<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} .MsoPapDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} –>
Dating sites and matchmaking sites can vary a little bit. Some, slightly puritanical, matchmaking sites will only let you talk only to members you have been matched with. These sites can be great if they match you well, but if they don’t, then perhaps it’s time to look somewhere else. The best dating sites will give you many, quality matches that you can search through yourself.
If a sites dating matchmaking algorithm is too selective it could leave out a potential match that would work, however if it is not selective enough then it will overwhelm you with possible choices. Programmers and analysts spend lots of time (and lots of money) on trying to perfectly balance these two facts and some are quite successful. Many would hold up eHarmony as an example of a great matchmaking dating service.
Matchmakers dating is all about finding great matches. Matches that you are compatible with on multiple levels. eHarmony is constantly making their matching algorithm better and better and this has resulted in it becoming one of the best in the industry. With online dating matchmaking, finding quality matches is the name of the game, so eHarmony is worth consideration.
On the other hand, there are larger sites than eHarmony. Remember you want to find as many matches as possible, because any given match might not work. Free sites are often very large. For instance, think of Plenty of Fish, but they often have less active users than paid sites (simply because users who use free sites are often just trying them out).
One up side to many free sites is that they let you act as your own matchmaker. Sometimes a matchmaker dating service will limit you to sending personal messages to users who you have been matched with. This reduces spam and keeps their system clean, but means you can’t act as your own matchmaker. Then again, it can sometimes be best to leave the matchmaking to the system.
If you think that you can do it best, try POF, but if you feel your best off letting a system match you then try eHarmony.