Learn about the top 6 online dating sites, paid and free sites, as well as matchmaking and online dating safety

• A leader and pioneer in matchmaking online, Match.com is by far the largest of the matchmakers, also part of the online dating scene, with over ¼ million members meeting someone online every year.
• Matches galore with a wide membership: Yahoo personals are toted as the place to go when you want excellent first dates, great matches and even higher rates of second and third dates!
• Ready to take match-making to a whole other level? Ready for something a little more in-depth and serious than casual dating or passing encounters, then eHarmony claims to be your relationship experts and gurus. Compatibility on 29 ‘traits’ or scales are compared and matches made based on these outcomes.
• For local matches with sure hits, try America’s Internet Dating, who have built a reputation at successful matchmaking, toted as the new love hotspot online. Their recipe of simple, free and fun is all it takes to get you signed up and online dating in no time!
• Matchmaking at the center of all activity and purposes, True.com offers a serious and conservative (background and criminal checks included) approach and utilizing scientific processes to match with accuracy and predictability models.
• Usingles.com rounds out the top 6 picks. This the perfect site for matchmaking for singles and a new kid on the block of online dating sites so to speak. Looks, hobbies, location, age, interests, religion and income are used as selection and matching criteria to set up matches, connections, exchanges and possibly DATES!
• If you do not want to heavily invest up-front in matching and/or online dating, there are also FREE options and service providers available.

Here are some other matchmaking and ‘TOP FIVE’, FREE match-making and online dating sites:

• Plenty of fish
• Book of Matches
• Friend Finder
• Dating Hall
• Connecting Singles

Here are some more of the common worries, questions and concerns that some might have regarding matchmaking and even dating online:

• Why am I actually really considering or even doing this?
• Will I actually meet someone I will like? What if I do/do not?
• Does it mean I am a loser for trying online dating because I can not get a date in the real world, where I am at and living/working in?

As these questions reflect YOU ARE NOT ALONE with some of the thoughts, fears, anxieties and questions that might be swirling around in your mind and heart as you pick your site, browse members, put together your profile, post your picture and start sending messages, wait and eventually receive replies!

All of us have some level of insecurity and fear when we start this matching and online dating scene and activity. YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL NORMAL! YOU ARE NOT CRAZY! We all go through it to some extent. For none of us it is just merely matter-of-fact or a big game. BUT remember to have some fun with the process too and enjoy yourself – the hunt is on, the season open… all are fair game!

With less and less time to socialize, frequent bars and clubs, meeting new prospects and people had to inevitably find new channels. Thus, matchmaking and online dating services are thriving, both online and offline.