Dating's Review

PERSONALS DATING

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:38:22 +0000

Dating sites are bringing singles into the 21st Century. If I can check my bank account balance with my computer and order the latest bestseller with just a click and a credit card, why shouldn’t I be able to meet someone online worth dating, too? It’s safe, fun and easy to meet people without ever leaving the house. There is a plethora of dating personals sites just waiting to be discovered by Internet singles. With so many choices, you’re sure to find one that’s just right for you. The sites reviewed in this category are very much like those in our match-making category: they seek to serve society at large or have such a narrow scope that they don’t fit anywhere else. There are many differences between each one so take your time and read through our reviews. With any luck, your next love will be just around the next digital corner!

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Lavalife – read review

Overall Score: 91/100

Price/Period: $14.99/50 Tokens

Reviewed on: 1/28/2007

Site Summary:

Huge marketing campaigns, a site that runs so slick it sings and real members to reach out and touch: this is Lavalife. Price is the one downfall, but this site works on tokens, so as long as you’re selective you should be able to survive and free profiles don’t cost a penny. – Read the full review.

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Mega Friends – read review

Overall Score: 89/100

Price/Period: $19.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/28/2007

Site Summary:

Mega Friends is a dating site with amateur appeal. If you’re not too concerned with graphics, read on. High marks roll in for allowing full access to a number of features. You’ll notice that this site feels like it’s made up of real members, as opposed to silicone stars and ripped muscle heads adorning some other dating sites. See where Mega Friends succeeds and suffers in this review. – Read the full review.

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Friend Finder – read review

Overall Score: 85/100

Price/Period: $22.94 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 2/16/2007

Site Summary:

Friend Finder is the flagship for the Friend Finder network of sites. Most of the members here seem to be looking for love, so as long as you have a wide definition of the word “friend,” you should be comfortable with this site. One downside is that it may be difficult to determine how many members are online in your area. – Read the full review.

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Cupid – read review

Overall Score: 85/100

Price/Period: $24.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 12/15/2006

Site Summary:

Cupid.com has more than a great domain to make us jealous. It offers a number of features that belong on any great dating site. But this review isn’t all roses. Come smell the flower that is Cupid.com in this review. – Read the full review.

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Indian Friend Finder – read review

Overall Score: 83/100

Price/Period: $19.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/12/2007

Site Summary:

Indian Friend Finder has a decent amount of customization for Indian singles, such as sorting by dialect and caste. The downside is that everything here comes at a price. – Read the full review.

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Metro Date – read review

Overall Score: 82/100

Price/Period: $24.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 12/21/2006

Site Summary:

Urban dating is the niche targeted by Metro Date. The jury is still out on whether it hits the mark by providing a site that has specific criteria designed for city slickers. However, one of the best features of this site is that it gets people to add videos of themselves by offering a free month membership. Read the review to see how you can save a few extra bucks. – Read the full review.

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Yahoo Personals – read review

Overall Score: 76/100

Price/Period: $24.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 2/23/2007

Site Summary:

A dating site from one of the most popular portals on the planet must be one of the best places for singles to meet, right? This review of Yahoo Personals asks that very question. Yahoo has taken its own approach to dating and that much will be evident from the time you venture inside. Here’s the low down on dating at Yahoo Personals. – Read the full review.

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Date My Pet – read review

Overall Score: 74/100

Price/Period: $9.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/8/2007

Site Summary:

Pet lovers have set a special place aside in their lives for their little friends. Whether you share an understanding of the love or have a pet of your own, Date My Pet looks to provide you with a way to connect with likeminded people. Click on in to see where this site soared and sunk. – Read the full review.

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German Friend Finder – read review

Overall Score: 73/100

Price/Period: $12.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 2/23/2007

Site Summary:

German Friend Finder puts on a good show for members but you won’t see what it can do until you pay for a membership. See what else we found when we reviewed this site! – Read the full review.

