Review of Connecting Singles

WHAT THEY SAY: Many online dating services claim to be free, and then surprise you with charges for features such as contacting other members, extensive searching, viewing profiles or photos, etc. Connecting Singles is a totally free-to-use online dating service (everything free) for singles. All features on Connecting Singles are without charges, fees, credits, coupons or surprises.

WHAT WE FOUND: 100% Totally free. Profiles are set up easy to read with lots of different sections. The home page of each profile provides sections such as what the person is about and what they are looking for. Basic information such as physical appearance and likes/dislikes. What their match’s information is like and forums they have joined. There is also another section for photos and comments. The third section is posts they’ve made on forums. The last two sections are Connect? and Rate Their Photo. Other interactive things you can do is Email, Send Flowers (virtual), Add to Faves, Become a Fan, Request Friendship, Ask Me, Testimonials, and Photo Comment. The Fans Feature is a list of members who have seen your profile and want to be known as a Fan of yours. Your Fans List is displayed on your profile. You have the option of deleting yourself from someone else’s list, deleting someone from your list, and disabling the feature all together. Options you can use on your profile are to set preferences for emailing, hide/unhide your profile, and see who has viewed you. You are also allowed to post up to 3 photos of yourself and disable the rating of your photos if you wish. If you wish to approve comments on your photos before they are posted you have that option. Connecting Singles offers an online chat, using Flash. You can also privately IM other members, too. You may use your blog to record your thoughts, opinions and ideas. All blogs are open to viewing by the public and to comments from other members. You may read and then delete those comments to your blog if you wish. You may edit your own blog, however, you may not edit your comment to another member's blog. There are five ways to do a search: Quick Search with Location, Quick Search with Zip Code (USA and Canada only), User Name Search, Advanced Search, and Lists (New, Online Today, With Photos). Connecting Singles has a very in-depth Help section. There is a section for Videos where members can upload their fave videos for all to see. You can watch, play and comment on videos. Another section is just for polls. Members can post their own polls on various topics of interest.