get married or if a the girl or the boy is forced to get married to another person, these things come out. Some parents may take it positively and may agree to go ahead with the proposal have will end up with a ceremonial wedding. But in most of the cases, they lose the support from their parents and with the help of their friends, they are forced to go for a registered wedding and end up separating from their family.

Advantages of arranged marriage.

Its not always that arranged marriages are successful or love marriage are successful. We see that most of the arranged marriage are successful for some reasons. When its an arrange marriage, the parents do support the relationship and they try their best to keep the relationship live as it is their responsibility too. Arranged marriages are good, if you believe in astrology and horoscope. I have seen that some really grow good, life changes after getting married and some vise versa. In arranged marriage, the boy and girl will be from the same religion and caste, so they have the life style, food and culture. In arranged marriages, the girl is more protected as the parents care for  a girl who married according to their wish.

Disadvantages of Arranged Marriages

All of a sudden you start your life with a person with you have hardly spend any time. You don’t know the person or you may even not like the person if you have go married because your parents and elders decided your marriage. Most of the cases the girl is forced to sacrifice their likes and adjust to the reality. Some may just live their life it goes believing its their fate and their parents are happy, but some break up. Some start their love life after the wedding and really enjoy and are happy.

Advantages, Advantages of Love Marriage

Love marriage is a legal right for two individuals who care and love for each other to live together and go ahead with their life. In love marriage, you know each other well, you are not going to be with any stranger or you may not have much problems if you know about the person well before you decide to spend your life together. A love marriage can become un-successful, if you had a very short time time know each other and just decided to get married. If you are knowing each other well and you are sure that you can get along with each other without any problems then you can decide to get married. In short the advantage of going for a love marriage is that you are going to live your life with a person who you know well and you are sure that you can get along well.

Its not easy to go for a love marriage. You need to first fall in love with someone and that person should like you as well. It takes time to know each other and both of you should feel comfortable with each other. Decide to get married to a person who loves you more than you love that person. In many cases I have seen that one person is badly in love with the other person, but not vise versa. Never force somebody to love you and get married, you should give sufficient time to the other person whom you love to know you more and you should take sufficient time to learn your partner well before you both come to a decision to live together.

In my opinion, nobody can be sure that he or she will fall in love with a person and even if he or she falls in love with somebody, that person will fall in love in return. If you don’t fall in love or not get a right person, then you can think of arranged marriages. Even in arranged marriages you can know the person well before you decide to get married. You should make sure that your proposed partner likes you as well and is not agreeing for the wedding because of any pressure from her / his parents or any other reasons.

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Ultimate benefits of SEO

Selecting search engine optimisation for promoting your business on the internet, one must knows the ultimate benefits of seo campaign.

Perspective (Global / Regional)

Selecting your keywords or phrases to target your audience, search engine optimisation ensures that you and your company are found globally or regionally by those who require exactly what you offer. SEO has many benefits for any organisation which wants to reach all potential customers locally or globally. You can reach the targeted customers of your own choice.

Targeted Traffic

Search engine optimisation campaign can increase the number of visitors for your website for the targeted keyword(s) or phrase. Converting those visitors into potential customers is one of the arts of search engine optimisation. Search engine optimisation is the only campaign which can derive targeted traffic through your website. Essentially more targeted traffic equal more sales.

Increase Visibility

Once a website has been optimised, it will increase the visibility of your website in search engines. More people will visit your website and it will give international recognition to your products/services.

High ROI (Return on Investment)

An effective SEO campaign can bring a higher return on your investment than any other type of marketing for your company. This will therefore increase your volume of sales and profit overall.

Long term positioning

Once a website obtains position through a SEO campaign, it should stay there for long term as opposed to PPC (Pay Per Click). SEO is a cheaper and long term solution than any other search engine marketing strategy.

Cost-effective

One of the great benefits of search engine optimisation is that it is cost effective and requires the minimum amount of capital for the maximum exposure of your website.

Flexibility

It is possible to reach an audience of your own choice through a seo campaign. You can get traffic according to the organisational strategy to meet the needs and requirements of your choice.

Measurable results

It is a unique quality of seo campaigns that you can quantify the results of seo by positioning reports of search engines, visitor conversion and the other factors of this nature. 

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