Match.com has recently redesigned their site. The last face lift happened around the same time last year (January, 2007). This seems to have become a yearly thing. As mention in a previous story Match.com has lightened things up a bit with a brighter blue background, when compared to the old black one. The new look of Match.com gives it a more metallic feel to it. Each part of the site seemed to be in a block. It reminds me in a way of a content management system.
One of the updated features at Match.com is the Daily 5. Completely unrelated, but when I first saw this, the first thing that came to mind is the cell phone company T-Mobile Fave 5 plan. Anyways, it looks to be basically a rebranding of the matches they use to email out to members. It also seems to display similar search results as a Mutual Matches search. The Daily 5 gets its own web page which members can check every day. From the list of matches, members can specify if the matched member sparks their interest or not. If it doesn't the profile will not appear in their Daily 5 anymore. If it does spark an interest, an introduction email will be sent out. According to Match.com, the Daily 5 will learn from your "Spark Interests" answers and produce better results in the next Daily 5.
Another new feature at Match.com is Smart Search. It finds matches based on words or phrases you enter. Smart Search bases its search results on any MatchWords, the user name and any text in another member's profile. You also include the gender you are seeking and a zip or postal code. I wish Smart Search was smart enough to default the gender and zip code with the information from my profile. Every search I did I had to refill it in. I did like the popular searches being displayed for Smart Search, it gave me some ideas on what else to search for.
For more information on this dating site, read our Match.com Review.
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