Dating Services

E Harmony has taken a lot of flack lately regarding their dating site not allowing gay singles to join. The recent settlement about eHarmony violating the New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination has only fuelled the flames. A large number of newspaper articles and blogger posts support the gay activists in which they have the right to use the dating service. Here are a few posts which take the stand on the other side of the argument.

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article called EHarmony settlement erodes everyone's freedom. Their main point is, E Harmony just didn't provide the service in which Eric McKinley (the plaintiff of the settlement) wanted, male to male matching. The author goes on and points out this would be like someone suing an Asian grocery store for religious discrimination, for not selling kosher meat

The unofficial eHarmony Blog has a post called From Arjewtino: 7 more lawsuits inspired by the eHarmony case. It is written by a gay author and looks at the case from several different angles. He also pokes fun at the E Harmony case by including 7 sample cases in which other groups of people could sue companies for not providing a certain service.

For more information regarding this dating site, read our eHarmony review.

Recipient
eHarmony

This years Editor's Top Pick - Match System Award goes to a dating site which has produced more than 1 Billion matches, eHarmony. This dating service has continued to grow to become the most popular personality matchmaking system in North America. I am sure this continued growth will follow their newest endeavors in the United Kingdom and Australia. These sites share the similar interface of eHarmony in Canada and the United States but contain modified profile and matching systems based on the cultural differences of each country.

No other dating site that we know of spends 3 million dollars a year on matchmaking research. They currently have 6 PH. D. researches on staff who's full time job is to improve eHarmony's matching algorithms. Each question in their 256 question profile helps determine who is the best match for the member.

Just remember this dating site completely relies on their match system. You cannot search for singles yourself like most other dating sites. This is what makes eHarmony unique. It also means that the matching system must work, and it does! A study by Harris Interactive found in 2007 that eHarmony is responsible for 43,000 marriages in the United States over the past year. This means on average 236 eHarmony members a day get married. No other dating site that has a detailed personality matching system comes close to these numbers.

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

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

Matchmaking service It's Just Lunch released the results of a poll which looks at dating, the economy and the holidays. Over 7,500 people participated in the poll which had 9 questions. Among other things the poll asked singles at what point in the relationship is it appropriate to give a gift and how much should you spend on a gift. 42 percent of voters thought a gift is warranted this holiday season if you have been dating for at least a month and 43 percent of the voters thought this gift should be worth between $25 and $100.

For more information on this matchmaking service, read our It's Just Lunch Review.

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ChristianCafe.com

This years Editor's Top Pick - Christian Award goes to ChrsitianCafe.com. We first reviewed this site in late November 2007 and we liked what we saw. At that time, the review was still considered too new to be included for consideration in the 2007 awards. This year is a different story and the Christian Cafe dating service (which members have shorten to CC) has only improved their service.

This Christian-owned-and-operated dating site is popular in the United States, Canada and has gathered a strong following in the United Kingdom and Australia. I really like how Christian Cafe is run. One of the things I really approve of is when you sign up as a free member you get 10 days of full access to the dating site (except chat rooms). This means you can send/receive emails and send instant messages to members online. All this is done without giving them your credit card. You can't get a much better free membership when trying out a dating service. Most dating sites allow searching and viewing of profiles for free but no real communication. The other thing you will notice is, there is very little advertising on this site. Most dating sites have online ads posted through out their site. The funny things is, these ads are usually asking members to join some other dating service (I always wonder why they advertise their competitors?).

This online dating site is filled with active Christian singles who are easy to find. Just type in your postal/zip code and select the distance potential matches must live within. Every profile lists when the member was last on and you can even search by this attribute. Unlike other dating sites ChristianCafe.com does not pad their membership numbers. If a member hasn't logged in within 90 days the profile is flagged inactive and will not appear in search results. It is also easy to see how many new members join every week. The number appears at the top of the page by the menu bar, which you can click to view and interact with the new member list.

There are bigger general oriented dating sites out there but, none have the quality and quantity of active Christian members as ChristianCafe.com does.

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

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

It looks like PerfectMatch.com will be making an appearance in the new Adam Sandler movie called Paul Blart: Mall Cop which stars Kevin James. Previous films in which Perfect Match was the dating site used in the movie by relationship troubled characters include "Must Love Dogs" and "Failure to Launch". This approach to marketing has been very successful for Perfect Match which few other dating sites have tried. PerfectMatch.com also gets mentioned fairly regularly on TV by such popular shows as Dr. Phil and the Bonnie Hunt Show.

The new movie is due out in mid-January. Visit the official Paul Blart: Mall Cop website for more information on this movie and a preview. Read our PerfectMatch.com Review for more details on this online dating site.

ChristianCafe.com have currently reduce their memberships prices by up to 25% this month for the Christmas season. This means you will receive:

• $10 off a 3 month membership.
• $20 off a 6 month membership.
• $20 off a 12 month membership.

Now is the time to sign up to find Christian singles near you. If you have a friend who you think may be interested in this online dating service, gift memberships are also available. Read our ChristianCafe.com Review for more information on this dating site.