Internet Dating Guide: Reviews of popular online dating sites

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American Singles is here to help you find real people for real relationships, romance, friendships and more. AmericanSingles.com has been on the scene since Internet dating began. With years of experience and happy members getting their friends to join too, AmericanSingles.com has become one of the most popular dating destinations online. Join interactive chat rooms, email potential dates, Instant Message with members, and sort through in-depth member profiles to meet thousands of potential companions. AmericanSingles.com has new singles joining all the time and thousands of people hooking up every day!

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Date.com is a fun, easy and safe way to meet new friends and potential love interests. Launched on Valentine's Day 1997, Date.com bills itself as "the new way to date." Date.com has more than two million male and female users worldwide who enjoy the convenience and safety of meeting new lovers and friends online. In addition to adding 250,000 new profiles per month, Date.com offers relationship advice, flirting tips, online love quizzes and other fun stuff, dating horror stories and success stories. Date.com provides a true community for anyone looking for fun, conversation or even a little romance. Thus far, thousands of couples have begun successful relationships through Date.com, with at least 50 marriages taking place during the past year.

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Chemistry.com (from the team at Match.com) can help you find someone who's looking for the lasting relationship you are. It is Chemistry.com's belief that meaningful relationships are built on two equally important foundations: compatibility and chemistry. Only Chemistry's next-generation system, based on years of research into human attraction and successful relationships, is designed to help you find both of these essential elements. From the moment you first sign in to Chemistry, their advanced matching system begins learning about your preferences and adjusts the matching criteria to better meet your needs. Best of all, Chemistry.com lets you get to know your matches through their step-by-step introduction process where you select the questions and control the pace.

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DatingDirect is a fast, safe, fun and above all highly effective way of meeting your ideal partner. DatingDirect is the UK's largest dating service with over 450,000 active members. Each DatingDirect member has a detailed profile. Established 4 years ago as a place for singles serious about finding a partner, DatingDirect.com does away with gimmicks such as free trials, nicknames and un-moderated chat rooms. All correspondence between members is carried out using DatingDirect's anonymous messaging system ensuring the member's personal details such as their real email address is always kept confidential. All DatingDirect profiles and photographs submitted to the site are reviewed by the dedicated team at DatingDirect to help ensure that only genuine profiles go live on DatingDirect.com. DatingDirect serves its members needs with the best possible online dating service and the highest quality of support.

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Black Singles Connection is a singles online community dedicated to helping African American men and women meet other African American singles in a comfortable online environment. BlackSinglesConnection.com's personals community is a source for creating relationships ranging from companionship to friendship, romance to marriage. Black singles enjoy chat rooms, message boards, photo personals, a photo gallery, anonymous private mailboxes, and much more.