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The Bottom Line
Well conceived popular network, with more thought given
to those who may be seeking friends rather than partners than most sites.
Of course all the usual dating options are here too.
Membership
Over three million. Around eight thousand new "photos" added
each week, number of profiles added is undisclosed, but is likely to be
much higher.
Profile Detail
Emphasis is more on describing yourself and the sort of
person you are looking for than selecting from a standard list of likes
and dislikes etc. Entire albums of photos can be added if you want.
Searching
Three levels - basic (including location) for free members,
and progressively more advanced for Silver and Gold members (more details
below).
Coverage
The whole world, through a single website available in
English.
Safety
All profiles are manually checked to ensure they are
appropriate. You can temporarily disable your profile at any time.
How much can be done for free
You can perform basic searching and browse
profile headlines without registering at all. If you register for free,
which is three easy screens, and then you can perform location based
searches too, and even initiate contact with certain members. Full
registration can be "Gold" or "Silver", and you can sign up for 1, 3 or 12
months with good savings on longer subscriptions. Both levels of
membership allow more advanced searching and full access to profiles, and
allow for initiation of contact with other members. Gold subscribers get
even more advanced searching, preferential placement in listings, and
emails when new matches are found. Given the minor difference in price
we'd go for the Gold plan. An interesting extra option is that for an
extra charge you can elect to allow free members to send you emails, which
means FriendFinder is one of the only quality sites where you can initiate
contact with another member for free - assuming they have signed up for
this option.
Site speed and ease of navigation
Very fast. Simple logical layout
giving easy access to all the usual extra features like chat room and
messenger services, should you want to use them.
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