M is for mating
and marriage.
The final acts between two consenting adults. This can be a whole new life for
you. These services will help you find your Match! Read the reviews carefully
and go from there, you are only a click away from the goal you seek.
WHAT
THEY SAY: Match.com
is a leader in online personals, matchmaking and dating. We offer a fun
and safe environment to meet other quality singles. There is an almost equal ration of
women to men posted ads. Sign up for the Free E-zine and stay
up-to-date with the happenings at Match.com. Feel free to use the
advice columns and receive some real
down-to-earth in-your-face answers for your relationship
questions.
WHAT WE FOUND: Free
to place your personal profile online, we found one of the most
comprehensive questionnaires ever right here. If you are a "serious
single" this is the place for you. Even a quick search will reveal to
you plenty of single men and women in your area, events (when listed)
and a great on-site singles magazine "MatchScene" with realistic advice is always fun and informative to read. Match is one of the
MUST
TRY
Dating sites on-line. There is a really good reason why this is a TOP SITE
for Internet Dating,
it's because of Match.com's success rate in bringing people
together, higher than most other services. Start with placing your own
personal ad online and be sure to complete all areas of the profile
questionnaire. Membership required to reply to messages, included with
your free 3 day full access trial membership.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: 3
day full access trial membership, picture ads, advice columns and help, e-mail ad match service, free E-zine.
RELATED CATEGORIES: America
- Canada -
International
WHAT
THEY SAY: We
pride ourselves for running the friendliest and easiest to use dating
site on the web. Learning more about MatchAve.com is easy, just give us
a try. It is free to sign-up, send and reply to messages and explore all
the features we have to offer.
WHAT WE FOUND: Free
and fast to join, only a minimum of information is required (but it’s
best to complete as much of your profile as you are comfortable with)
and up to 5 photos can be added to your profile, but they must be ok for
everyone to see them, so if you want to show enough skin that borders on
or passes risqué, don’t, the photos won’t be posted. Interestingly
enough, this is the only service we’ve come across (in 5 years of
reviews) that asks if you’re looking for an “online friend” or a “real
world friend” as well as a romantic relationship. Your Instant Messenger
contact information can be included with your profile but we suggest you
have a separate account set up to use, rather than the main IM you may
have, as a security precaution. The verification letters you need to
enter to register as a regular member are CaSE senSIitivE, so enter them
with care. Regular (free) and premium members can read and post comments
in the forums. Free members can send messages to premium members, not to
other free members, and reply to messages from premium members and
browse the profiles but not use the search feature, browsing is with
premium member profiles appearing first. Premium members can send
unlimited messages to regular (free) and other premium members as well
as use the search form to find someone by specific details and premium
members profiles appear first in the browsing and search results. Fast
to join, easy to use, MatchAve qualifies as a free service but you’ll be
browsing for a long time if you don’t join as a premium member (monthly
membership is very cheap).
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free
to join, send and reply to messages from premium members. Membership is
cheap and gets you in the top of the results for many more replies to
your profile. Straight and same sex personals available.
RELATED CATEGORIES:America
- Free Services
WHAT
THEY SAY: Over 160,000 registered new users at
Matchmaker.com EACH MONTH! Literally one of the best and biggest
Dating Services out there! Carry out your own detailed searches of
the largest Date-A-Base of singles on the net. Let us quickly find
you others that you share similar interests with. Send and receive
e-mail for other members via your own private e-mailbox.
Experience our unique way of viewing which other members are
on-line. Participate in lively public or private chat forums with
other members. Free trial period for all new members. You will
find a Dating Service designed to suit you at Matchmaker.com.
WHAT WE FOUND: Matchmaker is an umbrella of
dating sites that has the world covered. They offer ways to meet
people based on local regions through America and more dating
services with specific groups of people based on Religion,
Community Lifestyle, Alternative Lifestyle, Age Based Matchmaking
and International areas including Australia/New Zealand, Brazil,
Canada, Ireland, London England, Singapore and the Pacific Rim.
Including horoscopes, classified ads, Chat Rooms, and the Who's On
method of finding someone when you are both at the site at the
same time. You begin the Free Trial by signing up and filling out
the essay questionnaire, the most comprehensive that we've seen.
Surely this will help you find the right person for you, take your
time to give well thought-out answers, you can answer only the
questions that you want to, but this is your first impression you
are making. This one we have to recommend for you to try, you'll
like it, and you'll have fun visiting Matchmaker.com. This service
will probably be the last matchmaking service that you'll need!