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Date.com – read review

Overall Score: 72/100

Price/Period: $29.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/8/2007

Site Summary:

Date sits on a huge domain name. After peaking inside, we’ve found many interesting things. The first is a wide range of choice in the form of options and information available about other members. In addition, Date.com provides a large amount of dating articles and informative pieces that can be useful to the newbie dater. – Read the full review.

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French Friend Finder – read review

Overall Score: 72/100

Price/Period: $12.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 2/20/2007

Site Summary:

French Friend Finder is like every other Friend Finder site – but with a strong accent! See how it competes in this review… – Read the full review.

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Quest Personals – read review

Overall Score: 70/100

Price/Period: $24.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/14/2007

Site Summary:

Quest Personals wants you as a member. We suggest you proceed with caution, though. Check here to see how it rated and see if it’s worth a peek. – Read the full review.

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Armenian Match – read review

Overall Score: 69/100

Price/Period: $39.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/22/2008

Site Summary:

Armenian Match offers onsite email and instant messaging as most sites do. It seems free to reply to messages and to do advanced searches, which is good since the monthly membership fee is high. Please read our full-review of ArmenianMatch.com. – Read the full review.

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Eligible Greeks – read review

Overall Score: 67/100

Price/Period: $34.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/21/2007

Site Summary:

There is a solid site sitting on the Eligible Greek domain name that makes surfing for singles a true pleasure. But does it offer what you need? Read on and see… – Read the full review.

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Greek Singles Connection – read review

Overall Score: 62/100

Price/Period: $19.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 4/25/2007

Site Summary:

Greek Singles Connection is looking to connect people from Greece with those that keep this particular nationality close to their heart. The rating plays out pretty evenly with this site but you’ll need to read on for a clearer picture of this site. – Read the full review.

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Hye Singles – read review

Overall Score: 59/100

Price/Period: $34.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 4/4/2007

Site Summary:

Check out Hye Singles, one of the few dating sites for Armenians on the web. Our review has a lot of good things to say! – Read the full review.

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Desi Kiss – read review

Overall Score: 58/100

Price/Period: $14.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 7/26/2007

Site Summary:

Desi Kiss is dedicated to bringing together marriage-minded people of Indian decent. There are some unique profile options, such as describing your caste and sub-caste, as well as specifying whether you would only date another Indian person. Contact between members is limited to instant messaging and email. Read more details in our full-review of DesiKiss.com. – Read the full review.

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India Friends – read review

Overall Score: 55/100

Price/Period: $29.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 9/18/2007

Site Summary:

India Friends has all the standard features of most online dating sites. Free members can reply to messages from paid members sent via email, or instant messaging. Free searches are limited to 100 miles of home zip/postal code. There are members’ forums and an ability to create your own private network of contacts. For further info, please read our full-review of IndiaFriends.com. – Read the full review.

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Singles N Motion – read review

Overall Score: 54/100

Price/Period: $9.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 6/21/2007

Site Summary:

Single N Motion has some great extra services to offer. They’re not all dating-related with some streaming radio and internet TV to sample, for instance, but they do give a sense of community. There is free access to all services for the first month. Read our complete review for further details on joining SinglesNMotion.com. – Read the full review.

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Equestrian Cupid – read review

Overall Score: 47/100

Price/Period: $19.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 4/17/2007

Site Summary:

Horse lovers head to Equestrian Cupid when they want to find singles that share their passion. See if it’s the site for you by checking this review! – Read the full review.

Christian Dating

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:21:57 +0000

Christian Dating Site Reviews

There are many places on the Internet where people can come together and celebrate with others of similar beliefs. When it comes to finding love and friendship, however, there are certain sites that have set themselves apart as communities for people of faith. There are many Christian dating services that help religious singles connect in a safe and secure environment–places that are warm, inviting and that operate under certain fundamental principals. Christian singles have special interests and desires when it comes to finding the man or woman of their dreams. If you’re looking to share your love for God with someone decent and church-going, than our dating site reviews can help you pick the path that will hopefully lead to eternal happiness for you and other Christian singles!

