eHarmony is well suited for people looking for long term relationships, it isn’t for those seeking flirts and casual dating. You should expect to find a difference calibre of members who are more serious about dating than you would get at some free dating sites.

Lavalife is about fun and is a different kind of online dating service from the norm. You can choose to participate in 3 areas, dating, relationship and intimate encounters and set up a different profile for each of these areas.

Match.com is the world’s largest online dating service, with over 8 million profiles. They say that they have matched over a quarter of a million people last year and have inspired twice as many marriages as other online dating sites.