Badoo.com

Chat, flirt, socialize and have fun!

Rating: 4

badoo.com started out in 2006, with main offices in Central London, and has evolved into the largest social network for meeting new people locally in the world, specially through Facebook. Facebook is about maintaining existing contacts while badoo.com concentrates on making new contacts - primarily singles, of course. ;)

The site is an absolute success and ultramodern - you will be amazed. A new class of singles community!

The “Spotlight" and "Rise Up” features are particularly exceptional!

You can even download Badoo Desktop to set your current location and see how close others are to you or their modern iPhone-App to take Badoo with you everywhere.

Costs:
The basic service is free for everyone, although you'll need to upload a photo in order to be able to communicate. For those who wish to be seen by far more people in their area and to truly take advantage of all the possibilities available on Badoo.com, they'll have to pay for the premium membership.

StreetSpark.com

StreetSpark gives serendipity a helping hand

Rating: 3

StreetSpark harness the power of social networking, bringing more serendipity into our lives by using social media. It can be used for both dating and social networking.

Since you are probably already using Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare...why don't take the benefits of those platforms and use them to connect you with people who share the same interests, likes, follows, going out places...? StreetSpark helps you do just that.

When StreetSpark finds someone else who has those same interests, it will put the two of you in touch. Then you decide whether you want to get in touch and/or meet or not.

It is a very modern (web 2.0) platform that you can use on your computer or even better on your mobile.

Costs:
StreetSpark is now free, but they plan a premium monthly subscription.

Facebook.com

Connecting with people

Rating: 2,5

"Facebook" is what the year books of universities are called in the USA - everyone get’s one in order to know who is who. After 10 years one comes across it again and remembers the good old days and fellow students...

The online Facebook has evolved into the biggest community of the world by now - 500 million people are registered and maintain their friendships, photo galleries etc. In the UK there are about 15 million people logging in every month.

Singles usually don’t flirt on Facebook directly but via Zoosk and Badoo apps.

Costs:
Facebook is free.

LinkedIn.com

Get the most from your professional network

Rating: 2

LinkedIn is an online network for maintaining and establishing professional contacts.

There are more than 100 million professionals using LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities.

Since LinkedIn reveals the status of men, it is particularly fascinating to single women. Women can in some cases even see for which company a potential partner is working ;-)

Flirting is done in secret and with class! Inconvinient: the site does not have a clear identification for single status.

Costs:
LinkedIn is free unless you want to stand out your profile when searching for job.