Continuing the review of free dating sites today we are going to see plentyofFish.
Being high on Google ranking, while searching for free dating site I got the PlentyofFish.com. Lets go thought the website and see why it top of the stack.

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I have to say that after reviewing quite a number of dating sites, this is what I expected as far as customizing is concerned. I can select the kind if theme I want, however for this I need to be serious member. This means, the more I visit the plentyoffish site, I earn activity points which will help me to become a serious member at the 5000 activity point. It would seem the idea of ‘activity’ which was first introduced by the pioneering dating site Jumpdates.com has now been utilized by most dating sites.

User can change almost every detail that he/her has filled right from basic details to personal detail, lifestyle, habits, contact detail, type of person and relationship you are looking for.

Users can setup the privacy settings of their account as user can block a person contacting them depending on their age, country, habits and type of relationship he or she is looking.

Photo Profile Section

Users can upload a photo from his or her computer. Photo is visible right away for other people to view, however the profile will be deleted by the website administrator if for some reason it does not comply with the terms and conditions of the website policy ie. nudity etc.

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Users have a storage capacity of 5.2 Mb  for their pictures. Use can upload up to 8 photos and users with an upgraded account can upload up to 16 photos. If you have issues uploading to the site, you can send your photo to the website administrator via email, so that he/she will do it for you.

Browse & Search Feature

As this website is very simply crafted, user can browse different menus on this site with relative ease. Menus are placed at the top of the site and identified easily as they are categorized in the simplest way possible.

Searching dates on this site is quite an experience. Search has been categorized into 5 sections; basic, advanced, marriage, username and my city. In the basic search the user can search with few details like age, gender, location, city, zip code and distance. Options like advanced search where the user can specify lifestyle, habits, personality and other traits that user filled while creating their profile.

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The option for marriage search fetches the profile through its internal matching system. In the username search you can search by username if you know the name in advance and other options like my city user where you can search by specifying the city name and distance.

Messaging

Here is the heart of any online dating site. The messaging feature lets you connect to a person whom you found through the search or in other ways. Plentyoffish has messaging features like sending quick message, email and sending gifts. Sending gift is not a free feature of the site and requires an upgraded account. This will cost $10 to $38 and give you credit point from 100 to 500. User can do many things with these credit points like purchase gifts, use Break-the-Ice activity and can see the status of a sent message. This site lack an IM feature.

Other Features

Website has basic features like forum. PlentyofFish has some innovative features like MeetMe and Chemistry.

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The MeetMe feature where the website matching system suggests you match with a Yes, No or Maybe option. This was you can show the level of interest you have about the profile and may help to improve the automated matching system of the site.

Chemistry is the feature which has been created in the form of tests that comprises of 45+ questions that covers your personality, habits, lifestyle, your style of working, kind of person you want and your leisure time activities.

Based on these sets of data, the website calculates your score (this is visible with profile) and this score can help you to get more accurate searches.

The feature like Help is where all your website and account related queries can be submitted.

Member Base

The website has huge member base with more than 8 million user visits every year. One of the good aspect of this site is that members range from in age groups from 20’s to 60’s. This make it hugely poplar in all age categories and is also a result of the high unique visitors that this site enjoys.

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