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About Yahoo Personals

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By Gwynita Leggington
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Are you tired of being single? If you are unattached and looking for someone special, you should consider joining Yahoo Personals to explore your options. Yahoo Personals is one of the most popular dating sites on the Internet today. Here's how the site can help you find true love.

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  1. Everyday, single men and women all over the world join Yahoo Personals, looking for their soul mate or companion. Once you've joined Yahoo Personals, you set up a personal profile for other members to view. To enjoy all of the features of Yahoo Personals, you must purchase a membership subscription; you can then begin communicating with others immediately. (You must be at least 18 years of age.)
  2. Identification

  3. Yahoo Personals is quite different from other dating sites. You choose the personal details you want to share with others, and you are not required to answer all of the questions when setting up your profile. Yahoo Personals allows you to provide information about your age, gender, ethnicity, education, interests, occupation, characteristics, goals, religion and social life, as well as demographic information and what you are looking for in a companion or mate. You can also upload photos to your page (which is highly recommended). All of your personal information appears in labeled sections on your page for members to read. In addition, there are links on your page that other members can use to contact you.
  4. Benefits

  5. Once you join Yahoo Personals and become a member, you will have access to your account 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This allows you to update your profile as often as you like. You can also browse other member profiles at any time of the day. Yahoo Personals offers several subscription plans to choose from, with flexible payment options. You can even choose to make your profile searchable or hide it from others. If you hide your profile, you can still browse and contact other members, and they can reply to your messages when you contact them.
  6. Features

  7. Yahoo Personals allows you to communicate with other members through icebreakers, emails and instant messages. This gives you a chance to get to know the other person before going out on an actual date. Also, Yahoo Personals makes it easy for members to describe what they are looking for in a mate. For example, you can provide feedback on your ideal soul mate by listing your preferences in regards to age, location, physical attributes, characteristics, education, occupation and other relevant information.
  8. Expert Insight

  9. If you choose to participate in online dating, you should always be honest with the other members, and only provide truthful information in your profile. You should also give yourself some time to find your soul mate. Not everyone finds true love as soon as she joins a dating website. That is why Yahoo Personals gives you a "6-month promise" when you become a member. If you do not find someone special within 6 months of becoming a paid member (and you are still an active member), they will give you the next 6 months of your membership free.
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ZZTOM said

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on 12/9/2008 Yahoo Personals is a rip-off. Whatever preferences you customize into your search, they will be ignored. That means age range, religious preferences, body type, race, distance, preferences about children, and even gender from time to time. You will also receive emails telling you they have found new potential mates that usually contain most of the same ones they have been sending, with the problems mentioned above. Don't waste your money.

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