Captain’s Log 23.10.2009

(Captain’s log is a periodic message to logged in members of Mothership Gay Dating which we reproduce in our blog)

SHOUT about it

Don’t forget Mothership gay dating’s SHOUT facility - you can use this to broadcast you message to everyone who is looking at the who’s onboard page.

After we’ve finished Mothership’s new gay forums (coming soon) we’ll be making some changes to the SHOUT function to encourage even more interactivity.  More soon.  If you have any suggestions for SHOUT please let us know by messaging captain or 1stofficer once you’ve logged in.

Modus Videndi underwear

The Mothership Store has a new range of very sexy zipped underwear from the latino Modus Vivendi.

This includes a seriously horny zipped jockstrap which is proving VERY popular!

If the whole zipped thing isn’t your style, then Modus Vivendi do some well cut and very distinctive non-zipped underwear, as well as some great v neck tops too. You can see the full Modus Vivendi range here

New members

Don’t forget to make our new members feel welcome! Our new members matter a lot to Mothership, so take a moment to send them a hot, cool, gay crush or rate them. They’ll feel welcome, and it may lead somewhere nice. Like bed!

Gaydar: Site Review

Gaydar

Domain   gaydar.co.uk (also gaydarguys.co.uk)
Since        1999
Based       Richmond, UK
Run by    QSoft Consulting Ltd (Richmond, UK)  Gaydar founders: Henry Badenhorst, the late Gary Frisch
Market    Gay and bi men, 71% 18-35
Dedicated Who’s Online
Chat
Video
Mobile  (gaydarmobile.co.uk)

Also

Radio station (gaydarradio.com)
Magazine-style website (gaydarnation.com)
Lesbian dating (gaydargirls.com)

Style

Gaydar logo

Gaydar is a collossus amongst gay dating sites, with a huge membership delivering a lot of choice to gay guys cruising online.  If you’re looking for a shag then, quite simply, Gaydar does what it says on the tin.

If you’re interested in romance, or in making new friends, forget it - Gaydar comes with a reputation - and that reputation is a cruisy one.  The fact of the matter is that Gaydar’s empire - radio station, bar, club, online magazine, charity work, sponsorships and more - has been built on the back of guys looking for sex. 

The style of the site itself is efficiently geared around this concept.  Who’s Online is the heart and soul of the site - with tens of thousands of guys listed at any one time.  The site appearance is functional rather than exciting, in the brand’s trademark orange and greys.

Gaydar have strived to deliver an enormous amount of information as efficiently as possible, the trouble is that the sheer volume of this information overwhelms the site.  How I long for a picture, or graphic!  Oh, go on!

Whilst they have achieved a great sex-finding site, it is worth pointing out that the best sex requires chemistry between the partners, and no amount of online form filling or fetish tick-boxing can measure this!  Gaydar may be able to deliver shags in quantity, but what about the quality? Read the rest of this entry »

Mothership Gay Dating has thousands of hot gay guys...like member dirtydave12!

Hot Gay Guys -
Top 12 Physical Attributes

What physical attributes make hot gay guys so attractive? 

Remember, we’re talking strictly physical here, so his brilliant mind, dirty mind, inventive techniques in bed or millionaire bank balance don’t count!

We’ll cover the non-physical sexual qualities in another post!

In the meantime we’ve been chatting to our members on Mothership Gay Dating and have come up with the top 12 physical attributes that make hot gay guys…hot!

Plus, we’re using real Mothership Gay Dating members to demonstrate!  If you’re in the UK and Ireland and want to join Mothership Gay Dating, use the promotion code at the bottom of this post when you sign up, for 14 free days Club Class membership! 

Back to the top 12 male physical attributes - here we go: Read the rest of this entry »

Liam - a Mothership member. Turbo charge your gay dating with X-rated photos!

Captain’s Log Archive 08.06.2009

Turbo Charge Your Gay Dating!

X-rated photos on your profile can turbo charge your experience on Mothership Gay Dating.

Gay Personals Need Regular Non X-Rated Photos

Before I chat about the power of X-rated pics, I’d like to bring out my favourite old chestnut about loading regular non X-rated photos to your gay personal (online profile).

You should ALWAYS load at least one picture of yourself to your profile - preferably a face pic. Why?

* You’re much, much, much more likely to get approached by other guys, even if you (mistakenly!) think you’re nothing to look at!
* You will be respected more in the chat rooms and Motherboard gay forums
* Your private messages won’t get the dreaded auto-reply ‘No pic, no reply!’!
* You won’t get filtered out of searches by guys who select ‘photos only’
* You’re more likely to get rated, crushed, hotted or cooled
* You’ll feel more committed to finding who you’re looking for
* You make the site a better place for others Read the rest of this entry »

Captain’s Log archive 02.06.2009

About the New Profiles on Mothership Gay Dating

New profiles on Mothership Gay Dating

All Mothership Gay Dating members now have new profiles.

Our old profiles had several problems. One of the biggest annoyances with the old profiles was that guys could set their text colour and background colour to be the same or very similar, which made some profiles impossible to read. Now all profiles have the same text/background colour.

Another issue with the old profiles was the list of category headings even if the category was blank. This looked messy and pointless. Similarly ‘View Controls’ has been confusing to our members from day 1. Read the rest of this entry »