Best Online Dating Services Reviewed + Dating Tips & Advice

Match.com has made a huge impact on the dating scene. They’ve developed their own matchmaking criteria that seeks to hook up singles with personalities and desires that match. They’ve also developed a way to beat their free features into you and ensuring you won’t forget that membership has its privileges

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Positive Features

Newly upgraded site (Jan 2007) has a much easier flow and not as busy as old design.
Teamed up with the relationship expert and TV show host Dr. Phil to create MindFindBind a 3 step program.
A first in the dating world, a Make Love Happen Guarantee. Read below in Costs for more details
Keyword search on members profiles (called matchWords).
Very large online dating service (maybe the largest on the internet).
Allowed to remove singles from your search results.
Find out when your match reads the email you sent them with Email Read Notification.

Negative Features

To many ads are shown on the site about there other ventures. - UPDATE - They have greatly reduced this with their new update (Jan, 2007)
New customer service hours. Match.com> customer service is only open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 8 PM CST. Their site is easy to use and has a great online help system but for people really new to the internet, they may need some live support. Since most of us use these dating sites after work and on weekends I am not sure what they were thinking here.

At a Glance

Dating Site:	Match.com
Members:	15 million or more.
Cost per Month:	From $16.99
Free Trial:	Yes, limited communication.

Free Membership	Yes (3 day) Included: Create a Profile (Info needed for profile) General - User Info, Sex and age of the person you are seeking, Your Gender, Birthday, Location Basics - Relationship Status, Who are you looking for, Search radius from your postal Appearance Interests - Lists of interests to choose from and essay questions on what you do for fun, Favorite type of date, etc.. Lifestyle - What you enjoy doing in life. Background / Values - Ethnicities, Faith, Education, Languages About my Date - Description on who you think your best match would be. Includes everything from there appearance to if they smoke. Introduction - Headline and essay question, Describe yourself and your perfect match. Photos Searching Viewing of profiles. Match,com also now calls them Portraits Send a wink Not Included: Communicating with Members. MSN Alerts See who has viewed your profile. MindFindBind Video advice modules Dating insights and strategies MindFindBind workshops Action plans Private online journal Your profile will be reviewed by a member of Match.com customer service team within 48 hours. Once it's approved, other members will be able to find you!
Costs	Dating plan costs last checked Jan. 5, 2007 2 dating plan types to choose from: Regular Match.com Plan 1 month plan for $34.99 per month. 3 months for $19.99 per month. 6 months for $16.99 per month. This includes Match.com Guarantee. Match.com Plan with MindFindBind with Dr. Phil (Dr. Phil helps you out every step of the way with audio and video advice) 1 month plan for $43.98 per month. 3 months for $27.98 per month. 6 months for $23.98 per month. This includes Match.com Guarantee Purchase 6 month subscription and save over 45% per month. Make Love Happen Guarantee If you don't find someone special during your 6-month subscription, Match.com will give you an additional 6 months at no additional cost to you to continue your search. Certain rules apply see Match.com for full details. Match.com. Try it free for 3 days!
Relationship Types and Status	Heterosexual Gay Bisexual Never Married Divorced Widowed Currently separated
Regions	United States Canada United Kingdom International, over 240 countries and in 18 languages.
Viewing & Communication Tools	Photo's Profiles Anonymous Emails Email Read Notification (when someone reads the mail you sent them). Match.com Messenger Used for chatting and storing Favourite Members.
Search By	Who's Online Sex and Age and Sexual Orientation Distance, City and Zip Code Any part of profile including Appearance, Interests, Lifestyles and Values. matchWords Search profiles for keywords that members feel define them as a person. As an example: passionate or family. Reverse Matches Discover who is looking for you but you are not necessary looking for. Mutual Matches Lists members who you share a mutual attraction with. You are allowed to save any search with a name so it is easy to bring up later.
Articles	Match.com , is enormously popular and singles are finding it a great place to meet appropriate suitors. -- K. Couric, Today Show Dr. Phil to offer dating advice on Web -- USA Today It's now 100% socially acceptable to sign up for Match.com -- Business Week The well known Forbes magazine rated Match.com as one of the best Dating Service Sites around.

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