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WHAT WE FOUND: Start your visit at Platinum Romance by joining the free trial. It lasts as long as you want and allows you to look around and see everything they offer, you can add up to 10 pictures of yourself and even add a voice greeting right away. I like the "Who's Online feature". You can check to see who's visiting Platinum Romance right now and view their profile, maybe even join them in one of the chat rooms, once you become a full member. Full members can send messages to anyone, but you have to be a full member yourself to respond to messages you receive. Your safety is assured since you have the Platinum Romance mail system protecting your privacy. The only thing revealed about yourself is what you say and the pictures of yourself you add to your profile. There is also a profile stats page so you can see how many times your profile has been viewed and how many messages you've received and replied to. Many other features include the Horoscopes, the Riddle of the Week, the Platinum Puzzle, Best Date and Worst Date stories and my favorite, the Worst Pick-up Lines Ever! You will receive emails from Platinum Romance when someone sends you a message, so you don't have to log in every day to see if you have any messages.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to post your personal ad and add pictures and a voice greeting. Great stories and features including "Who's Online" and Chat rooms. Become a paid member to make contact and join the chats. 

WHAT WE FOUND: PleaseBeMine.com has the features that make a great online service. The featured free membership allows you full access to everything, including replying to messages you receive without paying a membership fee. Premium membership is available and it allows you to initiate contact with someone you find interesting. Registering and completing your free profile is fast and you can add up to 5 pictures with your profile too. Take your time with the 2 essay questions, remember, this will be your first impression on someone new. Once you've joined you will want to try the search system to find some interesting members to meet. We like the categories available for searching and the added feature of finding people that have searched for you. You are able to search America by state, Canada by province and the rest of the world by country. Messages are sent and received anonymously through the online email system with you receiving a message to your registered email address letting you know that you have a message waiting. Safe, secure and free, you'll can use the chat room and even get a free email address. Features include a suggested gift list and "Ask Sheila" and "Ask Rob" advice columnists

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free membership, reply to message you receive without paying a membership fee. Chat room, gift list, free greeting cards and advice service on the site. Straight and same sex personals available.

WHAT WE FOUND: Rediff Matchmaker is the largest Indian personals site for people anywhere in the world. Free to join, add your picture and complete a matrimonial profile, you can even reply to messages for free and send pre-written notes to people you’d like to meet. Become a full member to initiate contact with others. If you are from India, still in India or looking to meet other Indians, this is the place to be. Rediff matchmaker is the personals service of the larger Rediff website, plenty of news, activities and entertainment features to make this your web home favorite. Features of the matchmaking service include picture personals, local and international searches, instant messenger chat. The Mutual Match works quite well with a series of compatibility questions that helps you find just the type of person you’d like to meet. We like also that if you are the relative of someone that is too shy or does not have internet access or for other reasons cannot join themselves, you can place their profile online for them to help them meet someone looking for marriage.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to join and post your profile, send introductions and reply to the messages you receive. Become a full member to initiate contact. Fast searches, local and emigrated Indians use this service to meet others from India.

WHAT WE FOUND: Begin your visit to Romantic Planet by taking the guest tour. Here you will meet Karen and see how Romantic Planet has worked for her as well as get an insiders view of all of the available features. Becoming a member will be your next step, since only members can view most of the profiles (see permissions) and the trial membership allows for access to all features for 90 days, including sending and replying to messages, sending cards, adding photos to your page and more. You’ll need to login after completing your profile (or the parts of the profile you are ready to complete) so you can start visiting the community center and share conversation on any of the forums, and begin checking out your prospects of compatible matches or search for other members that you’d like to meet. The features that make Romantic Planet stand apart from other online services begin with the in-depth profile questionnaire where you will answer questions about yourself that will help with the unique “MatchMind” scoring system that tells you how well of a match you are with other members. “Permissions” is the next unique feature: this allows you to set rules on who can view your profile and pictures. You are always in control of your profile and can set options so that only members that have answered the same types of questions about themselves can view your profile or that permission has to be granted by you before someone can see your profile. The third unique feature is also the most impressive: DoubleMatch. This feature allows you to set up a match between yourself and a friend with another member and their friend. This will create a great way to meet face-to-face with someone you meet at Romantic Planet in a double date situation. Set aside about 15 minutes to complete your profile (5 pages of yes/no type questions and one page of essay questions) and the “My requirements for a Match” section where you select who you feel would be a compatible match and who can view your profile by setting your “Permissions”. The member search feature for “prospects” is fast and easily customizable so you get the results you are looking for quickly and lets you create lists of profiles you like, want to meet and want to block. Messages are forwarded to the email address you use to join but you have to login to your member account to send and reply.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: 90 day free trial includes access to all features. Profile information includes distance apart from your match. Straight and same sex member profiles.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to join membership that allows for all features to be used. No membership fees! Easy to complete profile questions, lots of articles and dating advice, chat rooms and Instant Messaging. Straight and same sex profiles available.

WHAT WE FOUND: A one-time membership fee gives you one year access to the newest booklets of women posted every Friday. 100 new women's photos and information posted every Friday! Free to browse and take a look around, you'll like the way this service stands out from the rest! Without purchasing the membership you can view the older booklets of women that are available to be met here. Everything from Fiancée kits to letter writing help and translations, the experience you are about to have is going to be great! Information about phone calls, mailing gifts and letters, almost anything you need to know to get to know your selected women better is available here to help you! Scanna has been online since 1994 and they can take care of you just as they have helped thousands meet Russian (and other nationalities) women.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Booklets of women, new every Friday. Membership required for new women's booklets, free to browse the older catalogues of women at Scanna and address purchases required to make contact. Lots of online and email help for you.