I have read through many of the comments on this forum, and I must say, if the profiles are written as illiterately as many of these comments, it is little wonder that one does not receive a reply.  

Match is simply a marketing tool; you are the product.  If one wants to sell a product, it should be appropriately marketed.  So, I would encourage you to look at your profile, critically...

• Does it show that you put some effort into writing it, or did you just type whatever came to mind?  
• Are your pictures current and clear, showing you doing things other than snapping your reflection in the bathroom mirror?  
• Do your pictures (and profile) reflect you in a manner that represents the kind of partner you wish to attract?  (i.e.: if you want an active partner, but all your pictures are of you lounging on a couch, would an active person really be interested in responding to you)  
• Do not put pictures of your children, grandchildren, animals, vacation scenery, cars, or homes.  The viewer wants to see YOU…we are not there to date your cat or dog.  Additionally, if you aren’t visible, one has to wonder what is being hidden.
• When writing your profile, write positively and in an active voice, rather than passive.  What makes you unique; what lights you up?  Give the reader something on which to comment; for example, if you enjoy concerts, what is it you like about them?
• Tell what you want in a relationship, NOT what you don't.  Accentuate the positive.
• Your profile is representative of your personality.  No one likes a fun sponge, so make your profile light and fun to read, not angry and sarcastic. Engage your reader.
• Use proper grammar: write in paragraphs, not run-on sentences: use punctuation and capitalization: USE SPELL CHECK.

If your writing skills are weak, ask a friend to help.  The quality of your profile and pictures is in direct correlation to the quality and quantity of the responses you will get.  Those few paragraphs and pictures are all you’ve got to compete, so make them strong.

 And finally, be realistic in your expectation of the type and number of response you will get.  If you are 70 years old, don’t expect to attract those that aren’t in AARP yet; if you are overweight and inactive, don’t expect to attract a hottie that runs everyday.  Be realistic. For the best results, market and pursue those most like you….stay in your demographic.

And most importantly, have fun with the process; it will come through in your profile and correspondence. 

It's even more superficial than the bar. You need 2 things to be a successful male on Match (other than looks): An important sounding white collar job title. A matching income. I've known several women who swear by the site (who convicned me to do it), and judging from their match.com found boyfriends, it's not so much about finding someone you connect with, as much throwing darts and trying to hit the guy that best offers some sort of upper middle class yuppie lifestyle for you to jump up to. A certain friend of mine just happened to date a string of lawyers... what a coincidence! I've had much more luck at bars or just everyday life than match.com, it's not worth the effort unless you spout that generic "i'm a successful white guy" kind of stuff on your profile. Go to the mall, grocery store, anywhere and just say hi to someone. It's amazing how you can actually interact with people when you aren't being pre-judged on paper!

I'm going to puke if I read another woman's profile that says she wants a guy that can make her laugh. Then there's always the obligatory pic of them at a baseball or football game with a beer, just to let the guys know they can keep up!

 I very much suspect your sour attitude came through loud and clear on your profile.....which is why you had such poor 'luck'.  You've got to be likeable.....no one wants to hang with a downer.

I SIGHNED UP WITH MATCH.COM.I DONE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND SAID A FEW SENTENCES ABOUT MYSELF,LIKES,DISLIKES ETC.TO THERE CREDIT THEY HAVE MAILED ME SOME STUNNERS IN ABERDEEN AREA..UR BOTH VERY DIFFERENT BUT PHOTOS ARE STUNNING?ANYWAY I CNT GET TO E.MAIL THEM SO THIS SITE IN MY VIEW IS LIKE A FARCE!

This site is extremely slow.  They "read" your emails for your protection.  It can take up to 24 hours to receive an email back!!!!  I'd like quicker response......

 I have not experienced this delay.....  Could it be your service provider?

