Dating Services

The dating site Plenty Of Fish or POF.com as they like to be called now is the recipient of the Editor's Top Pick - Free Award. The site has millions of members and has on average 30,000 new people joining every day. It is by far the largest free dating site on the internet and the amount of different types of single people you can meet on this service is huge.

2011 was a big year for POF. One of the main complaints about the service before was the look and feel of the website. Well this changed in 2011 with a completely redesign site. While the colors did not change much the new layout portrays POF as a much more modern and professional service. The instant messaging service was also retooled and reintroduced in 2011 (the chat system was dropped surprisingly in 2009 for some reason). Plenty of Fish also is now available in 4 languages. Besides English, French, Spanish and German versions is offered. Finally the POF dating app received a number of updates throughout the year and is now available not only for the iOS, but Android and Windows 7 now.

The one dating site everyone checks out is POF.com. It offers enough free features that members can browse, connect and communicate with other members without paying a cent (there are additional paid features available). If you are new to the world of online dating, you should definitely check them out.

Read our review of Plenty Of Fish for more information about this online dating service or visit Plenty of Fish directly.

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

Britain's Got Talent auditions are currently being taped and for one dating site, it's talent for matching was shown. The panel of 4 judges, including Simon Cowell, were joking with a contestant couple who performed with a piano. One judge made a reference to Simon's recent breakup with his finance. The couple then mentioned that they had met on the dating site ChristianCafe.com. The same judge then told Simon he should maybe try out the website.

This Britain's Got Talent episode has been reported to be airing in March of 2012.

For more on this story you can read the Mirror. To find out more about the dating site mentioned in this article you can read our review of ChristianCafe.com.

The Editor's Top Pick - Australian Award for 2011 goes to RSVP. RSVP has been in the dating business for more than 15 years and has 1.6 million members.

RSVP continues to update their service to make dating and meeting new people easy for members. Interest groups have been introduced which allows members to join different groups that relate to many different interests and hobbies. This can range from dating to gadgets, and sports to books. If you have an interest, I am sure RSVP will have a group that you can join which will have many active members. Once in a group you can post a topic and have other members comment on it. From within the group you will also find it easy to search the members based on location, age and gender. RSVP also released an iPhone app this year which allows you to search and communicate with members while you are on the go. Most dating features of the RSVP website are accessible through their dating app.

RSVP.com.au is one of the most popular dating sites in Australia. It is free to browse members so there is no cost for you to create a quick profile to find if there is anyone of interest in your area.

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

POF reported on their blog that it was a good year for the dating site. They said that it nearly double in size (I am assuming here that they mean the number of members in their database) and that they hit a record of 50 thousand signups in a single day earlier this month.

Other big moments in 2011 for POF were:

• POF is now available in multiple languages
• Hired Administrators and a Tech Team
• Created a new POF chat system (designed in house)
• Name changed from Plenty of Fish to POF
• Site Redesigned
• New POF Apps for Mobile

For more information you can check out the POF blog and to find out more about this dating service you can read our POF review.

The Editor's Top Pick - United Kingdom Award for 2011 goes to Match.com UK. According to a recent blind survey Match.com is responsible for more relationships and marriages in the United Kingdom than any other online dating service.

Match.com in the UK allows members to connect online in more ways. Besides through the Match.com web site on your computer or mobile phones internet browser they support 4 different mobile dating applications. Match.com dating apps are available for the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia & Symbian. These apps offer most features of the website including creating/updating your profile, searching, search by location, browsing members, viewing photos, and sending winks. If you are a paid subscriber you can also send and receive messages.

It is free to look on Match.com so if you are single and from the UK, why don't you create your own profile and find other people interested in starting a relationship in your area.

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

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

The recipient of the Editor's Top Pick - Sexy Award is Passion.com. This adult dating service is an ideal place for men and women to meet and hookup. Passion.com currently has over 40 million profiles of members from all over the world including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. They are also popular in many other countries in Europe, Asia and South America.

Members of Passion.com are never bored. Besides the normal features that most dating sites offer like searching, emailing and live chat, Passion.com goes a step further and offers features like blogs and groups. These interest groups allows members to create/participate in online discussions about a variety of topics. The great thing about these groups is that they bring like-minded members together. With this in mind Passion.com has made it easy to search members of groups based on location, gender, last visited and other important attributes. There are over 150 thousand groups with a few of them having over 100 thousand members.

If you are looking for a dating service with millions of members and lots of active members online at any one time looking for a discreet hookup, then you should consider joining Passon.com. It is free to create a profile, search and reply to paid members messages.

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

There was no runner up in 2011 for this award.