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Single Christians – read review

Overall Score: 78/100

Price/Period: $19.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 8/14/2007

Site Summary:

SingleC.com is a dating site for single Christians looking for love. Its clean screens can be a little too minimal at times, detracting from the look and feel. If you’re really looking for more depth of character as opposed to the skin of the site, it will be easy to look beyond. Price is decent and search options are top of the line. Read a bit more on SingleC inside. – Read the full review.

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Big Church – read review

Overall Score: 76/100

Price/Period: $15.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/21/2007

Site Summary:

Big Church is designed with faith in mind. If finding people with the same religious background is important to you, this site could be worth a look. It’s a part of the Friend Finder network of dating sites, so that means you can’t have access to most profiles without buying a membership. Read more about the pros and cons of Big Church in this review. – Read the full review.

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LDS Mingle – read review

Overall Score: 76/100

Price/Period: $14.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/31/2005

Site Summary:

LDS Mingle is a site focused on the dating needs of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Questions such as your involvement level within the church, temple status and mission help add depth to the profiles. If LDS is a central focus in your life, take a look at the review for more insight in this community. – Read the full review.

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Christian Cupid – read review

Overall Score: 76/100

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 5/1/2007

Site Summary:

Christian Cupid lacks for popularity, it seems. It has all the standard contact methods on offer, such as email, chat rooms and instant messaging, but doesn’t have other community features such as message boards. With no local search option, it’s suited more for making connections outside one’s own neighborhood. Read more details in our full-review of ChristianCupid.com. – Read the full review.

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Catholic Mingle – read review

Overall Score: 65/100

Price/Period: $9.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 4/21/2005

Site Summary:

Catholic Mingle focuses on creating a place where religion and love intertwine. The site has a matchmaking system that seeks out profiles that it thinks will go well with yours. Cupid reviewed it to see if love and faith have found a good home. – Read the full review.

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Christian Mingle – read review

Overall Score: 61/100

Price/Period: $19.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 7/3/2007

Site Summary:

Connecting through your faith ensures shared beliefs and hopefully leads to shared experiences, shared car keys, shared bank accounts and ultimately shared lives. There are many options for those seeking a particular denomination. We take a peek inside Christian Mingle to see if it could be a site worth shouting about. – Read the full review.

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Christian Cafe – read review

Overall Score: 60/100

Price/Period: $34.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 8/14/2007

Site Summary:

Christian Café has created a community for friends of faith to get together and mingle. The process begins with a fairly intense question and answer session that leads into a nice free trial period where you see the site for what it’s worth. See why we thought it was worth what it was rated by reading this review. – Read the full review.

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Black Dating

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:12:55 +0000

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Afro Introductions – read review

Overall Score: 88/100

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 10/12/2007

Site Summary:

Afro Introductions reaches Black people on a global scale as well as others looking for interracial relationships. Reply free to instant messages and emails. To send messages, or to participate in chat rooms, you need to upgrade to a paid subscription. – Read the full review.

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Black Singles – read review

Overall Score: 75/100

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 5/1/2007

Site Summary:

Black Singles is designed to bring together people sharing similar cultural backgrounds, although there do appear to be some members seeking interracial relationships. It offers email, instant messaging, chat rooms and message boards. – Read the full review.

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Ebony Friends – read review

Overall Score: 57/100

Price/Period: $19.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 4/9/2006

Site Summary:

The creators of this dating site have set out to build an ebony singles paradise where friendship and love can be found. They’ve included a number of features while taking advantage of access to a targeted ethnicity. Take a peek to see how the numbers fell into place. – Read the full review.

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Ethiopian Personals – read review

Overall Score: 56/100

Price/Period: $24.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 12/5/2005

Site Summary:

Check out our review of Ethiopian Personals, one of the few dating sites for Ethiopian dating on the web! It is a beauty to surf from a technical perspective and offers a lot for people who really want to customize their profile. It also allows you to do almost anything without paying for a membership. – Read the full review.

