Lavalife
Over 5 years on the Web and
boasts to be the most active
of all online personal
sites. Singles looking to
meet others for Dating -
Relationships - Intimate
Encounters, stand a very
good chance of meeting
someone here. Lavalife makes
it easy to meet people that
want what you want - it
divides the service into 3
different dating sections so
that valuable time is never
wasted meeting people with
different relationship
goals. Enter as a guest with
limited access or register
free to browse, view and
post a personal ad of your
own. There's quite a bit to
do on the site that won't
cost you a cent - create a
profile - reply to mail
messages- smile to show
someone that you're
interested and send collect
calls, all for free. There's
no monthly membership fee
what-so-ever, but credits
can be purchased and used
towards premium services
such as Introduction mail
and using the instant
message system. For instants
- it costs 1 credit to
initiate mail contact with
someone new, but after that
all mailings between you and
that person are free
forever. For 10 credit you
and a potential love
interest can talk via
instant message for 60
minutes - the cost of a
starter package of credits
is $9.95. The service also
includes tools to block
block people that you don't
want to have contact with,
and members can add their
personal photos to a
backstage area, then, only
members they invite are
allowed to view them.
Match.com
One of the most recognized
and well respected dating
sites on the Internet.
Match.com was voted a
Forbes Favorite in 2002,
and was recently named "the
leader of the pack" in an
article found on the
Time.com web-site.
Acquired by the popular
online city guide,
Ticketmaster, in 1999,
helped to increase its
traffic to over 5 million
registered members - with an
almost equal ratio of males
and females signing up. As a
member of Match.com
community, singles can post
detailed personal profiles
with photos and search for
relationship partners using
the site's fast two-way
matching system. No time to
search personal ads? The
e-mail service, Venus, will
never let you miss out on a
potential match - it finds
and deliver up to ten
profile matches directly to
your in-box, as often as you
want. The site also features
links to local single
events, mostly in cities
throughout the United
States, and the webzine,
Match Scene, dishes out
monthly articles on topics
like "15 ways to start an
e-mail", "find friends and
love online", true dating
stories...
Udate
Looking for a dating site
with the most members? Udate
is without a doubt the
biggest membership based
dating and matchmaking
service on the Internet.
This site boasts 10 million
registered members with 6000
new singles signing up daily
- men and women, 30 years
of age and over, looking for
dates and relationship
partners. Free members are
able to browse and view
matches and sent up to 3
e-mail messages to members
that they want to get to
know better - after that,
further correspondence
requires a paid
membership. There's no need
to search profile to find a
match, instead, Udate uses a
sophisticated matchmaking
system to quickly locate for
you, all members that live
in your local region and
meet all the criteria you
stated in the match section
of your profile. You get to
describe the type of person
you want to meet by
selecting from up to 21
basic criteria - including
occupation, education,
astrological signs and
marital status, 47
personality traits and 29
interests, then state how
important each criteria is
to you ( vital, important,
of interest, not used ). A
member's profile page
includes information such
as; what you may like about
the person, what doesn't
match your criteria and has
hot links you can click on
to read more about the
person's interest, features,
personality, and view an
enlarged photo if they
included one.
Friend Finder
A large and active personal
ad service with hundreds of
thousands of active members,
singles of all ages, from
every region of the United
States, Canada and other
parts of the world as well.
Friend Finder is an open
dating site that allows
guests to browse profiles
and read the relationship
magazine without registering
- signing up for the free
membership will enable you
to post your own personal ad
with a photo and optional
voice greeting in it, chat
with others in one of the
many active chat rooms and
communicate with potential
partners using instant
message or by e-mail.
Premium members ( paid
subscribers ) get their
profile displayed before non
paying members, can view
enlarged photos on a
member's profile page, and
the e-mail service, Cupid,
sends out daily matches to
their in-box so that they
never miss out on a
potential match. If you're
in need of expert dating
advice, the Relationship
Workshop offers a free
course to Friend Finder
members wanting to sharpen
their dating skills, with
topics like - How to boast
your self-esteem and ask
someone out, Prepare for the
fist date, Flirting
techniques and a whole lot
more... Once you've
completed the free course,
you should be able to get
out there and find your soul
mate!
