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–Jason, age 27, San Francisco.
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–Karen, age 23, Chicago.
Yahoo Personals
Yahoo offers almost all of the same functionality
as match.com, but at a cheaper price tag. With millions of members, Yahoo
is one of the largest players in the online dating space. And with over
230 million worldwide users of Yahoo.com properties, the number of Yahoo
Personals members is growing at a rapid pace, so there are always fresh
profiles to choose from.
Pluses:
Sizable membership
Integrates with Yahoo Messenger
Lowest price
Minuses:
Profile creation process is lengthy
Price:
$
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Match.com
With millions of online profiles across 6 different
continents, Match.com is the world’s biggest online dating and personals
site. Since launching in 1995, match estimates that it is responsible
for arranging hundreds of thousands of relationships for its members and
is definitely the trend setter in online personals.
Pluses:
Most profiles of any online personals site
Most features including innovative personality and physical attraction
test
Minuses:
Instant messaging is no longer available.
Price:
$$
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Date.com
Date.com offers a comprehensive online and in-person
dating experience with excellent flexibility and functionality. Advanced
search tools allow you to fine-tune your search to your heart’s
content. Plus, when you’re not searching from among the millions
of profiles they offer, you can read some of the great content in the
community section.
Pluses:
Extensive community pages
Great in-person events
Unique e-mail management tools
Minuses:
The profiles aren’t as in-depth as other services
Price:
$$
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Tickle.com
Tickle offer a more complete online experience than most of online dating sites.
There are multiple personality tests - some for free and some require subscribing. The results of
these tests are used to help match you up with other similar members as well as provide you the
chance to learn more about yourself. There are also sections on Tickle to provide you with more
information about your career, money, education, health, parenting, entertainment, lifestyles, and
community. If you are interested in more than just a database of other dating singles, this could
be right for you.
Pluses:
Huge membership
Personality tests give you more information about yourself and about other members
Cost is similar to other programs
The program has a 'fun' feel to it, and not as serious as some other programs
Minuses:
You may not be interested in the personality test approach and feel that it doesn't
add anything to finding a match for yourself.
You may find the tests to be hard to deal with - you may not be interested in answering so many questions
about yourself just to make the system work for you.
Price:
$$
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Soulmatch.com
Soulmatch is based on the idea of matching up individuals who share the
same "values". While you do not need to be religious to use their service, you are probably
going to meeting up with other members who have a more defined level of spirituality than on
some of the other more main-stream sites. Soulmatch is similar to E-Harmony in providing a
database of members who are willing and interested in meeting others with a similar set of
shared values, but it is not as rigid a format - and less expensive. Soulmatch also includes
same-sex matching.
Pluses:
Providing the opportunity to search and select individuals who have the same shared values as yourself
Superior searching capability
Free Sparks communications
Minuses:
More expensive than Yahoo Personals or Match.com
Based on value matching, which may or may not be of interest to you
Smaller database than some of the other services
Price:
$$$
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eHarmony.com
eHarmony is all about getting married. Unlike the
other sites, which are centered around searching for a match, eHarmony
uses a scientifically proven personality profile to connect you with other
members. Once you’ve completed the personality profile, you create
a profile and sit back while eHarmony’s compatibility experts and
technology do the matching for you. You don’t search. You wait for
eHarmony to send you matches.
Pluses:
Free 500-question personality test
Only the most qualified matches are presented
No time wasted browsing or searching
Minuses:
Pricey
Only for heterosexuals
Price:
$$$$
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