WHAT WE FOUND: You don’t have to be a pet owner to join Date My Pet, but it’ll sure make a difference. This service caters to those with pets that are a big part of their lives. Join for free and you’re ready to send virtual kisses to the other members that interest you, the Matchseeker will email you when new members that fit your profile join and you can reply to any messages sent to you. We really like the easy navigation and the overall pet theme, very comfortable for an online service. Searches were quick and produced results in the test areas we searched and you can search for compatible people and pets. Very unique. You can add 5 pet photos and 5 owner photos to your profile and really get noticed by other members. You and your pet will enjoy DateMyPet.com.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to join and reply to messages. Add photos to your profile. Become a premium member to send first contact emails to other members.

WHAT WE FOUND: datingagency.com offers you a free trial for life. Once you join for the free trial you will have access to almost all features, at least all the features that will allow you to meet others including adding your photo with your personal ad, replying to any messages you receive, finding out which member has made you a favorite selection in their list of saved profiles and finding out who has been looking at your photo. The first thing that you’ll notice that makes this service stand out from the rest is the ease of use and navigating around the site as well as the “local to your country” personals that are listed on your first visit. Whether you are from Australia or Zimbabwe you can select the local branch of datingagency.com and find the personals of people that live close to you quicker than most other services. You can also easily select people from other countries by using the “Change Locality” option and browse ads from just that country instead of the whole membership list from every country that datingagency.com services. Optional paid “Club Membership” offers advanced features that include being able to send messages to others first, conduct more detailed searches and save the results, have your personal be featured at the top of search results and also have it rotated on the front page of your country page. Your personal ad will be reviewed and posted about 24 hours after you join, this keeps out the non-serious browsers and allows for only personals of people that really want to meet people to be found at this service.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to reply to messages trial membership, paid membership includes advanced features. Free horoscopes, local personals from almost every country in the world. Straight and same sex personals available.

WHAT WE FOUND: Joining Deafs.com is easy, only a basic two page signup form, and you’re a member of a very active dating and community service for deaf people and those that are a part of this world. We like the free membership that allows you to create your profile including adding pictures to your profile and being able to reply to IM’s (instant messages) and emails from Gold members. Free members are limited to replying to messages they receive from gold members as well as a limited search (local to your zip code) of other members. Free members can also create a blog to add information about themselves, more personal than the standard member profile page. Gold members have all the services of free members as well as they can send emails and “Winks” to free and gold members as well as unlimited search features of other members. The forum area wasn’t very active but the blogs have a lot of posts to read and comment on as well as being easy to start your own. Website navigation is easy to understand and to find your way around which makes Deafs.com a fun service for all. Member search has a lot of options to find the people you’d like to contact.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free membership with limited access and gold membership with unlimited use of all services. Instant messenger, topic and interest forums. Blogs can be public or private. Straight and same-sex members allowed.

WHAT WE FOUND: Deaf Singles Connection is a specialty service for deaf people and people that are part of this otherly abled lifestyle that understand ASL. We like the simple registration form and the options of information that you can decide to share or keep private. Free members have several features to test out the service (the guest or free trial membership is free and has no time limit), including posting pictures with their profile and sending and receiving ‘smiles’ which are short notes of interest that you can send to other members. You can also send and receive ecards within the community of members and browse and search other members profiles. Upgraded members can post to the forums, use the instant messenger to chat with other online members, enter the chat rooms and send and receive unlimited messages. We like the ability of turning off your profile so that you aren’t available to be sent messages if you want to ‘hide’ without canceling your membership. Overall Deaf Singles is easy to use and has a lot of member-friendly features that can be found at bigger dating services without the crowds of incompatible members.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free guest membership has limited features including sending and receiving smiles to other members, searches and posting photos. Upgraded members have full access of all features including sending and replying to messages, live chat and Instant Messenger chat.

WHAT WE FOUND: Featuring the personal ads of people looking for casual dating, romance and long-term relationships and intimate encounters, you’ll find a wide variety of people here. Search the ads by City and State/Province for the US and Canada. Search the rest of the world by country. When you are ready to join and place your own personal ad you’ll find the sign-up easy to understand and a comprehensive form to help you describe yourself and the person you are looking for. Take your time, you want everything to be just right, remember, this is the first impression that others will make of you. Women searching for a man (straight relationships only) get a free membership with full access when they join. Receive and reply to messages others send you for free, become a paid member to send a message to someone you want to meet before they find you.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to place your personal ad and answer messages you have received, purchase message credits to send messages to free and paid members so they can reply to you for free. A great search feature and lots of members make Dream Mates a great place to start looking for that special someone. Straight and same sex personals welcome here.