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Soul Singles – read review

Overall Score: 41/100

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/12/2008

Site Summary:

If you’re looking for love and black is the color of the soul your searching for, Soul Singles might be something you should take a look at. We’ve reviewed it against the best and this is what we’ve found. – Read the full review.

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Bi Cupid

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:06:34 +0000

Price/Period: $19.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/21/2007

Site Summary:

BiCupid serves men and women that place no limits on gender when it comes to dating. Check out this review if bisexual dating is for you! – Read the full review.

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BBW Dating

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:48:20 +0000

Plus-sized men and women looking for love have their very own places on the Net where romantic connections are waiting to be made. Although normally divided by race, the digital community has realized that bigger often means better, and what’s not to like when there’s more to love? Although BBW usually stands for Big, Beautiful Women, BHM singles, or Big, Handsome Men, hold equal importance. We’ve checked out a number of BBW dating sites to see if they are really larger than life and we’ve found a number of options for BBW singles and their admiring fans. Huge rewards are waiting for those who seek love online and the only way to find them is to start clicking. There’s no better place to begin your hunt for the big man or large lady of your dreams than right here!

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BBW Cupid – read review

Overall Score: 76/100

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 2/26/2008

Site Summary:

BBW Cupid is a new site that shows promise, despite not offering truly localized searches. One positive feature is that it allows free responses to emails and instant messages. Read more in our full BBW Cupid review. – Read the full review.

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BBW Personals Plus – read review

Overall Score: 75/100

Price/Period: $19.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/21/2007

Site Summary:

BBW Personals Plus is a grand site for the full-figured and lovers of the big and beautiful. As dating sites go, this one has a decent lineup of offerings. It seems to be growing so its ability to deliver a large number of members is no longer up for debate. Here’s what else we discovered . . . – Read the full review.

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Large Friends – read review

Overall Score: 51/100

Price/Period: $29.95 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 3/26/2006

Site Summary:

Big, beautiful men and women are what Large Friends is all about. The site has an impressive offering but certainly draws a solid line between free members and those who’ve paid their dues. There appears to be a solid member base providing a number of profiles to surf. Read more on it in this review. – Read the full review.

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Asian singles connection

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:12:22 +0000

Price/Period: $19.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/14/2007

Site Summary:

Asian Singles Connection seeks to attract a range of Asian cultures. As opposed to other dating sites, this one takes a serious approach to love. A unique color-coding system helps people looking for certain personality types to identify matches. The service provides a hoard of quick contact options making it a tough competitor in the Asian dating market. – Read the full review.

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Korean Cupid

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:08:41 +0000

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/31/2008

Site Summary:

Korean Cupid is a dating site destined for both Koreans looking to meet other Koreans and individuals from other cultures interested in meeting someone living in or from Korea. To find out more about KoreanCupid.com, read our full-length review. – Read the full review.

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Filipino Friend finder

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:33:22 +0000

Price/Period: $12.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 7/17/2007

Site Summary:

Filipino Friend Finder is a branch of the hugely popular Friend Finder network of dating sites. For the uninitiated, Friend Finder doesn’t share databases, simply dressing up different sites but with the same members in each. Read more on why it ranked so high in our review! – Read the full review.

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Asian Friend Finder

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:01:43 +0000

Price/Period: $14.88 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/14/2007

Site Summary:

Asia Friend Finder rolls the entire South Pacific into one site! When it comes to Asian culture, this site has the largest membership of any Friend Finder site in this niche. Check out the review to see if it’s a site worthy of your time and money. – Read the full review.

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Japanese Cupid

yoakow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:56:59 +0000

Price/Period: $24.99 / 30 day(s)

Reviewed on: 1/8/2008

Site Summary:

Japan Cupid offers an opportunity for people living abroad to connect with individuals living in Japan. It has all the standard services, such as email, instant messaging and chat rooms. To find out more, please read our full-review of JapanCupid.com. – Read the full review.

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