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It’s been a little while since a new site has been reviewed for this site and that’s simply because I haven’t seen any others out there worth adding in a while.   Now I’ve been aware of Mingle2.com for quite some time now.  Probably about 18 months, but finally decided to take a closer look.  I know the creator of the site has extensive experience with search engine optimization and was or is a creator of Seomoz.org(Seo site).  I’m also very sure that the creator of Mingle2 has a hand in JustSayHi.com.  Anyway, let’s get to know the dating site…..

So I made a profile.  It was very quick and painless.  Not a ton sections to complete.  Just the basics.  Mingle2 operates really well.  The pages and site flow together nicely and seem to work very well as a whole which is a bit surprising considering the massive amounts of advertisements plastered all over the dating site.  They have Google Adsense, Mate1, JustSayHi, and plenty other  dating site ads up.  This makes me think that the focus of this site isn’t the dating community thats signed up here, but to make a couple extra bucks by driving traffic elsewhere. (This proves my point that the owner is occupied and focused on JustSayHi, not Mingle2)

The features of Mingle2 are basic and not too exciting.  You have your typical search and advanced search, matches, forums, and a mailbox.  That’s really all there is to it.  The best feature would have to be the “Mutual Matches” system.  This is the same as JustSayHi’s match finding method.  You simply scroll through members and check whether or not you are interested in them or not.  If they respond interested, you now have a Mutual Match.

Let’s take a look at the traffic details for this site thanks to Alexa.  Note that this site has been climbing in ranking steadily since about June of 2008 and hasn’t stopped yet.

Popularity: 27% [?]

Plentyoffish.com is a free online dating website that has been around for several years. They have a lot of members and the site has been steadily improving. I posted an ad here to see what the site’s all about and it seems decent for being completely free.

Their slogan is “100% Free. Put away your credit card.” And that’s true. At no point will you be asked to upgrade to a paying membership. The option isn’t even available. The profile can be pretty lengthy if you choose to fill out a couple of their questionnaires. I would recommend that you do if you are serious about finding someone for a serious relationship. If you are after casual dates, than it might not be necessary to spend all that time.

The first survey you are asked to fill out is the 50 question “Chemistry Predictor.” It isn’t too lengthy and will most likely help you in your search for possible matches. The other assessment is very lengthy and time consuming. It’s a 100 question, “Needs Assessment.” I would block off 30 minutes to go through this part.

After you’ve made your profile and filled out the necessary assessments, you are ready to start finding your matches. You can search PlentyofFish profiles by compatibility, location, and several other options. Plentyoffish has tons of members so don’t be afraid to be a tough screener. Once you find likely candidates you can IM them if they’re online, or send messages. As far as I can tell you aren’t limited on how many messages you can send or receive per day. Within the first 10 minutes of having my profile up I already had 2 responses and I hadn’t even put up a picture yet! That’s a good sign and lets you know that the site has members who are actively searching other profiles.

I always like to check out how much traffic dating sites get by looking at Alexa rankings. The lower the number the better. Keep in mind that Google’s Global Alexa ranking is 2 and US Alexa ranking is 1.

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Popularity: 25% [?]

I know we’ve previously gone through the online dating site JustSayHi.com, but I wanted to check it out again and see if there had been any changes go a little more in depth to searching for singles on the site.

When I first checked out JustSayHi, I posted an ad pretty quickly and noticed it was a 100% free online dating site. This is still true and I doubt that it will ever change. This is a very clean site. No nude pics, or live sex cams or anything like that here. I would describe JustSayHi as a bridge between sites like Facebook and Match.com or something. Its a very low key introduction to the online dating world which I like. This way, timid singles can have a low pressure site to start testing the waters on and see what it’s like to meet people online for dating purposes.

The first day I joined I sent a messge to 1 girl and pretty quickly got a legit response. Not a bs message or anything like that. So today I want to explore a little more on JustSayHi and see if there seem to be more members, features, or anthing else that we should be aware of.

I remember there being a pretty good number of people on the site last time. So I just searched for females with 50 miles of my ad in a medium sized city in the midwest. I am pretty surprised with the number of responses it returned. I used the gallery view which displays 30 ads per page. The search returned 17 pages. Thats 210 within 50 miles which I would have to say isn’t too bad coming from the midwest. Looks like JustSayHi has gotten a few more online daters since the last check up. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 9% [?]

AdultMatchDoctor.com has been in the adult dating world for a little while so I thought we should take a look. One their homepage I noticed a slogan. It says, “100% free to contact, flirt, connect, and get laid!” So I want to check it out and see how true that statement is as far being a Free Dating Site . First, lets go through the ad posting process and see what it entails.

After the very first page, you have a 5-step post to complete your adult dating ad. The 5 steps are as follows.

1. Sign-Up Info
2. Profile
3. Essays – 21 essay parts
4. Ideal Match
5. My Photos

Notice the 21 parts to the essays page!!!! You do not have to fill out all of them, but if you are going to create a profile here, you probably should go ahead and fill it out completely. That section will definitely take you the longest. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 31% [?]

OkCupid is a relatively new dating site. It is not an adult site by any means. It also is not your traditional singles community. It feels similar to a Myspace/Friendster with the main focus in online dating and match making. This dating site has many features that are fun to play around with. One being their tests and questions you answer for points. Once you get to 500 points you are able to create your own question and have other members answer it. The point of these questions is to get an idea of who you are and what other members have similar beliefs and characteristics for matching purposes.

