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It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a dating site since I haven’t seen very many big, new sites. A new addition to the online dating world has recently come about, and that’s Spark.com. Spark is the combination of Americansingles.com and Date.ca. Spark’s web traffic looks like it just started taking off on December 14th. As usual I went ahead and created a profile and played around a bit. Here is what I found.

Spark.com is definitely based on a matchmaking process. While creating your profile you’re asked to take a personality survey which is beginning to be a requirement for the majority of online dating websites. Spark has a different line of questioning than anything I’ve seen. They ask you to answer the questions as you were when you were a child. For instance, “How did you deal with embarrassing situations?” I’m sure there’s some sort of psychological process behind this method. Anyway, at the end of the survey you get a “Personality Color” which is what will be used to find your matches. Mine was Yellow.

After my profile was made I started looking around at my matches. I had 15 to start. I looked at several and their profiles were relatively short and basic. The site seems easy to navigate and communicate with matches through chat room, email, flirting, and e-cards. However, to really be able to communicate, you’ll need to sign-up for a paid membership. You have several payment options including month-to-month and longer term options. Seeing as this site is relatively new, I’d be reluctant to pre-may for several months without testing is out first. Below are the current payment options.

Something else I’d point out is that there are only roughly 1,200 people online on a Sunday.  I’d expect this to pretty much be peak dating time and that’s a very low number.  With that  being said, lets go ahead and look at Spark.com’s traffic rankings from Alexa.

Unites States makes up for 49.9% of Spark.com’s traffic.

Popularity: 3% [?]

EstablishedMen.com is another online dating website which connects Wealthy Men with “Perfect Princesses”.  Established Men has been discussed in Playboy, Nightline, and Time Magazine.  I rarely review Sugar Daddy websites, but thought it wouldn’t be fair to exclude this pretty popular online dating segment.

I created a profile on EstablishedMen very easily.  The signup process is incredibly simple which is one thing I actually like about this site.  You can make a profile in less than 5 minutes without leaving out any important information.  I did find it comical that when selecting my income, $50,000-$75,000 was an option.  I wouldn’t call that wealthy, but maybe I’m wrong.

After my profile was made I starting browsing around and did find a feature worth mentioning.  You can leave members voice mail messages, and check them online.  I probably wouldn’t use that too much, but I’m sure some members will find it fun and helpful.  EstablishedMen also has the typical messaging and flirting system.

As an “Established Man” I could not message “Perfect Princesses” without being asked to upgrade my account.  You can view profiles, but you’re going to have to pay if you want to contact anyone.  You have two options which are below.

I thought these pricing options were pretty aggressive considering that they’re asking more than the top matchmaking sites like Match and Eharmony.  I wouldn’t be surprised if Established Men reduces their membership prices, or add some cheaper alternatives in the near future.

Lets take a look at the traffic statistics provided by Alexa.  To justify these prices, they’ll need some seriously low numbers.  Remember the lower the Alexa score, the better.  The most popular website on the internet has a score of 1.  To see other popular sites, take a look at the Top 25 Dating Sites.

EstablishedMen.com’s traffic rankings are as follows:

% Breakdown

United States                 76.0%

Canada                              11.0%

United Kingdom            6.6%

Popularity: 4% [?]

I’ve been looking for a new adult dating website to write about and haven’t seen much action.  I did find one site that’s advertising quite a bit on Google through Adwords.  LetsBang.com is buying a lot of advertising space on Google right now for a number of adult dating related search terms.  I did a little research and LetsBang is an adult dating site owned by MONIKER ONLINE SERVICES, INC. who just so happens to own the very popular Fling.com.  The domain dates back to Oct. of 2004 and up until now hasn’t had much action.

LetsBang.com is in the early stages but does have some promise as long as the owners plan on making it it’s own adult dating site as opposed to just another face of Fling.  I decided to create a free male profile to see what Lets Bang is all about.  The signup process is quick and painless.  You don’t have to create a very in-depth profile to be able to troll around the site and see if you what you think, which I like.

What I don’t like about LetsBang.com is that in order to even view a female profile, you have to be a paying member.  Sorry guys, but you won’t get too far on this site without getting out your credit card.  LetsBang has several payment options listed below.

After browsing around some more, I found that Lets Bang looks, feels, and operates just like Fling.com.  Your profile features are basically identical.  When filling out your profile further, you’ll find you can edit/update your details very quickly.  This has to be one of the easiest sites to create a profile I’ve ever seen!  Now only if they could beef up their membership base.

At a glance LetsBang.com doesn’t appear to have many members.  But after browsing I have reason to believe you’re seeing many of the same members you’ll find on Fling.  Now I expect LetsBang to slowly break free of their predecessor Fling, and make a name for themself.  But for the time being, current members will need them to remain tied to Fling so they have some profiles to look at.

Let’s take a look at LetsBang.com’s current traffic.  We should keep in mind that they’re in the early stages, so I’ll be posting updated traffic results very soon.

Popularity: 17% [?]

SingleParentMeet.com is a unique dating site designed for single parents interested in online dating.  I think this site makes perfect sense, as single parents are pressed for time and could use an online dating community geared specifically towards them.

After browsing the dating site I noticed how smooth the site works.  It’s not bogged down with common advertisements and unnecessary features that slow down internet browsing.  Singleparentmeet.com has many of the typical features of a dating site including flirting messaging, email messaging, live member chat, who’s viewed me, who I’ve viewed lists, deals for members, and more.

