In the online dating game, there are two basic services available to you that you can use to find your ideal partner:
 | Online Matchmaking Services |
| Dating Services |
Online Matchmaking Services
On web sites offering this service, you'll have to fill out a form that covers many different areas of your likes, dislikes, preferences, needs, life style...and anything else that the web site owners need to find your perfect match.
When you've completed the form, their computer searches the database to find people who match the criteria that you've selected on your form.
These days, many web sites will email you when new people sign up who match your criteria.
Some of the forms are certainly time consuming to complete but its worth while doing as you only get contacts that specifically match what you want - and the email service certainly saves you time as opposed to having to search through numerous profiles.
Dating Services
Using web sites who offer this service means that you have to search through profiles of people who are listed on their database.
Normally, you put the criteria into the search facility - age, gender, geographical location, etc, that you're looking for, then press 'Search' and you get pages of photos with details of the people.
This method does give you a lot of choice and flexibility - you may spot someone who is strictly outside the criteria that you entered but who you may be interested in meeting anyway.
Web Site Directory
Both of these services cover a multitude of different categories listed in the Directory on this web site.
In the 'Online Dating Directory' on the right you'll see 'matchmaking' and 'dating services' as separate categories under Online Dating Services Sites. This is because they are the primary categories of those sites listed.
Other sites listed in other categories also offer a 'matchmaking' and 'dating services' as part of the total package - from the more traditional 'straight' relationship the the 'adult' oriented sites.
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