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match.com
Pros: Enormous member database. Safe and reliable. Reasonably priced.
Cons: Most of the fields in profiles are optional meaning that some users choose to post a bare minimum of information in their profile.
Verdict: With a huge membership base, safety and reliability of an established company and reasonable pricing, what's not to like.
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Lavalife.com
Pros: Large member database. Nice site design with some extra features that distinguish it from other similar sites.
Cons: Could be pricey, depending on how many singles you contact.
Verdict: As a one of the mainstream large and well designed sites , lavalife.com works well and is recommended as a place to meet singles. Just make sure that their pricing structure works for you.
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eHarmony.com
Pros: High quality of members, and a high quality of service to help you find a perfect match, especially for a long term relationship.
Cons: Pricey, and the approach may not be suitable for those looking for casual dating.
Verdict: There is no doubt that eHarmony is aimed squarely at people looking for a serious relationship, and, if this is what you are looking for, it is highly recommended. It requires some work and self-analysis which helps explain why it is perhaps the only dating service that has more female than male members.
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American Singles
Pros: Lots of members. Well designed site with intuitive and easy to use layout. Chatrooms that are actually used by members and quite lively.
Cons: For some reason, there is a limit on the size of emails you can send to other members.
Verdict: No fancy innovations, just a huge database of members, reliable service and safety of a well established and experienced company. What more do you need...
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FriendFinder.com
Pros: Free membership allows (limited) contact with other members. Lots of members. Nice site design. Free chatroom and voice messages.
Cons: Search options limited based on membership level. Confusing membership options. Extra cost for private chat.
Verdict: FriendFinder is one of the largest sites out there with a huge membership base and many nice features. Unlike other sites, even free membership allows contact with members which makes it especially suitable for those new to online dating who just want to try it out for free.
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Yahoo! Personals
Pros: Huge member database. Safe and reliable. Well designed, easy to use site. Cheap.
Cons: With popularity comes an increase in number of spam profiles and messages which is still somewhat higher than on other top personals sites.
Verdict: With millions of members, and even more millions browsing the profiles every day, Yahoo! Personals is a way to get noticed and make a lot of contacts fast. Coming from a big company like Yahoo!, you know that your personal information is kept safe and private. To top it all off, it is one of the cheapest personals sites, starting from only $8 a month. Highly recommended. Read full review ->
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ePersonals.com
Pros: Clean, simple site design. Free advanced search, receiving and replying to messages. Contact tokens are usefull alternative to subscription.
Cons: Still not up there with largest sites in terms of member numbers, but growing fast.
Verdict: ePersonals is growing quickly, with a lot of new members each time you login. It is one of the few sites that allows you to initiate contact and have a full exchange of emails with other members for free. This alone makes it easy to recommend.
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Metrodate.com
Pros: Feature rich including video and voice profiles. Highly focused by geographical area. 3 free contacts per day with a free membership.
Cons: Not as many members as the largest sites. Colorfull but somewhat cluttered design may not appeal to everybody.
Verdict: Metrodate.com is well worth trying especially since free membership allows you to initiate contact with members.
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Date.com
Pros: 2 million members worldwide. Truly international membership, well designed site and lively chatrooms.
Cons: You have to register in order to do a profile search. Most sites let you do this right of the front page without any registration needed.
Verdict: Large, international site with all the common features. There is not much to dislike, but not that much that sets it apart from other similar sites either.
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Adult Friend Finder
Pros: Huge site, caters to vide variety of sexual preferences. Free to browse profiles and chat.
Cons: Spam profiles not fully filtered out despite the efforts of Adultfriendfinder.com. It is obvious just by looking at some profiles that they are not real, but instead ads for professional escorts.
Verdict: If you are looking for purely casual contacts and to see what you are getting (in great detail), AdultFriendFinder.com is a site for you. With free membership, there is nothing to lose.
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