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: A Free Trial Period that varies with the type of
service that you sign-up for, features a growing regional database
of USA singles, Lifestyle oriented Singles services and many
International Sites. You must sign up for the trial membership and
complete the questionnaire to browse the ads and to fully look
through the site. The Free Trial does give you limited access to
the site(s) for the many services offered that will keep you going
back and checking your anonymous mail there. If you are serious
about meeting someone, Matchmaker will give you the best
opportunity, at the best site suited for you. Matchmaker exchanges
more than 5 million e-mails between compatible people each month,
yours should be one of them.
RELATED CATEGORIES: America
- Asia -
Canada
- International
WHAT
THEY SAY: MatchDoctor.com
– The FREE TO USE home for online matchmaking and dating for
singles of all types. Straight, gay, bisexual, or swingers – we
cater to anyone and everyone. Want a relationship? To casually date?
A discreet encounter? Or just friendship? We have it all, including:
Our dedication to bring you the highest-quality dating site on the
Internet, Free to sign up, and free to use, Large database of
singles from around the world, Free posting of your photos,
Localized searches, Private, anonymous email, Live Public and
Private chat.
WHAT WE FOUND: Just
start by joining up. The free part starts as soon as you complete a
short form for your username and password and for others to be able
to find you. Then you can start searching for a date or add more
information to your profile, upload your picture, really take a look
around. Of course you can just go and look around, the search is
there even if you aren’t a member yet. Head over to the chat rooms
and see who’s talking! It’s free to make contact so go and have
some fun! You can check for new messages and the messages you’ve
sent out at your email page. Read Match Doctor's tips on
writing a great personal ad!
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free
service when you join and free to make contact. Add your picture to
your profile, join the chats, search the profiles. Straight,
same-sex and swinger ads available.
RELATED CATEGORIES:International
- Free Service
WHAT THEY SAY:
Whether you're looking to meet a friend, a lover, a pen pal or just someone to play tennis with, either in your hometown or around the world, Megafriends is for you! By using our state-of-the-art FriendSearch system we can help you find that special someone quickly and easily. Plus, we also offer an anonymous messaging system, live chat, message forums and more!
WHAT WE FOUND:When Joe and Marg (the creators and owners of Megafriends) moved to a new city, they found it hard to meet new friends because they don't go to bars and they work at home. So they created a place where people can come together and meet, for friendship, someone to travel with, as penpals and even for getting together and dating. You will find it easy to browse the personals, by state in America (the most ads are placed by Americans), by province in Canada and by country for the rest of the world. Searching includes the options of education level, body type, language spoken and even type of relationship you want (including "secret affair!). When browsing or searching the personals you will be able to only read the basic comments and view a photo if available. You must become a member, for free, to see the complete ad and to place your own at Megafriends, to use one of the 5 chat rooms, and be able to send a limited number of messages to other members. You will also be able to receive email messages from Megafriends when a compatible new member signs up, so you can be the first to send them a message! You'll want to become a Gold member to reply to messages, have your personal ad located at the top of the listings, and be able to include your instant messenger information included with your ad. Over all, this is a friendly service, easy to get around, and a lot of ads available for Americans.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to post your personal ad, free to send messages, become a member to reply. Plenty of activities including forums, games and chat rooms. Straight, same sex, and secret affair personal ads available here.
RELATED CATEGORIES:America -
International
- Free Services - Straight -
Same Sex
WHAT
THEY SAY: MetroDate.com allows single adults to connect privately with others who share common interests, values, goals and/or background, while avoiding the awkward, often difficult settings that currently exist (i.e. personals, dating services, singles bars, most other Internet services).
WHAT WE FOUND:MetroDate has members in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego,
Austin, Texas, and more than 60 more cities around the world that are waiting to meet someone special. More cities are added regularly so be sure to take a look for yourself. It's free to place your personal ad, and include up to 3 pictures (you get extra contact tokens when you add a picture to your profile) and you get one contact token free too! Also free is replying to messages you've received, access to the chat rooms, instant messenger service and invitations to local events. Begin by joining and checking out the free features - articles and listings about local singles events, movies, music and dining out. Advice and articles for single people beginning or in a new relationship. Become a paid member to send messages to other members and have access to the exclusive MetroDate Compatible Match service. The search and browse features are quite comprehensive and easy to use in your search for Mr or Ms Right. This service is not national (America), but if you live in one of the cities listed, you'll find all the features you want in a singles service with the added reliability of knowing that the person you meet lives close by, not hundreds or thousands of miles away.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to place your personal ad with up to 3 pictures.
