Joe- I love the concept, tried to search for someone in Boston who
also likes scuba diving. I use a business oriented networking site
called linked in. Linkedin.com .
What is your revenue model? Advertising. membership? Seems you'll
need an all out effort to get people to voluntarily fill in a profile
so they can start to use fairly quickly--if you build it they will
come, but it begins with two people on your site. Once you have a
decent amount of folks using it, you can attract
advertisers/affiliates, etc. Good luck. I'll bookmark your site.
Andy Kelley of http://www.effectivestudentmarketing.com

Joe wrote:
> Thanks Wayne for your input. I think I'll try to make it more clear
> that you CAN go and use the site without registering. Naturally, you
> cannot connect with other site members without being a member
yourself,
> so that is what I meant by being not able to see the rest of the
site.
> I'll make the front page explain more about what the site is about
and
> have a link to contact me there. I don't know how to make the site
work
> without registering members, but I'll look into giving guests more
> options. I don't know what you mean by me or my site having automated
> responses, because people email me directly all the time commenting
on
> and asking questions about the site. -Joe