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All Dating Services |
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Meet real people with real sexual desires
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is a site that promises online dating and sexual hookups for horny adult men and women. It's hot and sexy - you can release your inhibitions in a safe environment. is similar to ; in fact, they're in the same family; but has a more sexually charged layout.
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Adult Friend Finder is the world's largest sex and swinger personals site
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Part of the FriendFinder Network that includes the tamer FriendFinder.com, is THE online destination for adult singles and couples looking to mix it up in a safe, comfortable adult entertainment atmosphere. contains a lot of the same great features as FriendFinder, including a huge network of singles and couples looking for fun, member-generated content, access to chat, instant messaging and more.
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Lust, sex and no commitments
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is for adults seeking "lust, sex, and no commitments." With dedicated customer support and all the standard features, has potential, but the search for a sex partner proves bumpy due to some awkward profile-building tools and issues.
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The largest bondage, discipline and fetish personal ads database for the seasoned sexual adventurer and the curious and cautious
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is the leader in BDSM/alternative lifestyle-personals sites with over 2,000,000 active members. Part of the FriendFinder Network of websites including and , is not afraid to explore the darker side of human nature and adult sexuality. offers an impressive selection of niche communities including the largest bondage, discipline and fetish personal ads database, featuring thousands of kinky photos. Unlike many of the adult entertainment sites on the internet, presents itself in a classy, comfortable and safe way that not only welcomes the seasoned sexual adventurer but also the curious and cautious newbie. Whether you're gay, straight, bi or somewhere in between, is sure to tickle your fancy.
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A safe, simple playground for finding someone who can make you happy
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is a meeting place for adults seeking online interactions that will ultimately lead to offline bliss. operates like a self-confident lover who knows what he or she wants: It doesn't tease you with flashy graphics; it doesn't pretend to be what it is not; it shows you what it has to offer and it delivers.
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Friendly, humorous site with flirty one-liners
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is owned by MatchNet, a company that operates, among other sites, . It's obvious that they are putting more resources behind than some others they own, which makes this a respectably active, enjoyable site. They purchased in 1999 and have upgraded the quality of the content considerably.
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Asia Friend Finder caters to Asians globally, but is China-centric
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is an accurate name for this website - it's specifically designed for those seeking to date or correspond with Asians around the world. This is a culture-specific niche dating service that serves as a part of the FriendFinder network founded in 1996 by Andrew Conru. As part of a collection of 18 FriendFinder sites, has some of the highest activity on the network and offers several extras that focus on Asian culture, heritage and beliefs.
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Bringing Asian singles together
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is an international online community geared for Asian singles who want to connect with other singles in a relaxed environment. The site offers the opportunity to meet friends and companions, as well as find romance and life partners. There is a wide array of age groups and life styles on along with a true sense of community, especially on the active message boards. New members are welcomed and because it's a smaller site, it's easy to feel immediately connected to the group. It is also easy to join and get around. There are not a lot of added bonus features or editorial content. The main focus of is getting to know the other members to hopefully make real connections.
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It's hard to tell if you'll get enough bang for your buck
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is, admittedly, a site "run by women" to serve women's sexual needs. It touts "over 100,000 women who want to have sex" and over "20,000 married women who are ready to cheat," all "real women;" yet, the small-print disclaimer on 's free site-tour reads, "some of the pictures and testimonials on these pages were created to get users in the mood and is not entirely truthful." Even if offers all the functionalities expected of online adult matchmaking sites, some questions about the site operators and the inconsistencies undermine its value.
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For big, beautiful women and their admirers
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is based in the U.S. and offers a variety of big and beautiful women who are looking for a friend, a lover or a marriage partner. If you like these lovely rubenesque women, this is your BBW dating service. ' website is very user friendly and quickly downloads high quality scans of beautiful women and other relevant and useful information.
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For lovers and admirers of big beautiful women everywhere
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If you're looking for friendship, or more, with someone who's a plus-sized model or who wants to be one, you've found the right place. is designed for the lovers and friends of the larger gal (not to mention guy-gal or gal-guy) interested in traveling the many sexy paths life with a BBW has to offer. Basic membership is free and, upon registering, you will be asked to fill out a short Sex Connect Questionnaire, which is where you can describe your ideal BBW. After an email arrives with a confirmation code, you're in (or out - again, whatever you prefer) and you can begin browsing profiles and meeting some of the beautiful, fun and sexy BBWs on the site. Unless you upgrade to VIP status ($19.95 for the first month), you won't be able to contact members except those who come after you first; nor will you be able to see the member photos rated XXX. For free, however, you get access to BBW ads, BBW chat rooms, BBW forums, BBW fiction, BBW advice, the sexy BBW store and...drum roll, please...you can even run for Mr. or Mrs. of the Month! Meeting the sexy BBW of your dreams couldn't be easier, with the thousands of BBW sexy friends, logged onto at any given time. To sum it all up, is a very friendly place to be.