 Review coming from a male. I'm skeptical about match. Was a member for a year. Paid 3 month plans and a 6 month. Took a break between payments because I started getting skeptical. I think they were sending me emails of "fake" accounts to lure me in so that I would register from my free account whenever I wasn't on a pay plan. I would get 1 or 2 winks every few weeks. (This after being a member for many months with no winks or emails). So I was thinking... "Oh... I got a wink finally? But I have to re-register to see who winked at me." So then, I would renew subscription, and the profile did not exist. Then I would get random winks, and then the profiles didn't seem legit and would the accounts would be cancelled. Another thing that was annoying was their filtering method. I am very open to dating other races. However, match sends emails of women who have no interest in other races. So say I get an email with 12 referrals. You think, "oh cool! Someone might be the one!" Everything looks good... you scroll down more and more... and they just want a white guy. So you email the recommendation anyway, and you won't hear anything back, or you get a nasty message from the girl saying stuff like "Didn't you see my profile? I'm only into (insert race here) guys" Then I look like the idiot who can't read or doesn't care to pay attention. So my beef is... 98% of my emailed referrals that match THINKS I should have, only want white guys. I'm not white! So then I'd have to search for girls who like guys like my race. You can't search for girls specifically looking for your race. Now I know everyone tries to be politically correct and non-discriminatory. But... if a girl isn't looking for let's say... an Indian or Hispanic, then don't send me emails to recommend those girls if I am Indian or Hispanic! Also, you get random single sentence emails saying hi. You respond with a simple "Hi! How are you?"... and then never hear from that person again. (Usually happens with the really hot ones) But their account is still active. Does match make fake automated profiles to keep singles interested enough to keep subscribing? Another lame thing about match... after 30 days, you have NO clue if you had winked at someone already or sent an email to them. So, instead of match saying something like "You already tried to contact or say hi to this person... they don't like you..." Let's say after 7-8 months... you forget you wrote that woman because they changed up their profile a bit or pictures"... and you contact again.. you become the jackass who is just looking for tail online. So then... match charges you EXTRA to see if your email has been read. Great... you have to pay to see if a woman is ignoring you because they are too nice of a person to have to reject you or have the decency to tell you they aren't interested. Also, try getting a hold of their technical staff or provide feedback. And get a copy and pasted robotic email that has nothing to do about answering your question instead. Now I quit match paid subscription, but I left my profile up... and removed my pictures. So I am running off a free account, I get winks all the time. Are they fake? Most annoying thing... I setup an email specifically for billing purposes 5 years ago. Never had a spam problem. The week I register for match (because it involves money) I have an average of 40 spam a week now... Hmmm.... is it coincidence or did match sell my email address? Now I have to setup a new billing email because my previous email turned into a spam-AOL-like account. I really wish I spent my subscription money taking a friend out to a nice plutonic dinner or something instead. At least I could have gotten a great dinner out of it. Very disappointed in match. 1 year, I did go out on 1 date, the girls was great. Gorgeous But didn't work out ultimately romantically. Still friends though.   I would never recommend a single friend to join. 

I am a man who belonged to Match for six months last year and had no luck with it. There are two main problems I encountered. First, the items the site uses to match people are superficial and unilluminating about a person. I often encountered women to whom the site matched me on more than 20 (of 24 possible) items, yet with whom it would have been obvious to a total stranger that I was nothing like in terms of personality, worldview, etc. Second, I found that the only women interested in me were in my area; unfortunately, I was not interested in any of them. I think what is going on here is that many people are signing up in order to meet people in their area. If you happen not to live in a large city, however, the pool of interesting people can be quite small. If people are not willing to have long-distance relationships, then you may find yourself severely limited by your location. I cannot recommend Match on the basis of my experience.

Right like women are 100% of the time true to what the say; if this post isn't the pot calling the kettle black I don't know what is. Let me take you off your high horse...the reason why men are such jerks to women is becasue women have a preexisting sense of entitlement that is unrealistic.

lol...lol...you should be a comedian

Yep, this is a huge problem with Match, but I'm sure brings in millions a month to their business, which bottom line, they are in it to make money and then match people up last. Make sure when you sign up, you make a physical note to yourself to cancel 7 days before the membership expires.

Your full of it..i'm aslo male and dont get winks back or replies from females  i like sometimes but, the competition is tough out there and the women you desire are likely very attractive and get hit on by better looking guys then you so if your not getting attention, may its cause you dont measure up despite your narcistic view of yourself. I found Match to be a very realistic measuring stick on were a person stands on the attraction meter and the type of girls i go out with on here are hit or misses but, i begain to notice the red flags more so i get less misses then before. 

 Something tells me this jerk is probably STILL looking for someone to meet his superficial standards.  If you're a solidly arrogant nine making a lot of money and working out, and some equally superficial woman hasn't snatched you up with her claws yet, your personality must be as much of a turn off as it came across here.  

Match isn't perfect, but a lot of the complaints I see here are because PEOPLE aren't perfect.  It isn't Match's responsibility to make sure you use your head when you are meeting people (although they do recommend it).  If you met someone and he/she screwed you over, that's life.  It sucks, but people like that existed way before Match was even thought of.  I do agree there are some things that could be fixed; I put a free profile up to see how things would go, and I had some emails pretty quickly.  I went ahead and signed up so I could read them, and inevitably it was one line: "Hey, how are you?"  For some people, there's nothing wrong with that, but if that's the most someone can muster up to say, I'm not very interested.  It isn't Match's fault that the sender wrote that, but it would be nice if people could see the email before they subscribed, but had to pay to be able to respond.  However, not that big of a deal, I've gotten some interesting emails as well.  Maybe they'll turn out to be duds, maybe not, but for their part, Match is doing what they said they would do: letting me get in contact with people who seem to have similar interests to mine. 

Your right on the money about your comment regarding low quality of women. Most women on there are older and have kids. Now I realize that there are ALOT of nice, beautiful single mothers out there, but Match.com does not host any of them. Again, I agree with the ration comment as well. There are 7-10 guys per every 1 woman AND the woman is usually not so attractive in the first place.

I'd also like to add that most of the pretty cute - beautiful women profiles are not active! Somehow, they either forgot to manually close out their profile or just don't check. I can't even count how many times I have received a response from some female who tells me about all the hundreds of emails she receives a day from guys, which eventually overwhelms her, thus doesn't check her email anymore.

BOTTOM LINE: You may be able to pick up a few dates from it, but will eventually get frustrated with the lack of quality and ratio that just makes it extremely hard for any guy, including athletic, well put together men such as myself, for any chance at meeting someone of their standards.