Free Dating

The online world provides some free dating service set aside for perusing and selecting interesting people for a date. Generally, free dating can be devided into following forms:

Chat room

Chat rooms were one of the original ancestors of the free dating.  Although many of the chat rooms have now disappeared due to the evolution of better opportunities. they were extremely popular during their heyday.

Forum

Forums related to a specific subject were one of the antecedents of a free dating.  Forums tended to evolve around a particular subject. The typical format was that people would post a question of interest and others would provide answers to the question, or would add related comments or links must as in a conversation only online. Sometimes forums had an associated live chat room. 

Free Dating Site

There are plenty of dating websites online that don’t charge you anything for their services. You can create free profiles, add pictures and information about you and your interests, browse through the profiles of other singles and even contact those you are interested in. All for the price of…well, nothing. If you have ever wondered how such 100% free dating site can give their services away and still make a dollar, its pretty simple. These webmasters make their money from advertising. So when more members join up the greater the potential there is for them to make money.

Social Network

Social network site is becoming popular with individuals who are less interested in actual dating. A free dating site focuses mainly on those who want to date, while a social network is more for the purpose of online socializing with others who have like interests. The social sites are structured more like a casual party among friends. Those who enjoy social sites may not have any interest in developing long term relationships with another person as a life partner.  They just want to have fun with friends.

There are also some dating sites call themselves "FREE DATING", but once you start checking out you will see that many of them have upgrade options that allow you to pay a few dollars per month for some extra services or perks.