I spend a lot of time checking out match dating services online. I started about ten years ago, so I have signed up for a lot and checked out a whole lot more, so I am something of an authority on the subject.
I’ve picked three sites I would recommend to anyone looking for love – or looking to find friends in a new town or city.
My first choice is Chemistry.com. This is a match dating service a bit like Perfectmatch.com (see below). It’s a sister site of the massive Match.com. The difference here is that the personality test you take has been developed by a biological anthropologist, Dr Helen Fisher, who has also spent many years exploring the subject of how and why we fall in love. The test is free, and it’s attracted a lot of media attention. Many find that this test produces people who really do match their personality – which after all is what a match dating service should be all about, right? Check these sites out and see which works for you, and then sign up for just one. Subscription for Chemistry.com is the same at $25 to $30 per month.

If you’re not so into the whole ‘semantics of romantics’ I recommend Friendfinder.com. Friendfinder.com is a big and well known match dating service that takes a much more relaxed approach to the whole subject of finding the one you love. Right from the get go you can check for guys or girls in your area for free and see if there’s anyone that takes your fancy. If you do, just sign up and dive in. Friendfinder.com is the match dating service that is good for meeting new people when you’re in a new city. You can even just link up to make friends. With 3 million members, there’s a good chance you might meet a couple of worthwhile people. Again, the subscription is $25 to $30 per month.

Third there is Perfectmatch.com. Perfectmatch.com can find you your perfect match provided you take the time to complete its fairly in-depth personality test. This match dating service assumes you are taking the whole business of meeting your match as seriously as they are, so they recruited top psychologist Dr. Pepper Schwartz to prepare a lengthy test which is not optional. If you want to be part of the site you gotta work through it, which is no bad thing because it forces you to focus. Once you do they will match you with people that are compatible with you. This is not random, it’s based on 75 different factors, so it’s quite precise. If you want to reduce the chances of incompatibility in your match dating service, I recommend Perfectmatch.com. It costs around $25 to $30 per month to sign up, and I figure your love life has to be worth that much.