DatingDirect.com is part of the France based Meetic network which has sites in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Asia, and Latin America. Due to the size of the network and their experience within the industry they are able to offer a large and popular general dating website for the UK. In early 2009 they launched the DatingDirect Affinity program which is a new approach to matching profiles. In July 2008 the DatingDirect.com recorded the most individual visitors to a dating website in the UK and the Meetic group’s websites contain a total of 28 million profiles in Europe of which 5 million are based in the UK. This is a slick and professional dating website which takes its role and responsibilities very seriously. If you’re in the market for cyber romance then DatingDirect.com should be on your list of websites to try.

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Do you think big is beautiful? If so then this site might be for you. It’s a friendship and dating site for those who love the larger man or woman, commonly known as BBW (big beautiful women) and BHM (big hunky men). You don’t have to be on the large size to join, it’s simply a place in cyberspace for plus-sized people and those who are attracted to them. Registration and a photo profile are free of charge and there is an extensive help section containing tips and advice relevant to the site itself and online dating generally. There’s also a suggestion box for members and the site owners give cash bonuses to those suggestions they deem worthy of an award. There’s a section containing success stories (with photos) of couples who have found love on this site. The site’s features include; forums, chat rooms, blogs, and videos, so if you’re in the mood for romance with those how have more to handle and for whom size is no object then this is the place for you.

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YouCanGetMe is another horse from the Easy Day stable.  It’s a feature rich site with plenty of modern facilities to play with. The homepage boast of over 1 million photo profiles and that being the case you are unlikely to run out of photos to browse and ponder over while you consider whether or not to make contact.  When you do decide to subscribe there are the usual contact methods open to you; secure messaging, chat, and video.  The site pages include flirting tips for those who are a little hesitant and dating advice for those who are a bit unsure of the modern etiquette.  The advice is basic but no less important for that since many of these fundamental flirting techniques are overlooked by those in a rush or who are out of practice.

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Pearmatch.co.uk has been online since the year 2000.  The site owners set out to create a simple but accurate site that matched photo personal ads with each other based on compatibility and location.  The end result is a clean and simple site that is easy to use.  It doesn’t have the long list of functions and features of other sites but for some online dating website users less is more.  Sometimes it’s easier to just browse profiles and send messages without feeling compelled to engage in mutli user chat rooms or webcam flirting.  The site also contains plenty of relationship advice and dating tips for both those communication online and for when couples meet up for the first few times.  There’s little to see as a guest to the site apart from several chapters of dating advice so you will have to register to see more, but as usual registration is free.  Full membership starts at £14.99 for two weeks or £19.99 for a month.

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Parship.com is a German owned company with a string of international sites.  The site’s compatibility testing and matching has been developed by Professor of Psychology Hugo Schmale who has taken a scientific approach to finding the ideal match for couples.  The site uses thirty essential characteristics on each profile to find suitable matches.   The site has a very slick and modern design and gives the impression of a very professionally run outfit.  In addition to the carefully produced profile matching technique there is also a singles’ coach, Dr Nafsika Thalassis, who is on hand to answer questions about your compatibility, your profile photos, your ‘about me’ page and more besides.  There doesn’t appear to be any way of previewing the profiles of a few members without registering, but the process of registration includes a free compatibility test so it’s an innovative way of starting the proceedings.

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