First contact is free. Become a paid member to send messages, free to reply, earn extra contact tokens when you include your picture with your personal ad. Chat rooms, forums, advice and compatibility matches available. Straight and same sex personal ads.
RELATED CATEGORIES:America - Straight
- Same Sex - Free
Trial
WHAT
THEY SAY: Mingles.com has it all! Personals, chat, photos,
voice messages, anonymous email, matchmaking, mingling, forums, hotlists, and many exclusive features! As our guest you are free to
look around, search through our member's profiles, view photos and
listen to voice messages, and see why Mingles.com is the best online
community there is for people to meet and mingle! But remember, basic
memberships are FREE... and by joining you will get to search using
very precise criteria, use the powerful meet and mingle features of
Mingles.com, create your own profile, use the PhotoChat rooms and
forums, create member hotlists, and much more!
WHAT WE FOUND: A service that is feature full you'll have a great time MINGLING.
PhotoChat uses your picture that you have provided, so when chatting
you can see who you are talking to, instead of having to go back and
search for the person. Forums give you a place to talk about what is
important to you, another great way to meet and when you join the
HOTLIST keeps you in touch with those you are interested in
continuing MINGLING with. Anonymous e-mail keeps your identity to
yourself until you want to reveal it. Try out MINGLES and you'll want
to return every day!
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: PhotoChat, photo profiles and voice messages, great
search and MINGLE services and a FREE TRIAL to let you see how it all works.
RELATED CATEGORIES: America
- Asia -
Canada
- International -
Russia
WHAT
THEY SAY:MatchaKiss works, in no time at all you will be in touch with new
friends through our system which compares your requirements to others,
you may even include your favourite photograph of yourself. Each time
you come on line you will see new friends whose details you can review
and contact.
WHAT WE FOUND:
MatchaKiss has single members from Avon to the Isle of Man and all
points in between. This service is for people that live in England,
Scotland and Wales that are looking for a single person that lives close
to them. The membership is easy to complete and allows for one text area
for you to describe the person you are looking for as well as the type
of person you want to meet if you use the “Describe Yourself” text box
to it’s best potential. Sexual orientation is a question that isn’t
asked in the profile form, so be sure to state what type of relationship
you are looking for. You can include one picture of yourself, a sure way
to be seen by all members, new and current. Be sure to post a picture,
you’ll be seen more often, but you can’t search only for profiles with
pictures so you’ll have to browse all profiles in the area you are
searching. The search is easy to use and there are two features that are
soon to be introduced: a chat room and a who’s online feature that will
allow you to see who else is visiting the site when you are so you can
send them a message and introduce yourself right away. We really like
the “Flirt txt” feature: you can send a secret message to someone over
their mobile phone (sms capable) that says someone likes them, then they
visit the site and enter the phone numbers of the people they know. If
they match with you, they are told, if they don’t your identity is not
revealed. Watch for the “Dine in Company” events as they are posted.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: 10
day free trial allows you to send and receive messages once you have
posted your profile, after the 10 days you can keep your profile active
and become a paying member once there is someone available that you’d
like to meet. Straight and same sex personals available.
RELATED CATEGORIES:Britain -
International
WHAT THEY SAY:
Thousands of personal ads to browse, it's fun, easy and safe to connect with other singles. Let MatchClick.com be your single source for personals, dating, romance and friends.
WHAT WE FOUND:MatchClick offers a popular way to meet serious singles that are looking for a variety of relationships. Easy to join, the membership form should only take a couple of minutes, depending on how long you take to answer the 3 essay questions that are a part of describing yourself to the other members. A credit card is required with your sign-up, but you do receive a 7 day full access free trial and if you decide to cancel your membership before it ends, you will not be charged anything. The chat is always active and the search form to find a match is easy to offers a lot of options to narrow your search compatibilities. MatchClick is also available through your Palm Pilot or similar device as well as your web enabled cellular phone so as a member you will have the ability to always be in touch with other members. There are more than 1000 members joining every week and our test searches showed no old or stale personal ads. An online service with almost all active members is hard to find, but MatchClick is one of them.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: 7 day free trial, credit card required. Chat room, thousands of active members. Straight and same sex personals available here.
