Online dating is a great way to meet new people both for love and friendship, but it's fast moving and rejection is inevitable. Unlike traditional ways of meeting someone such as in bars and clubs with a limited number of people, online dating has thousands of members, and new ones joining every day. This means that you have a far greater chance of meeting someone who you will click with.

Members regularly have lots of messages that they have marked ready to respond to, so don't get discouraged if you have to wait a while to hear back from anyone you have contacted. It's advisable to to sift through as many profiles as you can in your area and pick out at least 20 or more that you like the look of. Chances are that you won't hear back from them all anyway.

Don't keep sending messages to a member if she or he doesn't respond. This can be annoying and put most people off from contacting you back. You may come across as being needy and desperate!

If you find that you are getting very little response from your profile, change it. Upload a new photo of yourself, look at your description. Is it interesting enough? Add something witty and make it more fun.

Never take rejection personally as it happens to everyone in the online dating world. Just deal with it and contact more members. It's a numbers game and the more people you contact the greater chance of finding someone that is right for you.

Don't give up after a few weeks, just keep contacting new members. There are lots of different online dating sites and many of them are free to join. Be wary of completely free dating sites though as they often encourage time wasters and undesirables. Most online dating sites let you join for free allowing you to browse profiles. However you have to pay a joining fee if you want to contact any.

You may even end up in the position of having to reject replies, and this can seem hard at times. Some online dating sites provide a pre written rejection email. This is impersonal though and may be hurtful. Personalise your rejection emails and try to explain in the nicest possible way the cause of your rejection.

In the event that a member is harassing you with emails and text then you must report them to the administrator of your dating site. Sadly this one of the downsides of online dating, but it can also happen in the real world. So long as you don't hand out personal information such as your phone number or where you live you should be fine.

Some people have very little confidence and find rejection hard. The least setback can to react badly. You will come across these types of people everywhere in life and all you can do is just to ignore them. It's not your fault and you don't need to counsel them.