Awards

Recipient
PerfectMatch.com

The Editor's Top Pick - Innovative Award recipient for 2010 is PerfectMatch.com. We found that they were the dating site which had risen above others by offering more new and updated features for their service which make it even easier for PerfectMatch.com members to meet and communicate with each other.

Some of the new features were as simple as allowing members to express if they liked a certain part of a members profile and/or photos. They could also explain why they liked it by choosing from a list of predefined statements. This feature gives members a good way to break the ice since a message is sent to the other member, telling them of the connection. The initial communication with someone can be one of the toughest things to do on a dating site. Having a feature like this shows that PerfectMatch.com understands what members may need to help start jump start communication. Other new tools in 2010 include "Compare Us" and a News Activity feed. "Compare Us" offers a side by side comparison of your profile and your potential matches making it easy to see what works and if any deal breakers exist. The News feed updates members on their homepage with all of the latest actions of their matches. This includes things like any communication you have received, to your profile getting bookmarked.

Another unique dating tool PerfectMatch started offering was video profiles through Dating on Demand. This allowed members to be featured on TV across the United States through Cox and Comcast Digital cable. For members to participate all they needed to do was attend a free Perfectmatch / Dating On Demand video event (held in major cities). A professional crew at these events will tape your 2 to 5 minute interview of you answering questions about who you are and the type of person you are looking for. If you are unable to attend the event PerfectMatch.com members also have the option to send in their own videos.

PerfectMatch.com is a full featured dating service. In 2010 they continued to innovate and improve their dating site making it the winner of this year's award and a dating site worth checking out.

Read our review of PerfectMatch.com for more information about this online dating service.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: Match.com

Recipient
eHarmony

The Editor's choice for the Top Pick - Match System Award goes to eHarmony. It is no surprise that eHarmony continues to win this award with the amount of effort and research they continue to invest into their matchmaking system. It is the only dating company that we know of which spends $3 million annually on research in matchmaking.

eHarmony turned 10 in 2010 and to help celebrate this milestone they released a new Harris Interactive study. The study found that on average 542 eHarmony members get married every day in the United States. This number has more than doubled from their previous study that was released in 2007. This means in 1 year over 98,000 couples who met on eHarmony got married. This works out to almost 5 percent of all the people who got married that year in the United States.

All this is good news for singles looking for a long-term relationship and who like the idea of being matched not only on the basic profile attributes like location and interests, but personality as well.

Read our review of eHarmony for more information about this dating service or visit eHarmony directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: Chemistry

Recipient
SeniorPeopleMeet.com

SeniorPeopleMeet.com is the recipient of the 2010 Editor's Top Pick - Senior Award. This dating service continued to grow throughout 2010 and has remained one of the most popular services for singles over the age of 45. On average close to 60,000 visitors check out this site every day. All this traffic has made SeniorPeopleMeet.com into a fun and exciting dating community with members who truly are looking for the love of their life.

SeniorPeopleMeet.com is easy to use. It takes just 2 minutes to create your basic profile. Once completed you then can start searching for matches and communicating with any potential dates. All the features are straight forward and simple on the website and if you do run into any problems, then their help system is just one click away.

So, if you are unsure about which dating site to try that caters to mature singles, SeniorPeopleMeet.com should go to the top of your list to try out.

Read our review of SeniorPeopleMeet.com for more information about this dating service or visit Senior People Meet directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: Lavalife Prime

Recipient
ChristianCafe.com

The recipient of the 2010 Editor's Top Pick - Christian Award is the dating service ChristianCafe.com. Unlike other similar niche dating sites this one is owned and operated by Christians. This gives the service unique insight to what members of the Christian faith are looking for in other singles and what personality traits and interests are most important. This Christian dating service is popular not only in the United States but Canada as well. With 12 years now in operation ChristianCafe.com has proven that they know the right way to run a successful dating service.

So what happened in 2010 at ChristianCafe? The homepage received a makeover along with some new questions being added to the profile. Along with the same update, members are now able to hide their profile from appearing on the "Who's Viewed Me" list of other members. ChristianCafe.com also has embraced the mobile smartphone. Dating applications for the iPhone, iPad and Android phones where all released in 2010. These applications allow members to use most of the functionality available on the website but from anywhere their phone has service. This includes profile editing, viewing, searching and communication.

Read our review of ChristianCafe.com for more information about this dating service or visit Christian Cafe directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: ChristianMingle.com

Recipient
RSVP

This is the second year for the Editor's Top Pick - Australian Award. The winner of the award this year (2010) is RSVP. Australia's number one most visited dating site got even busier in 2010. Now on average over 1,200 singles join the site every day and its membership base has now reached 1.6 million members. According to an their own internal statistics, RSVP is responsible in matching eight percent of all current long term relationships in Australia and three percent of marriages in the country. It is the place where 1 in 10 Australian couples meet.

There are several different membership types available at RSVP. You have the free standard RSVP membership which allows you to send emails to paid members, RSVP Priority that allows you to send email to all members, and RSVP Private which gives you even greater control over your profile. If that is not enough they have MyType which is a private and guided online dating experience where they will supply you will highly compatible matches.

If you are looking for a popular online dating site for Aussie singles then RSVP.com.au should definitely be on your list to check out.

Read our review of RSVP for more information about this dating service or visit RSVP directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: eHarmony

Recipient
Lavalife

Lavalife is based in Toronto, the largest city in Canada. With their location comes the expertise of what Canadian singles want in a dating service. And, they deliver, which results in this service being very popular with single's from all over the country. This is the main reason why for 2010 the Editor's Top Pick - Canadian Award goes to Lavalife.

Lavalife went through a major update this year. The entire website was completely revamped with a new look and interface. They have included new web technologies that allow only part of the page that needs to change to update which means the entire page doesn't have to reload anymore. This allows for a smoother experience and allows them to include dating tools like the instant messenger right in the web page. This is ideal since it means all your information is on one page and you do not have to switch tabs or look for another window that has your instant messenger on it. It is the small details like this that when you put them all together make up a great dating service.

The 2010 Top Pick - Canadian site, Lavalife, is a great place to start for a Canadian single who is interested in experiencing the world of online dating.

Read our review of Lavalife for more information about this dating service or visit Lavalife directly.

This Year's Runner Up for this award is: eHarmony