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Dating and Romantic Encounters on the Internet

Millions of people are doing it: searching, finding, and meeting other potential life partners on the Web. Whether you are a young college student, a mature senior, a person with a strict religious life or someone with an alternative lifestyle...the Web is an excellent place to find a compatible mate! See how it works here...
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eHarmony.com

This new dating service is receiving rave reviews. eHarmony is designed by a psychologist to assess your psychological traits, and to match you accordingly to someone with a compatible temperament. It requires a good hour of you taking personality survey questions, but the results are apparently amazing. Thousands of busy professionals are joining this service.

Love.com

A new big player in the massive world of Internet dating. Love.com has many great features for meeting compatible people via a safe medium, including instant messaging features. If you're single, this is definitely worth 15 minutes of your time to investigate.

LavaLife.com

Originally a Canadian database, Lavalife was bought by Microsoft and has now grown into one of the top 5 largest online communities for bringing single people together. A very professional and well-made service. p.s. This is how your Guide met his wife.

Match.com

One of the original online dating services, Match.com has gone through multiple evolutions, getting better with each version. Still one of the top 5 singles services, Match.com is an excellent web site.

Dream Mates

Like Match.com, Lavalife.com, and Love.com, Dream Mates is one of the big online services for finding a compatible partner. People's profiles are somewhat more detailed at Dream Mates, and the database size is growing exponentially.

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