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The undisciplined approach to BDSM
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Contrary to its name, is not exclusively devoted to BDSM. As it turns out, it is merely a portal to SexyAds.net, an online adult community that claims to be "The best place in the world to find sexy adults!" The subcultures at range from normal, mainstream dating to threesome, phone sex and fetishes.
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Big Church is a large, exclusively Christian dating site
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began as an online dating service for Christians in 2000 and is now one of the larger, exclusively Christian dating websites available. screens all members carefully and reads every profile before allowing it to be posted.
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The right way to meet the right people
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Wow, it's always a refreshing thing to know that out in the wilderness of the Internet, there's a place where real people meet to talk laugh and meet other people with the same interests. At , you can quickly sign up and start meeting nice people right away. They make it very easy: Fill out a short profile, post your picture, then take a look at some of the nicest people I've ever encountered in Internet dating. doesn't have many glossy, studio portraits here, just women or men, sitting on the front porch, playing with their dogs or holding up smiling children, just as they would be doing every day. makes it just that easy to connect to someone for friendship, a laugh or two or more!
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Where African-American singles can find a soulmate with soul
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is exactly what it claims to be - a site where Black and African-American singles can meet, mingle and search for the person of their dreams. Like other sites operated by Utah-based Mingle Match ( and ), is profanity-free and very friendly. is definitely a site worth checking out for anyone looking for friendship or a relationship with an African American single.
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CamContacts brings people together from all over the world, exhibitionists and voyeurs alike
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is a friendly, easy-to-navigate adult dating site, designed for webcam live chats (webcam not necessary on your end), provided by individual chat hosts who charge by the minute or hour to do what you want them to do.
Most of what is offering is in the adult dating arena (most popular X-rated categories are here, including gay, lesbian, kinky and group), so those of you looking for a dating service won't find much except some cheap thrills. Free software for ' video chat sessions is provided and installs quickly and painlessly.
' design is bright and sleaze-free, management is friendly and responsive and, if adult dating is what you're after, this is a nice environment to do it in. Just don't expect to be the place to find a nice girl (or boy) to bring home to Mom.
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Helping love blossom
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offers a very personalized Asian marriage service as well as an Asian dating service that is sometimes thought of as a mail-order bride service, but in fact is nothing like the old fashion service at all. Lovely Asian women publish their picture ads on the website and the matchmaking is based on the compatibility of the physical and personal traits of the members. ' success rate for couples is quite impressive. Since 1974, over 50,000 Asian couples have met and matched for love and marriage and shared their Asian values with each other. has been getting love right for over three decades. offers Asian chat rooms, private tours and fiance and marriage visa services, making possible the realization of the Asian matrimonial dream. If you are Asian exudes a time-tested fragrance that draws the bee to love's honeyed nectar.
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Share Jesus and a cup of joe on this user-friendly CyberStarbucks for Christian singles
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An attractive Christian dating site for true believers in mixing romance and religion, is designed to be a CyberStarbucks for heterosexual Christian singles looking for that special someone. There seem to be tons of members on , but the management is a little defensive about why you have to contribute to the offering plate ("We doubt you work for free - we don't either and neither do our suppliers!!!" Sorrrrry!). Registration is free and so is the 7-day trial period, which allows you to build a fairly extensive dating profile, enter chat rooms and browse all members' profiles. You just can't exchange private contact info without a paid membership, which they remind you about at every turn (don't even TRY to sneak your email address into your profile, mister!). You can extend the free trial by a few days if you upload photos of yourself or coerce friends to sign up on (they'll even send you fliers you can print and pass out at church). After the free trial is up, however, it's farewell and Amen, 'cause you're tossed out of this congregation.
is one of the better-designed Christian dating sites with a fresh, young feel, but heaven help you if you're not prepared to pay up for membership.
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Serious fun for serious Christians
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is a Christian dating site designed for those whose ideal relationship consists of three people - a man, a woman and Jesus. With all the bells and whistles of a secular dating site - chat, message boards, mail service, even a fun Color Personality Profile Quiz and a Christian Travel service - provides plenty of romantic opportunities for people who are looking for "God-Centered" matches with singles who "Serve God first, then Yourself." (Provided, of course, that those singles are heterosexual. The site's Help section advises those searching for Same-Sex Matching to check Google!) Okay, so is not for everyone. But if you fit the profile, you're bound to find a lot of other Christian dating profiles that fit you, thanks to a fairly comprehensive questionnaire that takes into account things like your politics (most members are Conservative), intelligence, fashion sense and many likes and dislikes, including your favorite Bible verse (and why it's your favorite). has the added bonus of the "Ideal Match" service, notifying members whenever a man or woman who meets their profile signs on. Judging from the posted testimonials, the site seems to take great pride in the number of happy Christian marriages it has facilitated. Or, as one member put it, "It is amazing how God uses a website to bring soulmates together!" Amen!