RELATED CATEGORIES:Britain -
International -
Free Trial
WHAT THEY SAY: Match-Love is a valid, fun free way to meet people from Europe, Canada, Russia and around the world with photos, anonymous email and attractive profiles. In english, french, italian, spanish... Whether you're searching for a new relationship or just friendship, we invite you to try it out, you won't be sorry!
WHAT WE FOUND:A fast signup that allows you a free trial period to test out Match-Love personals. Once you've completed the signup, you'll be shown the closest matches to your profile. Here you can modify your own search criteria, or setup Match-Love to start automatic searching for you. But to get to this next step, you need to respond to the confirmation email you'll receive about your membership. Click where it tells you in the email and you'll have the opportunity to add a lot more information about yourself but answering the full questionnaire, allow yourself about 5 minutes to complete it. Then the real fun begins! You'll have 7 days to use Match-Love and begin sending messages and joining in at the chat room. Messages
to and from other members are forwarded to the email address that you signed up with by the Match-Love
anonymous message system, so you remain anonymous until you want to reveal
yourself. We like the way the messaging is set up and the added feature of voting for the people and profiles that you like and the counter that shows how active a member has been. You may want to be aware of the Hot Match feature, it has adult nude content and is not advisable for everyone.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Full access 7 day free trial. Personals available in several languages (select the language from the home page), chat room and guest book for interacting with others. Straight, same sex and other personal available here.
RELATED CATEGORIES:America -
International
- France -
Europe
- Same Sex
WHAT
THEY SAY:Can
you imagine what it must be like for attractive men and women to be
without companionship? These incarcerated individuals are paying a price
for crimes they have committed. These inmates are very real and are
seeking you! Why not give it a try? Make the day of a lonely inmate!
He/She will get excited when his/her name is called to receive a letter
from you. Just think how lonely it must feel at mail call to never hear
your name, especially after being locked up for several years and family
and friends have deserted you. All of these prisoners behind bars have
written me a letter requesting to be listed. Some are just wanting a pen
pal while some singles are looking for the possibility of a more serious
relationship.
WHAT WE FOUND: Meet-An-Inmate
is an American service that can help you find someone to correspond with
that is currently in prison. Male addresses are free and female
addresses must be purchased. Ordering can be made online or through the
US postal service. Inmate information includes a picture, when
provided). Even a quick browse through this service will reveal how well
set-up it is and how easily you can begin a new penpal relationship with
someone that is currently serving time. There is also some important
information made available about beginning a penpal relationship with
someone that is incarcerated that you should read.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free
male addresses, female addresses must be purchased. Most profiles
include a picture. Straight and same sex profiles available.
RELATED CATEGORIES: America
- Prison Penpals
WHAT THEY SAY:Connect with other men and women who care about people,
animals, and the earth for love, friendship, romance and marriage. Meet
people interested in the environment, meditation, yoga, spirituality,
global warming, united nations and the like.
WHAT WE FOUND:
Meet Your Greens is a new service for the people that care about other
living things, besides people, and aim for a higher degree of
understanding of our environment through lifestyle choices (meditation,
spiritualism, dietary choices). Join for the free trial and (at the time
of this review) you will receive a full access 6 month free trial and
also be rewarded with 6 gift vouchers worth a free month full access
membership to share this service with other singles that you know. Allow
about 5 minutes to complete the profile questionnaire and to add up to 3
pictures of yourself with your profile, then go forth and begin
browsing/searching the service. Since this is a very new service, your
profile will receive a lot of visits and you should also be ready to
reply to a lot of messages.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Member
only personals for “green people”. Currently, full access is free for 6
months. Pictures can be included with your profile. Large amount of
links to related environmental and lifestyle web sites. New features
scheduled to be introduced soon. Straight and same sex personals
available here.
RELATED CATEGORIES:International -
Free Services
WHAT
THEY SAY:A
personals site designed for people in the military or looking to meet
someone in the military. It is FREE to place your ad or start your
membership.
WHAT WE FOUND: A
great place for military people of the American services to meet whether
they are stationed in America or elsewhere in the world. Civilians are
also encouraged to join to meet professional military single people.
It’s free to join and post your profile but you have to become a paid
preferred member to make contact with others. The profile is fast and
easy to complete and you can include up to 2 pictures with your profile.
We like the search and the overall layout of the Military Date site,
although it is rather basic in the details of members, it’s one of the
best military sites to meet people that we’ve visited.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free
to join, become a preferred paid member to send and receive messages.
Straight personals.
RELATED CATEGORIES: America
- International
