Abstract: A system is provided for appending a personal greeting onto a personal advertisement for presentation on a hosted website over the Internet. The system includes a client, a communication link, and a server. The client has an input device and a browser. The server has memory for storing a database of personal advertisements and at least one of a voice and a video greeting system. The greeting system cooperates with the database and the communication link to enable a user of the client to access a personal advertisement from the database, input a personal greeting to the server from client, and associate the personal greeting with the personal advertisement. A method is also provided.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are directed towards enabling a subscriber of an online dating service to perform a search for potential candidates to a long-term relationship. Various search criteria may be employed to generate an initial list of candidates. The invention employs the search criteria to identify a potential candidate list for the user. The invention further allows the user to edit inline with a display of the potential candidates various search criteria components using, for example, a drop-down menu to identify an importance of a search criteria component, or to otherwise revise the search criteria. The revised search criteria may then be employed in revising the potential candidate list.

Abstract: A system is provided for appending a personal greeting onto a personal advertisement for presentation on a hosted web site over the Internet. The system includes a client, a communication link, and a server. The client has an input device and a browser. The server has memory for storing a database of personal advertisements and at least one of a voice and a video greeting system. The greeting system cooperates with the database and the communication link to enable a user of the client to access a personal advertisement from the database, input a personal greeting to the server from client, and associate the personal greeting with the personal advertisement. A method is also provided.