Awards

In our newest dating niche category, the Editor's Top Pick - Wealthy award for a dating site goes to MillionaireMatch.com. This category became very popular this year which has seen a fair number of similar dating sites launched recently. From what we can tell MillionaireMatch.com is the oldest and was first launched in 2001. The helps explains why MillionaireMatch.com has such a large number of members for a dating site in the Wealthy/Sugar Daddy category. From comparison searches on competing dating sites MillionaireMatch.com seems to have the best selection of members. What else makes this online dating service stand out? Lets find out:

• Having a verified millionaire logo for members who prove that they meet the criteria.
• A lot of these type of sites tend to be just for wealthy men looking for a woman, MillionaireMatch.com is also for the wealthy woman looking for a man.
• Real member blogs which paid and free members can view. These blogs are very popular and allows you to see the person beyond the profile. It also gives a good idea on how well MillionaireMatch.com works right from the keyboard of actual members.
• MillionaireMatch.com has been mentioned in a positive manner in such well known publications as Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.

Currently if you are looking for someone to be your sugar daddy or mama, or you are the wealthy single who wishes to share it with someone special then MillionaireMatch.com is our number one choice for our wealthy category of dating services. Members are accepted from every country but this site is most popular in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

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

This Years Runner Ups for this award include (in no particular order): Sugardaddie.com and WealthyMen.com.

Our choice for this years Top Pick - Canadian Award for a dating site is Lavalife. This Canadian owned and operated dating service first got it's start as a Teleclassifieds in Toronto and the quickly moved to become Telepersonals in 1988. By 2001 the company had changed its name to Lavalife and expanded it's target audience to not only in Canada but in the United States and Australia as well. Since then it has become the most popular paid online dating service in Canada and one of the more popular choices in the United States (based on several ranking systems, including Hitwise). Of all our reviewed dating services, Lavalife has, by far, the most Canadian Members.

With 20 years in the personals business, Lavalife has the experience to deliver an excellent matchmaking opportunity to its members. One of the unique features with Lavalife is the ability to create up to 3 different profiles. One for each of the following dating relationship communities: Casual Dating, Relationship and Intimate Encounters. This allows Lavalife members to receive 3 services in one. Where a lot of other dating site companies tend to create 3 different sites so they can charge members 3 different times. Another major feature of Lavalife is the ability to reply to emails as a free member, this means if someone spots your profile when you are using a trial membership and they send you a message, you are able to reply. Most sites don't allow any type of communication unless you are a full member.

Lavalife has put a lot of effort into updating their site recently with a new interface and tweaking of features (chatting, instant messenger) to make using the dating site easier for singles. As competition in the dating industry remains tough, Lavalife has stayed on top by offering a dating service that works!

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

This Years Runner Ups for this award include (in no particular order): Date.ca and Canadian Personals.

We have just annouced our first Award in this years Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards. The award which is announced is our Editor's Top Pick Over All dating service. This is the Editor's highest award. In the coming days and weeks we will be releasing the names of our other award winners in some dating categories along with the top award (which is decided by you by the poll on our home page), the Single's Choice Award.

For more information on this award, who won and the reason why, read 2007 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards - Over All.

Update - More Awards have now been announced, check our Awards topic for more information.

First we wish to congratulate Match.com for winning our Editor's Top Pick - Over All, Award. It was a tough decision with so many good dating services available to choose from in our reviews. In the end, Match.com stood out. There are several reasons for this:

• First off, one of the main reasons is the general popularity of Match.com. Combined with their years of experience in the dating business, an excellent feature rich site and well placed advertising, single men and woman have been flocking to this online dating service not only in North America but in Europe as well.
• I don't plan on going over all the dating features of Match (you can read our review for that) but one which stands out is matchMobile. While not the first in the dating industry to allow members to use there dating membership with cell phones, with a recent update to matchMobile it has become one of the best mobile phone dating services. With more and more people using cell phones and with them becoming more powerful, the mobile phone dating services are predicted to explode in popularity over the next several years.
• Make Love Happen Guarantee, is the first dating service guarantee that I have heard of. It shows Match.com is confident in their service and is willing to back it up with a guarantee. If in the first 6 months of your membership you don't meet someone special, then Match will give you the next 6 months for free. The terms for this guarantee are not too bad either. The main condition to be eligible is, you must contact at least 5 different members each month. This is to show you are at least participating and trying to find someone. While not a money back guarantee it is a step in the right direction and as other dating sites start to offer something similar I am sure these types of guarantees will get better and better.
• The last point which made Match.com our Over All Top Pick was their recent site redesign and ad campaign. The new interface is very slick and modern looking. Plus, they incorporate actual members into their ads and entrance web pages, not just young good looking generic models. The new trend in dating sites lately has been to use implied sex in ads to try and lure singles to join.

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

This Years Runner Ups for this award include (in no particular order): PerfectMatch, eHarmony and Yahoo! Personals.

Our official Press Release is out now regarding this years choice reward. Here is a copy of it:


DatingSitesReviews.com, a popular online reviews site for dating services, announces its annual "Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards". The DSR Choice Awards reflects outstanding service in 2007 by online dating sites in several Top Pick Categories. This is the first year for the awards.

The top award is the Single's Choice Award, which is voted on by the public at our website. Voting is well underway. Each person who casts a vote must do so for one of the 8 preselected dating services. The dating services selected for this poll are some of our most popular reviews as well as dating sites on the internet.

Some of our other categories include Top Picks for singles in the following dating niches, Christian, Seniors, Marriage Minded, Canadian and the UK. The dating services who receive an award in these categories are selected by our Editor. The decision is based in part on general popularity among singles, the moral of the members on the site and any new and useful features the dating site has implemented in the past year.

The Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards will be announced, starting mid November, 2007.

For further information on the Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards, visit DatingSitesReviews.com or contact Tom via the Contact Us form on the website.

About DatingSitesReviews.com

Founded in 2003, DatingSitesReviews.com (http://www.datingsitesreviews.com) has become one of the leading online dating reviews sites on the internet. Not only does DatingSitesReviews.com offer their own reviews of all the popular dating services, they allow visitors to post their own ratings and reviews as well. A dating news blog and a busy forum are also available for visitors to read and post their own questions and comments related to dating.

I see are poll regarding the Single's Choice Award is moving along nicely with a total of 146 votes at the moment. It's now time to figure out what the categories will be for the 2007 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards.

The most important category is the Single's Choice Award since it is voted on by you. Included in the poll are the 8 most popular reviews and dating services to choose from. See the 2007 Dating Sites Reviews Singles Choice Award Poll to cast your vote.

The Dating Award Categories for the Editor's Choice Awards are:

• Top Pick - Over All
• Top Pick - Innovative
• Top Pick - Match System
• Top Pick - Christian
• Top Pick - Senior
• Top Pick - Canadian
• Top Pick - Wealthy
• Top Pick - Sexy

The Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards will be an annual event. Currently only sites which are reviewed on this site by us will be considered, though this may change in future years. When completed the Awards will be listed along with the reasons why the dating service won for the particular Dating Award Category. When I consider a site for an award I will be looking at several characteristics. These include:

• General popularity in the category being considered.
• Are most members happy with the dating site?
• Is the dating service looking towards the future, with new and useful features?
• Would I recommend this site over others in this niche?

A dating service may be awarded in more than one category. Please comment on this article if you have any suggestions you would like to make.

Related items: News - 2007 Dating Sites Reviews Choice Awards, Poll - Singles Choice Award.