Review of American Singles

Subscription costs
1 month for $29.99
3 months for $54.97 ($19.99 a month renewal)
5 months for $74.95 ($14.99 a month renewal)

What is free: Free to browse and search

Special Offers:

Summary

Firstly, AmericanSingles.com is not just for people in the US, it does have profiles from other countries too. On its home page, you can see how many people are browsing, which gives the impression that there are a lot of people to meet here.

The signing up process
It is free to join, load a profile and photo to start dating. You can even upgrade to a Premium Membership for email, instant messaging, and real-time chat. You can even do video chat, send customisable astrology compatibility charts and of course all the normal methods of getting in touch with your date.

You can browse for free and there are then options to flirt, add to your hotlist , email or send an ecard. This site is great that it has added a lot of ways to communicate. They are very up to date with modern technology.

One of the nice things about this site is that you can see who has flirted with you, viewed your profile, hotlisted you etc. Which makes it easier for you to respond to someone with a lower chance of being rejected, if you know that they are interested.

One of the fun things about this site is that you can chat to anyone you like in the chatroom, or even open up another chat room yourself. One thing though, these chat rooms are not moderated and it can get a bit too busy, with the different fonts and colours flying around.

From the experience of some of the people I have met on here, I would say that you get quite a good crowd of people that you would happily make friends with.

All in all, the AmericanSingles.com site makes for a great dating experience, with nice design and really up to date online dating features.

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The American Singles dating site has great presentation, a lot of options on how to communicate by email, chat and message boards.

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Not many that I can see but if you have any comments, please add them below.

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Popularity: 18% [?]

Review of Yahoo! Personals

Subscription costs

• One month for $24.95 (billed monthly)
• Three months for $49.95 (billed quarterly)
• Six months for $74.95 (billed every six months)

Upgrade to the premium service.

• One month for $39.95 (billed monthly)
• Three months for $84.95 (billed quarterly)
• Six months for $124.95 (billed every six months)

What is free: Yahoo! Personals 7 Day FREE Trial offer Free to browse and search with advanced matching criteria without signing up.
Special Offers:
Summary
Yahoo! Personals is one of the largest dating networks with over 10 million members. Being part of the Yahoo family, it is a very fast loading and easy to use website with many unique feature that are not found in many other online dating sites.

It is simple to use and the sign up process is quite comprehensive. You can start by entering some basic information about you and where you live which is just the basic search criteria. This will bring up a lot of matches but ideally you need to refine the search so yahoo offers an advanced criteria search.
In order to do this, you need to log in with your yahoo id.

In the advanced search mode, you can provide more details about your ideal match, including their geographic distance, age, height, appearance, family, personal and professional attributes. When you check the attributes it offers 3 choices for each including must have, nice to have, doesn’t matter. Yahoo makes it easy to create your profile and make choices by including little help sections on the right side of the page so you can easily understand what some of the terms mean.
In this detailed matching process it even includes sections like ‘group affiliations – vegetarians, disabled, political views and astrological signs. For many people these are important search criteria that will help you narrow down the right match and most other sites don’t even bother with. However, the interests section is slightly sparse and they might need to include more sub-sections.
With advanced searching, the results become more refined and a match-scale shows you as a % how close a match they are to you. This is well presented and easy to understand. You can then view the profiles of matches who take your fancy, read more about them and maybe consider subscribing so you can contact them. You can also act as a matchmaker for your friends by finding people and forwarding the link.
With so many free features available before you even pay for subscription, this is a good choice for many who want to try before they buy.

Once you have signed up, you have a personal mailbox to send and receive mail. You can also upload up to 5 photos to your profile. Yahoo includes “conversation starters” a choice of 50 questions potential dates will have to answer to start a conversation going.

Another unique feature is to add a voice or video profile too. This is not found in many other dating services. To communicate with other members on the site, you have to sign up for membership.

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You can get matches emailed to you, saving you the time to browse through thousands of matches. Another nice feature is that once you’ve logged out and return a few days later, it shows you recent matches to any saved profile you have.

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You can’t restrict you search to just the people who meet your criteria, age, height, geographic location, etc, which would make it easier to and less time consuming to meet the right person

Popularity: 28% [?]

Review of uDate US

Review of www.udate.com

Subscription costs
1 Month : £29.99
3 Months : $49.95
6 Months : $74.94
What is free: You can sign up for a free trial and browse for free and they won’t take your credit card details upfront.

Special Offers: n/a
Summary
Udate in one of the most fun and easy to use online dating sites that we have reviewed and it has over a million members with thousands joining up every day.

