Yahoo has been around since the
internet became popular in the early 90's. Their search engine and news
portal is trusted by millions of people. With Yahoo! Personals
you can give them that same trust. With well over 10 million members
with profiles, Yahoo! Personals can give you the connection singles are
looking for.
This
dating service has been designed with the idea of simplicity. There is
not a large amount of information that needs to be entered for yourself
so you can create your profile quickly and start searching for the
perfect partner. Searching is setup in a pleasing way allowing you to
hide the advance options you do not need. Saving of searches is also a
big help for when you want to log into the site quickly, just to see if
there is anyone new that has signed up that meets your criteria.
Yahoo!
Personals is a popular matchmaking site with not only single Americans
but Canadians as well. There were over 7.2 Million unique Canadian
visits to this online dating service in 2003. With Yahoo! Personals
recent site redesign and new features, finding your life partner has
never been easier.
Positive aspects
- Yahoo's 6-Month Promise, find a soulmate or receive and additional 6 month membership for free. See the cost section below for further details.
- Over 13 different international sites. Setup for the countries language and culture.
- Very large database of members
- Allow sorting of your search results by when Yahoo members have last logged on (a very useful feature).
- Easy to join and use.
- Yahoo is a trusted name brand.
More Information
| Free Trial: |
Yes - Yahoo! Personals 7 Day FREE Trial offer
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| Free Membership |
- A free full membership 7 day trial is available which includes all features.
- Yes (unlimited)
- Included:
- Create a Profile (Only first item need to be filled in)
- Name, Age and Relationship Type
- Appearance
- Home and Family
- Professional Life
- Lifestyle
- Personal
- My Match's Physical Appearance
- My Match's Family Life
- My Match's Education and Profession
- My Match's Physical Lifestyle
- More about my match (Religion, Political Views)
- Headline
- Describe yourself and your ideal match in your own words
- Add up to 10 photo's with captions (multiple formats accepted).
- Searching
- Not Included:
- Communicating with Members.
- Profiles are reviewed before being submitted to database.
- Each section that is filled out in the profile have on average 5 questions.
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| Costs |
- Costs in US funds and last checked on June 20, 2008.
- Yahoo! Personals Membership
- 1 month = $25.99 US
- 3 months = $19.99 a month, at a total of $53.97. This is a 31% Savings!
- 6 months = $13.99 a month, at a total of $82.94. This is a 46% Savings!
- Receive the Yahoo! Personals 6 Month Promise by choosing the 6 month plan.
- If you do not find someone special by the end of your six-month subscription, Yahoo will give you another six months for free.
- To
be eligable you must post an approved searchable profile and primary
photo and communicate with at least 5 different members each month.
- Yahoo will help you keep track of your eligibility each month by emailing you your status.
- Can purchase in the currency of your country.
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| Relationship Types |
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| Regions |
- 13 different sites designed for the countries culture and language
- Americas
- United States
- Canada
- Brazil
- Europe
- UK & Ireland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- Asia Pacific
- Japan
- Australia & New Zealand
- China
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
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| Viewing & Communication Tools |
- Photos
- Profiles
- Make your Profile searchable or share it only with people you choose.
- Who's Online
- Yahoo! Instant Messenger
- Personal Mailbox to keep track of messages sent and received.
- Can send messages Anonymously
- Secure
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| Search By |
- Basic Search includes your gender, Age and Sexual Orientation, Distance, City and Zip Code.
- Advance Search, includes any part of profile like Appearance, Interests and Lifestyles.
- Photo Caption Search.
- View search results in a basic, photo gallery or slideshow view.
- Can save searches to make it easier when you log in at another time.
- Yahoo will suggest probable matches based on each others profiles.
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| Other Info |
- Excellent dating advice and help section.
- All ads and pictures on Yahoo! Personals contain people who are actual members.
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