The questions serve as a matchmaking system. When answering questions, you select your answer and what you would want in your partner. After you have answered a certain amount of these questions, they start to develop a match profile and can fit you with other singles on the dating site. I answered a few questions and still didn’t get a very good “percentage” complete. For them to have a good understanding of your personality, you would probably have to answer over 100 questions. If you use the personals site often that really wouldn’t be too hard.

OkCupid is completely free and at no point that I noticed are you asked to signup or pay for anything while on their site. The overall profile is pretty in-depth and could take a little while to create. You are allowed to post pictures obviously. They want them to be of your face only which is a little different. After you upload the picture, they ask you to crop the picture so it’s pretty much just your face. They will delete innapproriate pictures so I would make sure and read what is acceptable for your personal ad.

Their traffic rankings are pretty solid. According to Alexa, their Global traffic raking is 3,519. Their US rank is 726 with 56% of their overall traffic coming from the United States! That’s a pretty good rank which means this dating site should have a lot of members searching for singles.

Technorati Tags: OkCupid, web personals, meet singles

Popularity: 4% [?]

I know we have recently taken a look at JustSayHi, but I wanted to take it a little further and see how this free online dating site really works. I created a free male dating profile and started to play around with the site. When creating your free profile, you will have to fill out a couple pages of info but not much at all when compared to some other dating sites. After you get done with your profile, you’ll be ask to join about 6 other advertisements. Just make sure you dont confuse one of the pages with JustSayHi and fill your information in our you’ll find yourself subscribed to something you most likely do not want. Once you have skipped all of those ad pages, you’ll need to verify your email account to activate your profile.

Once you have activated your profile you are free to roam about the site and start meeting singles or whatever you are on the site for. There are basic features on the site. You can invite friends to join by entering your email address and sending them an invite. You can search for people who fit your criteria. You can also do advanced searches for singles as well. JustSayHi will actually find matches that they think are a fit for you so you’ll have a “matches” tab with people you might be interested in.

When search results are displayed, you have several options. You can simply check out their profile, send them an email, or let them know you are interested. All features are free at JustSayHi. I am not sure yet if there are limitations to how many members you can message per day, but so far I have not run into anything like that. I searched and messaged a member and got a REAL response back very quickly. That member was online at the moment, but it is good to see that there are people out there using the site as intended. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 4% [?]

Datehookup is starting to get a lot more attention in the online dating world. A lot of the attention could be from the fact that they are almost at the very top of online dating searches from search engines like Google. This dating site boasts that it is 100% free and that is completely correct. They offer many of the normal features that you would expect to find as a premium(paying) member on other dating sites. These features include instant messaging, emailing, posting pictures, dating ideas, and others.

The unique features of Date Hookup definitely has to be the dating ideas and singles forums. Dating ideas are just what it sounds like. You can read helpful posts/articles that can aid you in your single searching experience. Singles forums is a great place where you can read and discuss certain subjects with other singles. Other dating features that are not as unique are your own blog, adding your friends, and customizing your ad. Most of those features are common among almost all dating sites online today.

Their alexa ranking looks pretty bad globally, but is pretty decent when just looking at the US, which makes up about 84% of their traffic. Datehookup’s global Alexa ranking is 35,055 and their US ranking is 3,857. Quite a difference. The second most prominate country on Datehookup is Canada which makes up about 5% of the overall traffic.

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Popularity: 13% [?]

AmateurMatch has been in the online adult dating business for quite some time. Since about 1999 to be more specific. They promote themselves as being a free dating site and they pretty much are for the most part. One feature they charge for is the live web cam which is understandable. It is pretty difficult to find a dating site or any site for that matter that offers free live web cam services. Another feature that is blocked off to non-premium members, is the x-rated videos. Again, this is uderstandable because at that point, you are just getting porn, not online dating benefits. They have something for all users which is a little different and that is Sex Games. They are not really for dating purposes, but more for entertainment. Pretty much just some traditional games with a sexual twist. Instant messaging is allowed between free members as well.

Their traffic ranking among other adult dating sites is much better than I thought it would be. On Alexa, they have a global ranking of 1,825 and a very impressive US ranking of 623! This puts them up there with adult dating sites like fling, hornymatches, and others. Again, I was not expecting such strong numbers from Amateur Match. I would have to say, this adult site looks to be worth its members while. Expecially for the non-paying visitors.

Technorati Tags: Adult Dating, Sex Personals

Popularity: 100% [?]

There is another avenue of online dating that is a little less-known than the traditional websites out there. We all know of the dating giants with pretty much the same format. Make a profile, add a pic, instant messanger, maybe webcam stuff, leave “flirts”, send messages, all that stuff. Most of those sites charge a fee or something. For those who are looking to maximize results and minimize the amount of time spent on the site, should consider classified dating. There are several places where you can make a very quick and easy profile. You usually have a title, description about yourself, and a picture or several. Other people browsing your profile can contact you, but you get an email directly to your personal email address. So you don’thave to have another site you have to check on. This option is definitely prone to more solicitations, but if you want to keep it easy, while getting a lot of responses you might want to try one of these site.

Craigslist

Gumtree

Friendster Classifieds

These 3 are very large sites. There are others out there, but I would take a look at these 3 first. On all of the classified dating sites you’ll have to find the personals section, and thats where you want to put up your ad.

Technorati Tags: Classified Dating, Web Dating

Popularity: 5% [?]

I know one bonus is when sites let users use webcams for free. Some site allow it for women and not men, and some dont allow it at all without paying. I would think that would be a huge selling point. I am pretty sure that fling.com allows all users to tune in. As far as singlesnet.com, i’m pretty sure they dont even have that feature. AFF obviously had it and I’m also pretty sure that they charge quite a bit for the service. Hope that was helpful.

Popularity: 6% [?]