Hi Guys,

That’s what a dyslectic writes when he means GPS— Golden Pussy Syndrome.

try 650 within 25 miles. No other filters

If a SB has not been active in 3-7 days, she's probably a waste of time.  She's not on the site often enough to reply to you in a reasonable timeframe.  

Definitely true, and also applies to your favorites list.  I've found it most useful add a few dozen interesting profiles to my favorites, and then watch that list sorted by 'Recently Active'.  If they're consistently at the top of that list over a few days, then they're actively logging on and browsing and there's a better chance of communicating.  The ones that drop to the bottom are less active & will be harder to exchange messages with.  

Newest and most recently active should both be used every time you’re browsing.

That blows. You have my sympathy.

I've got to extend my search to a hundred miles to get to over 1,200.  

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But I apply filters to cull it  by 95%.  
Worked out great, 7 out of 8 M&Gs of my first two months on SA went to BCD on the first date.
Happy, with a full rotation (but nothing like you guys, just 2 with one on the horizon)

I filter out those farther than 25 miles.  Then I scan down the list which is ordered by most recent activity.  I'll run out of patience by about 200-300.

EOM

So far I've just done pay per meets.
I did 1 month on SA then took a month off and am back on.
First month I got two regulars that go BCD with no sugar.
Had one really great M&G that went BCD and then two not so great BCD's.
This month I've had one great BCD with another scheduled for Sunday.

Didn't mention it but I find my ROI greatest for SB who have been on SA 3+ weeks -->3 months with the occasional 6+ months, but it's age-dependent with 60 y/o guys like me wasting their time with the newbies, and not willing to put up with the drama/BS/demands of the veteran girls.
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If I was a numbers guy could have easily made it 7/7 of my first M&G's but I knew the one coed was stressed out about her final exams last month, so gave her a pass.
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Typically I worked from a list of about 100 SB which in my area is 100/12000 or 0.8% of the total.  Generally just wanted: tall, slim, blondes with "barbie" somewhere in the profile - lol.  
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I only do monthly allowances, which works out to 200-400 on a pay-per-meet bases.  If you do some research you will find it varies from about 250 (smaller college towns) to 400-600 (larger cities), with a mean somewhere around 300+.

Where are you guys getting these numbers?  and I have a 100 mile limit (remember this is as the crow flies...not actual miles) which reaches out about 2 and half hour drive.  Then I look at new and then recently active, but I've noticed that these are not all inclusive once you get past 24 hours.  I stopped doing closest because it doesn't filter out those that are not on the site anymore.

Each of us should use these tools based on what we are trying to accomplish, largely driven by how local or distant your POT SB's are to you.  
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Scenario 1 - Low local population of POT SB's:
If you are in "pussy Siberia" and don't have high numbers of POT SB's within 10-25 miles of you, then you will probably want to set your distance filter for 50-100 miles, then sort first by Newest, then resort by Recently Active. Sorting by Nearest is only useful if want to spot the rare, new POT's that are in your local area. But since most of your opportunities are at least 50 miles away, you will be driving 1-2+ hours to meet. So make sure you find POT's with a high likelihood of same-night BCD conversion. You might even want to schedule 2-3 M&G's (say between Noon and 8:00 pm) to increase your chance of going horizontal with at least one of them.  
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Scenario 2 - High local population of POT SB's:  
If you, like me, have literally thousands of local POT SB's within 10-25 miles of you, then you want to set your filter to 25, or even 10 miles and then sort by Recently Active and then resort by Newest.  Sorting by nearest is useless here, as you know the longest you will need to travel is less than an hour. You also have the luxury here of working a longer closing cycle, as you can do a M&G on one day and then schedule BCD one or a few days later.  
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Make use of your "Interests" lists as well.  You have three additional resources besides "search" here; "Viewed Me," "Favorited Me," and "My Favorites."  These are excellent ways to focus on POT SB's that have already expressed some level of interest in you, or who you have a special interest in.  The "Favorited Me" list is most valuable. I usually sort it first by when they favorited me. Any "new" (say within 5-7 days) favorites are likely good candidates to message.  Read the profile carefully and craft a great opening note. Next, the "Recently Active" POT's who favorited you can be reviewed.  
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The "My Favorites" list is also valuable. These are POT's that you favorited in the past, so you already know you like what you see in her profile. If your settings are not changed from the default, these POT's got a notice when you tagged them. If they haven't messaged you when you tagged them, you can message them now.  
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The "Viewed Me" list is the least valuable as these POT SB's viewed you and then did not follow up with a message. But, you can still look at POT's here that did not message you and are still looking 2-4+ weeks later, which might mean they have not found an arrangement, or they had one that didn't last, or I suppose they are collecting multiple SD's.  
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Finally, the other filters are best used to fine tune your search. If you can't see yourself going balls-deep with a MILF type, set your age filter lower. If you only want the POT's with curves and big jugs, set your body type for Average, and Curvy. Just note that these filters can dramatically cut down the number of search results you get. But that's the reason you use them. If 90% of he results you get are too old, too fat, asking too much, etc., then filter to get the 10% you are really interested in and optimize your messaging and M&G time.

I think we all know what we like when it comes to age/appearance/ethnicity rather some of us are rather too fussy, lol!