March 9th, 2010
At Kissinggates.com we are not just a rural themed dating website, we are also farmers and we have a small flock of sheep and herd of pedigree cattle. This time of year has been made that little bit easier for everyone in the countryside by a spell of nice weather. It certainly means our preparations for lambing are as thorough as possible, but bales of hay do not get any lighter year after year!
This winter has been a severe one, with lots of rain and snow, making it particularly difficult for farmers, particularly livestock farmers. People living in the countryside have been completely cut off and often the Internet has been there only access to the outside world. For this reason Kisisnggates.com has a had a surge in registrations of country friends and this means there are now lots of members for you to chat to. It is free simple and easy to register today.
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March 4th, 2010
A recent study carried out by Stuart Burgess, the Government’s Rural Advocate, found 200,000 young people are leaving the countryside / year. The age bracket in question is 15 – 29, this is something that correlates with statistics on Kissinggates.com where the biggest growth is in the over 30’s.
This shift of under 30’s leaving the countryside will have a lasting damage on rural industries, most notably the agriculture sector. Rural services are already suffering- pub and post office closures will experience a compounding growth across the countryside, spreading like a disease, if more of our under 30’s leave in search of better paid jobs. Also the fantastic British pub culture will be wiped out if the youth continue to leave the countryside.
This problem was in fact the inspiration behind Kissinggates.com, James Vestbirk our founder returned to his family farm and saw the problems of pub closures, he then started a social network and dating site for the rural community – kisisnggates.com, the home of rural dating.
Dr Burgess report found three key areas to focus; finding somewhere to live, work and socialise in the countryside. Astonishingly the report highlights 60% of housing in urban areas can access fast cable Internet compared to only 1.5% in the countryside. These kind of statistics have been considered in Kissinggates.com design and build where we have focused on function, form and load speed to help people in rural broadband black spots. We have previously blogged about Goverment reports on Rural Broadband improves for Farmers but there is clearly a long way to go.
We hope Kissinggates.com can help the under 30s find a reason to stay and support the countryside like their parents, grand parent and great grand parents did. It free, safe and simple to register today.
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March 3rd, 2010
Kissinggates.com has been shortlisted by Country Life in their top 99 websites, the magazine published a True Love section which is where Kissinggates.com featured. They describe us as the new farmer dating site, with a farmer section.
Kissinggates.com is more than just a farmer dating site, we are a rural themed dating site for anyone living in the countryside. Beyond that we also get a lot of registrations in cities such as London- these tend to be people who perceive the rural life as a better way of life, and after driving around the M25 last week I understand why!
See more of our press coverage on the press section. If you are interested in having a look at Kissinggates.com it is free to register as a basic member. You can then do a search for a man or woman in your region and wink at anyone interested, this gives you a chance to “try before you buy” the other good thing is to register is a simple one page form 
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March 1st, 2010
Reading our blog just got a bit more interesting - we have just updated it so you can see some of our latest members by looking to the right of the screen
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You will see 6 thumbnails - 3 males and 3 females. It is a great opportunity for you to see the kind of farmers and singletons that have just joined Kissinggates.com. By clicking on one of our latest member on the right you will asked to register or login to our countryside dating system.
Registration is 100% free and safe and it allows you to read the profile of the members you are interested in and also learn how kissinggates.com works before committing.
If you would like to learn more about Kissinggates.com please read our About page.
- What else is new?
March is now upon us and the heavy rain and wet land is giving farmers a chance to catch up on the paper work and ELS applications etc which is an optimistic way at looking at the lack of action in the farm yard. It is however giving farmers a bit of time to search for a partner and we are finding a dramatic increase in single farmers registering on Kissinggates.com, partly due to the weather but also because of the problems in the rural community finding love.
Tags: Countryside Dating, single farmers
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February 25th, 2010
Kissinggates.com features in todays Daily Express article on the Farmers Weekly search for Britains Sexiest Farmer.
Tori Fairley
Tori commented; “Finding love can be a challenge for farmers. Ben and I were with a large group of farming friends in Yorkshire two weekends ago and without exception every singleton said they were a member of www.kissinggates.com, a dating website specifically for people who live and work in the countryside.” Read the full story.
Register on Kissinggates.com today for free to find yourself a country friend.
Tags: Britains Sexiest farmer, daily express, Farmers Weekly, Tori Fairley
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February 23rd, 2010
Our naughty sister site, Rural Erotica is now 100% free for women.
Women who register going forward will have full access to Rural Erotica, an adult dating site designed specifically for people from the countryside.
Kissinggates.com is a general dating website, however we launched RuralErotica.com as an adult dating site which is seeing a growing popularity with more and more people looking for clean, “no strings attached” fun. We want to continue to have lots of women on Rural Erotica so this is not a one off offer, it is a strategic change. Register on Rural Erotica Today.
Tags: adult dating site, countryside, free for women, rural erotica
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February 22nd, 2010
According to a new survey conducted by GlobeScan with nearly 11,000 Internet users over 19 countries, 1 out of every 3 Internet users see online dating as a good way to meet a new partner, this is very encouraging, especially if we combine this with advances in technology and the shift towards online dating becoming socially accepted, which has led to 30% of Internet users now regarding the Internet as a good way to finding themselves a partner.
Another factor which is helping Kissinggates.com grow is the improvement in rural broadband access and Internet access in the countryside and farms. The Internet is a vital part of agriculture now and farmers are reliant on accessing DEFRA, Animal Health, Grain Prices etc online in order to trade and of course now they are using it to find country friends and partners for farmers. We hope these two areas continue to grow and prosper.
Tags: Country Friends, partners for farmers, rural broadband
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February 19th, 2010
Kissinggates.com regularly match couples and it’s is very rewarding to pull two people together who have almost given up on finding love, particularly if they live in Britain’s rural countryside and find dating difficult and unpractical.
That is why Kissinggates.com is so great, it matches like-minded individuals who share a love of all things rural, registration is free and simple.
We just received another thank you note from a couple who initially were just looking for Country Friends. Lucy said;
“I have 2 children, I’m divorced and I love horses which can often put men off, that’s why I joined Kissinggates.com after searching for horse dating sites. I got a lot of messages but one stood out from a local farmer, Mike. He had some stables and children of a similar age and luckily the similarities didn’t end there! We are now planning on moving into together, thank you for making two families happy again.”
Tags: Country Friends, Countryside Dating, countryside dating success story, Horse Dating
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