Review of OkCupid

WHAT WE FOUND: OkCupid is a free service (really, no membership fees) that takes online dating, matching tests and technology, and social networking to the next dimension. We like the incredibly simple one page registration form that leads to your own customizable home page where you can add the features of OkCupid that are important to you. Build your profile by completing the public profile section and uploading your pictures.

Make OkCupid match you by completing any or all of the available tests that match your answers with other member answers and compatible selections. Also available are match systems of different types such as the ‘Quick Match’, ‘Fuzzy Match’ and ‘Stranger Arranger’ that use different methods of matching you, which keeps you active meeting new people and are fun to keep you involved with the process.

No more just answering a few questions and hoping for the best, OkCupid has many ways of adjusting the matching systems which brings attention to more people of compatibility, and you can constantly improve the matches offered through additional tests and searches. New questions, some submitted by other members, are available to tune up your profile offering a continual change and variable match type that brings compatibility to a new variable that works.

You’ll have fun just answering a few questions after clicking on the ‘Improve Matches’ button. Other features include an active forum, Instant Messenger chat, your own journal page that allows you to network with other members and create a friends list and a ‘Hot List’ of matches you really like. OkCupid is fun, filled with interactivity and should be one of only a handful of services that you must join.

And we like the pay no membership fees too. Great for people that like to be active on the sites they join, whether looking for love, searching for dates or just being part of something online to meet new friends.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free membership that includes sending and receiving messages, profile creation and adding pictures, instant messenger chat, blogging in your own journal and a constantly evolving matching system that works on several levels of compatibility features. Straight and same sex members.