Senior Friend Finder
A popular online dating
community for mature adults
50 years of age and over.
Whether you're an avid card
player looking for a partner
that shares your passion for
the game, a man or woman
seeking a travel companion
or someone just looking for
a pen pal to correspond with
- you'll have plenty of
opportunities to meet
someone here. No matter
where you live in the world,
Senior Friend Finder will
help you meet people in your
area with similar mindsets
and desires. Guests may
enter the site and browse
ads, but are required to
sign up for a free
membership if the want to
post an ad and access all
other features offered by
the service - and there's
plenty of them! The chat
rooms, instant messaging,
sending and replying to
limited mailings, searching,
browsing and viewing
profiles is all included in
the free membership. Premium
members (paid) get their
profile displayed before non
paying members, have
unlimited mailing
privileges, and the e-mail
service, Cupid, sends out
daily matches to their
in-box so that they never
miss out on a potential
friend or life partner.
Dream Mates
Looking for a buddy to hang
out with? A life-time mate?
Or, perhaps you're just
looking to meet someone for
a discreet intimate
encounter. No matter what
type of relationship you're
interested in - DreamMates
can help you connect with
people that have the same
thing in mind. Once you
become a registered member
and have completed your
profile, select which
community you want to search
in - Dating, Romance or
Intimate, and start meeting
people right away. Search by
city - state or country to
meet singles that lives in
your area, or, do a detailed
search to include qualities
that are important to you in
your desired match. Most
features available on
DreamMates can be used for
free - you pay only if you
want to establish mail or
instant message contact with
someone new - after that,
all communication between
you and that person is free
forever. Tired of writing
and not getting a reply?
Just send a prepaid message
and then the recipient can
reply for free - greatly
increasing your chances of
getting a response. If you
decide to try this service,
you won't have to shell out
a lot of cash. A trial
package of three credits can
be purchased for as little
$7.46 and then used towards
initiating mail or instant
message contact with anyone
that catches you eye.
There's also an optional
Premium Membership available
for $14.95 per month, it
includes extra perks not
offered in the credit
package option.
Date.com
Re-launched on Valentine's
Day 2000, Date.com, a well
establishes Internet dating
site, has over one million
registered users - 55% male
and 45% female, and is
quickly growing at a rate of
50,000 new members per week.
The site boasts to be
responsible for facilitating
50 marriages, just in the
past year. If this is true,
Date.com's success rate far
surpasses any other online
dating site. New users can
register and post a profile,
including a photo, for free.
Gold members (paid) get to
hang out and meet other
singles in the chat rooms -
basic text, aviator and
voice communication chat is
available. Rooms are set-up
for different ages and
sexual preferences - if you
have a particular interest
that's not listed, you can
set-up your own chat room.
Let the stars guide you in
your search for love - the
in-house astrologer will
show you what astrological
sign you are most compatible
with, then gives tips on how
to peak that type of
person's interest. In the
Community you'll find
helpful tips, how to's and
practical advice on
everything from " How to get
the most out of a blind
date", "Get a date in less
that 24 hours", "How to talk
to women", etc... and
Date.com's dating &
relationship advisor helps
you figure out and conquer
the Internet and real world
dating scene.
Yahoo Personals
One of the largest and most
visited personal sites on
the Internet, drawing about
four million visitors
monthly, Match.com being it
biggest competitor. The
service has greatly
improved since it switched
over to being paid
personals. In addition to a
new and improved matchmaking
system, members are now able
to include a voice and
video greetings in their
profiles. Yahoo Personals
only accepts ads posted by
people living in Canada and
the United States, however,
this may change in the
future. The service matches
singles by location and
interest - a quick search
shows profiles of people
that live close to you,
whereas, the advance search
lets you specify the
preferred qualities you tend
to favor in a mate. Set-up
the Mutual Matching and your
search results will include
members that have all that
you want and are also
interested in finding
someone just like you. As a
registered Yahoo user, you
can post a personal ad,
browse and view profiles
with photo and reply to
messages free of charge.
Only paid subscriber are
able to initiate mail
contact with someone that
interests them or chat via
Yahoo Messenger - prices
range from $19.95 per month,
less expensive if you
subscribe for a longer
period of time. |
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