Be aware of ads that send you to a person's private Web site. Credit cards are usually involved, along with other stuff your mom and dad probably wouldn't be too proud of.

What about posting sleazy shots? Short and simple, you get what you advertise for. Case closed.

The bottom line is that we're trying to meet someone to spend time with, right? Then why in the hell are we submitting photos that wouldn't even land us last place at the annual dog show? You don't have to be model material to submit a nice, pleasing photo. And I really can't understand why someone would go through this entire process of Internet dating just to slap up a really bad, blurred, dark, unidentifiable photo.

It's a shame we put so much emphasis on picking out the best photos, verses the best narratives of the ads when three-fourths of the time, the people don't even remotely resemble their picture. I highly suggest reading more of the ad before making a hasty decision based solely on a picture.

It's really pretty simple. lust post a photo of you, and just you, that we can see, that's fairly close up, in focus, pixelie corrected, not including every member of your family tree, that was taken at least twenty-four hours after your last hangover, leaving out any member of the opposite sex, and that was taken within the last six months. And for Pete sake, smile!

There are no laws saying that you have to smile. And even if you aren't a smiley type of person, try using a photo with a look that somewhat resembles a smile, like a "hint" of a smile. (Even smirks can work in some cases.) If you represent yourself as being unhappy and miserable, that's your decision, just don't get upset when your response level is lower than you expected. Be cautious: If a guy/ woman has five photos posted and he/she is not smiling in any of them, it only leads us to believe that they either have hemorrhoids or they have no teeth! (When I use he/she, I am speaking in both gender cases, not about transsexuals.)

Remember, positive attracts positive, or something like that. So say cheese and act like you mean it, by gosh!