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This is a partial, non-exhaustive list of online dating websites.
Name | Description/Focus | Registered users | Alexa ranking | Free |
Premium | Web address |
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Chemistry.com | A sister site of Match.com, members are matched up with other members based on their profiles. | 7,248[1] | Partial | Yes/No; users can see 5 matches a day unless they are paid members | www.chemistry.com | |
Compatible Partners | eHarmony's service for same-sex relationships. | 134,974[2] | Non-freeNo | Non-free | www.compatiblepartners.net | |
eHarmony | Dating site based upon pre-screening using personality tests. | 15,000,000[3] | 1,210[4] | Non-freeNo | Yes/No; free profile but subscription required for most features. | www.eharmony.com |
Lavalife | One of the oldest dating companies in the world.[5] | 12,142[6] | Non-freeNo | Non-freeYes | www.lavalife.com | |
Lovetropolis.com | Online dating and social connectivity via predictive matching system, profile browsing and interactive technology applications | 500,553[7] | Partial | Yes/No; Members pay for profile approval/activation and then receive a free lifetime membership and access to all the site's features and functions[8] | www.lovetropolis.com | |
Match.com | One of the biggest online singles meeting sites | 15,000,000[9] | 415[10] | Non-freeNo | Non-freeYes | www.match.com |
MyLOL | Teen Dating website | 32,000[11] | 118,275[12] | Free | Non-freeYes | www.mylol.net |
OkCupid | Uses answers from user-generated questions to find matches that conform to a user's stated preferences. | 420,000+ active (as of 2007)[13] | 1,292[14] | Free | Yes/No; Free to join, search, messaging, and chat. Non essential features like sponsored profile promotion available for paid "A-List" members.[15][16] | www.okcupid.com |
PlentyofFish | One of the most popular dating sites in the United States and United Kingdom,[17] | 1,400,000 US-based unique users in November 2007 and 1.2 billion page views in December 2007.[18] | 336[17] | Free | Yes/No; Users can take a test and pay a fee to be upgraded to the status of "serious member" to "signal to the community that they are serious about meeting someone." & "There will be no changes to existing users or new users."[19] | www.plentyoffish.com |
ShakeMyWorld | Listed as one of the top 100 sites of 2008.[20] | 267,851[21] | Non-freeNo | Non-freeBased on user creating activities. | www.shakemyworld.com | |
Spray Date | Run by Spray Network AB | 4,607,998[22] | Partial | Non-freePremium users can see larger images and have more search options. | www.spraydate.se | |
Luvfree.com | Free online dating site | 34,000[23] | 191,270[24] | Free | www.luvfree.com | |
True.com | Known for running background checks on its users to ensure they are not felons or married. | 2,502[25] | Non-freeNo | Yes/No; Monthly subscription fee for communicating to other members. Searching and viewing partial profiles is included with free account like most dating sites. | www.true.com | |
Yahoo! Personals | Basic premium dating site with international sites. | The top U.S dating site according to Comscore Mediametrix and Nielsen//NetRatings. | 3[26](Alexa only records data for second-level domains) | Non-freeNo | Yes/No; free profile but subscription required for most features. | personals.yahoo.com |
Name | Description/Focus | Registered users | Alexa ranking | Free | Premium | Web address |
References
- ^ "Chemistry.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "Compatiblepartners.net - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "eHarmony Diversity". Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "eHarmony.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ Feature Story, "Cupid, Inc.: Spa owner Eveline Charles, Quantum Shift'07, is just one of the many members in the Ivey community in the business of love", In Touch, Winter 2009.
- ^ "Lavalife.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "Lovetropolis.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "Lovetropolis.com Pricing Information".
- ^ "About Match.com". Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Match.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "MyLOL's aim". Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "MyLOL.net - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ Don Aucoin, "Digital man: Eight years out of Harvard, Sam Yagan has helped build two online companies and he says he's not done yet", Boston Globe, Sep. 5, 2007.
- ^ "OkCupid.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "OkCupid Free Features".
- ^ "OkCupid A-List Features".
- ^ a b "PlentyOfFish.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ Randall Stross, "From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year", New York Times, January 13, 2008.
- ^ "Plentyoffish Serious Member Upgrade". Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ^ Internetworld: Sveriges bästa sajter: ShakeMyWorld
- ^ "ShakeMyWorld.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "SprayDate.se - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "LuvFree's aim". Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "LuvFree.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "True.com - Site Info from Alexa". Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ^ "Yahoo.com - Site Info from Alexa (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)". Retrieved 2009-11-22.