Free dating sites

In today's society online dating websites are becoming more and more popular. In fact when you are watching television you can't help but notice that there are more and more commercials advertising the dating websites that require you to pay a membership fee. But it also seems that with these online dating websites they are always giving you a free trail offer for a certain period of time. But why should you pay for these membership fees when there are actually online dating sites that are entirely free.

The biggest problem is that some of the online dating websites only offer a portion of their services for free. But the good news is that as online dating websites are becoming more and more popular more companies are creating dating sites that give you free access to all of their features that means everything on their website is entirely free. The biggest problem that you are going to face when it comes to these online websites is finding the right one for your needs.

Here are some reviews of some of the free dating sites that you can choose from.

OkCupid

This is a totally free matching service, but not only that it is also fun, interactive and very entertaining. The website claims to be very accurate as long as you are honest when you are filling out your membership profile. But not only that you also need to know what it is you want when signing up so it can find your best matches.

Membership includes

• 100% free. Every aspect of this website is free of charge. There are no extra charges for additional features and no hidden fees.
• Gives you access to all of the tools, quizzes and matching features after you sign up. The best part is that signing up on the website only takes about 30 seconds.
• Offers you instant matching, also called "QuickMatch", the ability to see where you and another person actually match up, and your friends have the chance to tag your profile with recommendations.
• Also offers you a list of other users who are similar to yourself and the chance to create questions for other users to answer. All of this is in addition to the basic features that most dating sites give their members, such as emails, instant messaging, photo galleries and search functions.

 Unique features 

• Complex matching system that allows the members of the website to create quizzes and tests on a wide variety of topics, there are probably thousands of topics that you can create things about 
• The matching is not based strictly on dating potential. The website also pairs you up with people on a friend or enemy basis. This is based on information that you entered in when you first joined the website. 
• OkCupid is also fully integrated with Facebook. This allows the members to place their entire OkCupid profile or the answers to any of their dating quizzes on the Facebook page. 
• Enables the use of something that is called a stalker feature. What this does is it allows you to see who has looked at your profile recently. But the good news about this feature is that unlike other dating websites you can turn the option on or off depending on your personal preferences. 
• Best thing about this website is that there are very few ads on the entire website. This is different from other free sites because they are usually covered with ads. 
• A unique feature called "FlagMod" allows you to look at pictures that other members have found inappropriate and allows you to decide if the photos should be removed.

Casual Kiss

This is one of the older dating websites out there, at one point they charged a small fee to join the website and use some of the features but currently they are back to offering free memberships. 

Membership includes 

• 100% free but there are warnings throughout the website that in the future they might charge a small fee to use the services. If this ever does happen it will be 14.95 a year or $5 a month for full access. 
• You get access to dating personals, dating clubs, local dating events and information on who is celebrating birthdays that day 
• You can also access the "Confessions" section. This is where members can admit their most treasured secrets to other people and everybody is welcome to leave comments. But you can also access the blogs, message boards, dreams, horoscopes and dating advice sections 
• Have access to features like Hot or Not, where you can judge other members pictures on a scale of 1 to 10. You can also get video messaging, voice messaging, and access to member's photo albums. 
• Some of the interactive features that you get in your membership include who's seen me, who's interested, blogs I'm mentioned on, my voyeurs, my secret crush and other information based on what people have to say or think about you and your profile. 

Unique features 

• These features are always being changed and updated to make the better and more unique to this website alone, which is one of the best things you can always find something new and different on the website. 
• Can change the look and color scheme on the website based on your personal preferences 
• Can join in the chat room, which in addition to having text chat also includes webcam chat. You get to experience the chat room with users from all over the world 
• Has a networking feature that is very similar to Facebook or MySpace 
• You can use a one-click search feature that allows you to find members who are just looking for a one night stand. But on the website it is described as people who are looking for a quick date in the next 24 hours 
• Get voting privileges so you can vote on Member of the Week and Hot or Not, no limit to how many people you can vote for either for Hot or Not. 
• Gives you a feature that allows you to see who has been looking at your profile in the recent past, it is called a voyeuring feature. 
• Gives you the chance to blog, post a photo diary or send eCards to other members.

 Plenty of Fish

This website is very plain looking, it doesn't have all of the attractions that other websites have. But despite how simple the website looks it is very easy to use because it is extremely effective and very functional. 

Membership includes 

• 100% free there are no extra charges to access any of the features that this website offers. And there is no hint or warning that they might start charging for use any time in the future. 
• This has a very fast sign up time, probably the fastest sign up time of any dating website. The reason for this is that most of the questions can actually get deferred until later 
• You will get access to instant messaging, smiles, compatibility testing and matching, photo rating systems and general dating and geographic forums and much more. 
• You can see who has looked at your profile and you can also ban certain types of users from contacting you. For example people looking for marriage or from a certain part of the world. 
• You can also add people to your personal favorites list 

Unique features 

• The best part about this site is the forums that they have for their members to access. In fact many profiles will contain the option that the members are just there for the forums. 
• Many members of this dating website arrange meet and greets for everyone to attend, which works great depending on what area you are in and if they meet and greet is close enough for you to attend. But many members also organize events. All of this stuff can be found in the forums area. 
• You also have access to a unique list that is called "who loves me". Basically this list is a collection of people who have added you to their favorites. 
• You can search for people by the University that they previously attended, which no other dating website has. 
• A great security feature is that you have the ability to see if someone has read your email and if they have deleted it or even if they did both. But as of right now it cannot tell you who has read your email or even deleted it.

Just keep in mind that this is only a sample of the top free dating websites that are available for you to choose from. Do your research and make sure that you pick the one that best meets your needs by offering the features that you will use.