My Top 10 Dating Sites (rated Dec. 2007)

1. eHarmony
2. Match.com
3. Friend Finder
4. Yahoo! Personals
5. Perfect Match
6. MatchMaker.com
7. American Singles
8. Chemistry.com
9. Date.com
10. Great Expectations

You research when you buy a car. You research a house. You ask questions, read whatever material you can find and determine if it is worth proceeding. Now, factor in that we all long to feel love and to be loved. Doesn’t it make sense to find out as much as you can about all reasonably possible options, search to the most extensive, thorough measures that you can when you’re looking for someone to spend the rest of your life with?

Don’t mistake our stance. Sometimes true love, The One, just comes along and you know it. The supermarket, church, a ball game. You find each other, and that should be treasured as the fantastic fortune it is. But finding love is hard. And here at DatingSiteGuru.com, our mission is simple: To make it easier.

Ask yourself this: Should love be left to chance? This is the rest of your life we’re talking about, so why sit on the sidelines and hope something falls into your lap that coerces you to being reactive, when you can be proactive and look for who you want based on what you want – right now?

Our main site reviewer found his wife of five years online. They lived four miles away from each other in towns the other had passed through hundreds of times. They never would have met, never would have had this love that has yielded three beautiful children. Four miles…and circumstance. The realization that the love of your life could be that close, or even closer, is what has diminished the stigma of Internet dating sites. Love stories from across the country are fantastic, but they aren’t the core of Internet dating. No, the focus is the person right there under your nose who you would never know otherwise but is the right person for you.

So what do we give you? We’ve reviewed many of the top Web sites – from five-star scientific matching sites like EHarmony and Match.com to alternate lifestyle sites such as Gay.com; ethnic sites such as AsiaFriendFinder.com to religious dating sites like BigChurch.com – and broken down what they offer, for how much and we explain why there are (or aren’t) worth your time.

What is DatingSiteGuru? It’s how to tell a commitment-oriented vs. a casual dating site (more female members generally mean more long-term focus), what features the site offers (from scientific focus at PerfectMatch.com to online magazines at Date.com or active message boards at JDate.com), or a glimpse at membership before you even venture in (traits of members are verified at WealthyMen.com or insightful written profiles at Chemistry.com). It’s what to look out for (fake profiles, sites that keep profiles of inactive members listed to falsely boost membership.)

It’s the helping hand on your search for love. Take a look around and let’s get started.

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