There is a free trial so you can sign up and complete your profile and start browsing matches within 5 minutes. In your profile, there are some drop down menus to make some quick choices of what kind of relationship you are looking for and their required profile. They make this process easy by making you tick a list of boxes, which takes about 2 minutes. The next page then immediately takes you to the list of members who match the boxes you ticked. You can immediately browse the list of matches they found for you including pictures and personal profiles.

One of their unique features is that you can see who is online and send them a whisper which is like an instant message. You can upgrade to a paid membership and initiate emails with other members through your private email box.

Another unique feature for udate is something called “encounters” which shows you who has looked at your profile and so you can expect them to know that you have looked at their profile too. If there is interest, they will get in touch. You can also see who has added you as a friend and which appears high in the match list. For a lot of people, this feature is what makes udate a favourite with other online daters. You can increase your success rate if you reply to someone who has browsed you and added you as a friend. It makes you less hesitant to email that person to start a conversation as it reduces a lot of the guesswork in whether your profile is interesting to other person.

Udate will send you emails with details of new members who matches your criteria when they join.

In short, udate is a very easy site to use and to browse. The joining procedure is simple and the profile creation is quick. You can browse matches within a few minutes of joining up.

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You can upload your photo to your profile in about half and hour rather than the 24 hours that some sites take. Quick sign up process and free to browse.

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You can’t switch off from people you are not interested in and don’t want to talk to and you will continually be matched to this person. You can’t read emails that are sent to you unless you are a paid member.

 

Popularity: 18% [?]

Review of eHarmony

Review of www.eHarmony.com

Subscription costs

1 Month : $49.95
3 Months :$99.95
6 Months : $159.95
12 Months : $299.95
What is free:

You get a free personal profile worth $40. There is a 7 day free trial, which bills you as soon as your free trial period is over.

Special Offers: Occasional free trial offers.

Summary
eHarmony is a very professional well functioning dating site with a unique approach in that it uses a scientific method for matching up its members. Their system cross analyzes your details with other members to find you highly compatible matches.

Joining up involves filling in a very detailed and in depth personal questionnaire. This will give them the information they need to find those matches for you to meet. This process alone will put off a lot of the less serious daters which means that the people you meet are more likely to be looking for a serious relationship. This might be the reason why there are twice as many women as there are men on eHarmony.

If you are looking for a safe online dating experience, where you know that the other members are serious enough to be paying high fees to communicate with you, it might be worth the trouble and expense.

When you become a member, you can communicate with other paid up members after a few vetting steps.
Step 1: Multiple Choice Questions. You select five personality/character/relationship oriented multiple choice questions from a predetermined list that is presented to the other person to answer. They do the same in return.
Step 2: You submit your Must Have and Must Have Nots list that shows your match the things that you “must have” in a partner (i.e. chemistry, loyalty) and things you “can’t stand” in a partner (i.e. rude, racist, couch potato).
Step 3: You submit three “open-ended” questions that the other person answers. You can select from a list of predetermined questions or write your own.

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. Eharmony often offers special eHarmony promotions and eHarmony Promotional codes with special discounts on membership so look out for those.
eHarmony is a dating service that sets itself apart from the rest. It gives users a good level of experience and the quality of people is exceptional and a lot of users have found the experience to be very rewarding. Review of eHarmony.com

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They have a very scientific approach to creating a profile with a very long and detailed questionnaire. They use their own proprietary detailed relationship algorithms.

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You can only communicate with other members who have paid, not all the people whose profiles you find compatibale.

 

Popularity: 6% [?]

Review of Match.com

Find singles in your area with Match.com

Subscription costs

1 Month   : $30.95
3 Months  : $55.95
6 months  : $81.95

What is free:

Their “Online dating starter kit”. It is free to post your profile and browse. You only need to subscribe once you want to start communicating with someone who has been in touch or seen someone who caught your eye.

Special Offers: 72 Hour Free Trial

Meet someone special within 6 months or you get 6 months free.

Summary of Match.com

“”>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. Match.com makes meeting other singles very simple and it has excellent search options.

“”>Match.com helps you create your profile and compose your profiles and emails. They encourage you to have fun writing your profile and each one gets reviewed by a human before it gets listed on their site. You also have the choice of adding a video profile, instant messaging and video emails. A lot of online daters like its keyword search function and two-way matching that checks for common interests in both profiles.

You can search and browse for free, but to send or receive emails from members, you must subscribe. Recently, Match.com began an association with Dr. Phil McGraw and he has an educational section called MindFindBind with videos that you can learn from. For an extra $9 per month, members can access dating and relationship advice.

Join “”>Match.com now and try out the 72 Hour Free Trial !

Popularity: 10% [?]

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