Romantic Adventures Are Successful When Free

WHAT WE FOUND: Personio is off to a great start as an online personals service. A new service, you’ll be able to post your ad, include a picture and make contact with other members without (currently) paying a membership fee. In the future you may have to pay a membership fee to access advanced, soon-to-be-announced, features, but for now free is free. Personio have a comprehensive profile form for you to fill out, without any restrictions on how much information you actually complete. Obviously, the more the better. The main resource of Personio is the member search feature. You can be very general or very precise in your search parameters, so you easily find friends similar to you, or people with much more in common all depending on the match criteria you select for your search. We like being able to search by country, or more precisely by state/province and city.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to join, pay no membership fee to send and receive messages. Very well set up profile form and search feature. Currently no other features offered, but we are told there will be new services added in the future.

CHANGES WE'D LIKE TO SEE: (Suggested October 2004) A total of the search results returned along with the searches. Profiles with pictures listed first. A timetable of new features to be added. More than 1 photo to be included in your photo gallery, more than one area to write about yourself, with tips on what should be written.

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.