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Simple, effective, fun networking for the single Christian
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For over four years, has had as its mission to bring together Christian singles with shared interests and values. Users who share in this mission can do a "QuickMatch" to find other members who might be suitable for them, as well as a more advanced "SoulmateSearcher," which allows you to search by selected criteria. Designed mostly for the traditional heterosexual Christian single, does not require you to be of a specific denomination or belief system. Rather, it just seems to ask of users a general faith in God. is very loose with how much you want to share in your profile and, in general, it seems to be one of the more relaxed among the Christian dating sites.
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Diverse range of colleges and coeds
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Another niche site owned by MatchNet, combines the same standard features of many of its other dating sites, with a few additional questions that allow you to tailor your search to particular areas of the country or college campuses. is obviously a US-based site, but it has a surprisingly diverse membership from campuses across the country, as well as a few in Canada and overseas. The college-aged membership is just over 500,000 and has grown at a steady, if not breakneck, pace.
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A minimalist cookie-cutter matchmaking site from the folks at Relationship Exchange, a division of Vintacom Media Group Inc.
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It's love corporate-style at , one of a series of similar dating sites (there's also , among others) run by a Canadian-based company, Relationship Exchange. While some dating sites overwhelm you with extras, there is absolutely NO danger of that happening at , which you can quickly figure out when you see there are only two things listed under "Special Features." Sign-up is free and fast; you're only required to answer basic multiple choice questions (most of which you can opt out of) and two short essay questions that boil down to "Who are you?" and "Who do you want?" You then pick if you're interested in dating, romance and/or intimate relationships. You can't initiate contact unless you become a paid Premium Membership. From there, you can do the usual QuickSearch or a more detailed search, see who's online, respond to IM's from other members, and...and...watch the pretty pictures of models go by! Oh, there is a (yes, one) dating tip near the bottom of the screen. There seems to be a decent pool of singles to choose from here - but itself has the personality of a dentist's office.
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Relationship exchange site tied to other sites
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is an online dating site with a membership of about 2 million, based partly on its affiliation with other online dating sites through a program called the Relationship Exchange (RE). While it is difficult to know for sure, it appears that is a sort of "turn-key" site - it runs smoothly, but the management is done by the central group, Relationship Exchange.
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Date.com offers evenly balanced male and female memberships
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Founded in 1997 (they launched on Valentine's Day - a nice touch), currently has over 2 million members (or 5 million, depending on whether you read their information page or their ads) and claims to be adding new members at a rate of 250,000 per month. With a membership featuring 55% men and 45% women, has an unusually balanced demographic as far as the male/female ratio -- one that isn't much different from the real single population. 's age groups are evenly spread as well, with 30% ages 20-29, 30% ages 30-39, 30% ages 40-49 and most of the rest aged 50 and over.
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Streamlined, basic, no-frills site
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is a United Kingdom-based dating site with over 1.1 million members, primarily in the UK. The second highest member count is in North America. is streamlined and basic, with no frills. In fact, their corporate information comes right out and states that it isn't meant to be anything other than a basic, straightforward site that "does away with gimmicks such as free trials, nicknames and un-moderated chatrooms." Translated, offers only browsing and anonymous email boxes.
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Where online dating is most real, fun and effective
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offers the chaste singles and the naughty ones a friendly, comfortable environment for finding and initiating romance, love, relationship, and sex (not necessarily in that order). The only drawback to 's status as an otherwise undisputed five-star online dating site is its parent company's woefully low profile (this reviewer is reluctant to wholeheartedly recommend something from a company that cannot be easily verified).
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The best of all worlds - great site design, access to millions of members, affordable membership prices.
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has the distinct advantage of being part of the Relationship Exchange network of online dating sites. The benefit for its members? Access to the three million membership database on their various online dating sites. Vintacom Media Group, the company behind Relationship Exchange, has a proven track record for creating quality online environments, and is no exception. Nice site design, interesting articles, eclectic members, and the opportunity to search for men and women within three communities - dating, romance, intimate encounters - make an enjoyable and cost-effective experience.
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eharmony offer personality profile soul-matching
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is advertised as a personals site that is about finding a "soul mate," not e-mail pals, chat room friends or casual dates. Not a personals site in the traditional sense, has nothing to do with browsing through hundreds or thousands of photographs or reading brief profiles. is based on an extensive personality survey that is designed to not only match you with other members, but actually give you a detailed personality profile that outlines various aspects of your own personality, covering such details as how you react to stressful situations, what you seek from others, your most deep-seated anxieties and how you perceive yourself and others.
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