I created a free ad to see how many site features I had access to without paying.  I was able to search, view full profiles, send flirt messages, read member articles, and see who’s viewed my profile.  I was not able to send emails or participate in the live chat sections.  If you want to become a paying member, your options are as follows:

Monthly – $14.95/month

6 Months – $9.99/month

You can also pay extra to have your message or profile highlighted for a one time fee of $4.95.  That’s the first I’ve heard of paying to have a profile or message highlighted with actual dollars. Usually you can buy those features with some sort of point system used on the dating site.

As usual, its time to take a look at the traffic rankings for SingleParentMeet based on Alexa statistics.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Local Singles Online NOW!!!!

Ulust.com is a brand new, very fast growing adult dating website. I first saw this dating site advertised by Google Adwords and decided to check it out. I first checked the how old the domain was and it looks like this site is only about 3 months old. However, they seem to have a ton of members/visitors. After thumbing around for a little bit, I decided to make a free profile. Ulust has a lot of features including live member cams, member ratings, video chat, online polls, and exclusive adult videos. My favorite feature for finding other members would have to be Who Likes Me and Best Matchups. You can also see Who’s Online and Newest Hotties if you still aren’t finding anyone. I wish I could give more insight to Ulust, but unfortunately, as a male, you can’t do anything but fill out your profile. You can even see 1 profile without paying.  Since you’re access to Ulust is pretty limited as a male member, I decided to make a Female adult dating profile.  I registered, filled out the required fields, and started to do some searches.  But yet again, my access was minimal.  Even as a female member, you can’t do anything.  Looks like this site requires payment no matter what gender, which is unusual.  Unusual, but nice to see that the guys are the only ones getting discriminated this time.  So, if you decide you’re ready to take the plunge and pay for membership on Ulust, your payment options are:

GOLD MEMBERSHIP

» Unlimited Private Mail Box

» View Video Profiles & Video IM

» Detailed & Advanced Searches

» Best Match Report via Mail Box

» Access to All Forums & Polls

» Rate Members Profile & Results

1 Month – $24.98

(83 cents per day)

3 Month – $37.98 (42 cents per day)

BEST VALUE – 45% Discount

PREMIUM MEBERSHIP

All the benefits of Gold Level Access, Plus:

» Live Video chats with members

» View Member Home Videos

» Friends Network with photo albums

» Personal Web Blog

» Private Photo Area

» Erotic Bonus Movies

2 Day Platinum Preview* – $4.95

Limited Time Offer

1 Month – $26.98

(89 cents per day)

3 Month – $44.98 (49 cents per day)

BEST VALUE – 45% Discount

The prices really aren’t too bad when compared with the rest of the adult dating world.  I would bet that the trial membership only allows very limited access to the site.  I don’t know for sure, but on just about every adult dating website I’ve tested a trial membership on, that’s the case.  My advice would be to not waste the money and get a whole month if you’re serious about paying for a membership to Ulust.com

Now for the Alexa Traffic Rankings.  Remember, the lower the ranking the more traffic the site gets.  To see how other sites stack up check out Top 25 Dating Sites.  I’m pretty surprised how quickly Ulust.com was able to get so much traffic seeing as they don’t allow male free members.   Enough said, below are the stats.

Ulust.com users come from these countries:

United States          48.4%

India                           7.3%

Canada                       3.0%

United Kingdom     2.9%

Germany                   2.5%

Ulust.com traffic rank in other countries:

United States         2,057

Canada                     3,625

India                         4,389

United Kingdom  7,745

Germany               21,574

Popularity: 19% [?]

Free Signup Offer!

So this will be the 3rd time taking a look at SexInYourCity.  This adult dating site is still steadily gaining popularity among the online adult dating community.  As with usual, to test the site again, I make a free profile and see what I can do.  And……

For guys, I’m sorry but you won’t get very far on SexInYourCity.com for free.  You won’t even be able to view other members profiles.  I actually didn’t find one thing you could do there without paying.  Well, you can complete your profile, but it won’t do you any good seeing as you can’t read any messages you may get.

As a female, you have more options.  You can view profiles, and even communicate briefly with other members.  One feature that I don’t recall is the member rankings.  On this page you’ll find 2 lists.  One of the Hottest Members based on things like friends/hottness profile features etc.  The other is Sexiness.  This is based on your “Sex Appeal” ranking.

Other newer pages/features of SexInYourCity would have to be the Video(porn) pages.  You have a free video page, but need to be a paying member to view, and you also have straight pay-by-the-minute porn site access.  Not to mention the Sex Drive pill advertisements.  Sex In Your City seems to be very set on making as much money as possible without worrying about going overboard.  Enough about that, lets see what membership payment options are out there…..
1.  12 Month for $8.95/month, $99.95 annually

2.  3 Months for $16.95/month, $49.95 one time

3.  1 Month for $24.95/month

4.  5 Day Membership for $9.95
These prices aren’t too out of hand for such a popular adult dating site.  Similar sites will charge anywhere from $20-40 so SexInYouCity is on the lower side of the pay scale.

My last stop is always the traffic rankings by Alexa.  And they managed to make a huge jump up in global and US rankings again.

Popularity: 8% [?]

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% [?]