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Plenty of Fish Review
Plenty of Fish Review
Plenty of Fish Review
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Web address: http://www.plentyoffish.com
Category: Free dating

Main facts about Plenty Of Fish

Plenty of Fish is world largest free dating service. In July 2005 it was announced that Plenty of Fish is the fifth largest dating site in North America based on daily unique logins. Plenty of Fish sparks fear in the heart of the online dating idustry. During one week alone 100,000 daily unique logins exceeded the previous record of 50,000 daily unique logins of only three months prior.

PlentyofFish is very popular in Canada and USA, and growing fast in the UK. It’s well represented in most English speaking countries. According to official statement taken from Plenty of Fish official site in September 2006 the daily active user base was 290% larger than in September 2005. But if you want to meet someone from Russia it's better to visit some other dating sites because this site is really oriented only on english speaking audience.

Profile setup review at PlentyofFish

Profile setup at Plenty of Fish takes only 5 minutes. It consists of 2 very easy steps. At the first step you enter general information and at second step more detailed personal information. You can upload up to 8 photos at once, and also you may keep these images hidden from other members by selecting not to display them on your profile. All profiles and photos approval is very fast so you should wait for a few days to get your first incoming messages. Nudity photos or any other offensive behaviuor on PlentyofFish is not allowed and if admin will see any kind of this your profile will be suspended forever.

Since 2010 only residents of USA, UK, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland are allowed to register on PlentyOfFish dating service. From other countries you can only browse members profiles.

Plenty of Fish Site navigation review

Navigation at "Plenty of Fish" is old-fashioned and not well thought-out. I would say that it does not have design at all and you must accept this. It looks like that site owners just adding menus and advertising links and don't carry about how it looks like. Profile section is not very informative because but information is enough to make fist impression about selected person. Photos are medium-poor quality because site owners want to make their site faster. We need to say that site is fast enough but menu navigation is not easy-to-understand.

Menu links are changing constantly and some of them are done in the same color as a background. Site mostly text based and it is a bit difficult to orient there without browsing experience, but after a few hours of browsing it becomes more understandable. One of the biggest upsets it's hidden advertising like AdSense: some advertising links are masked under "menu links" and you could be forwarded to another web site. But you have to understand that advertising place selling is the reason why Plentyoffish getting their revenue and provide 100% free dating services. When writing this Plenty of Fish review we found information that site owners earns few hundred thousands dollars through cliks site users generate on Adsense ads.

Relationship Types and Activities Review at Plenty Of Fish

As well as on other dating sites at "Plenty of Fish" you can do a search. Directions are: man seeking woman, woman seeking man, woman seeking woman and man seeking man. From search area you can customize your search and look just local personals or online now members profiles. Plenty of Fish dating service offers rate my pic services where you can rate PlentyofFish members photos and view most rated members profiles. If you are looking for relationship advice or need help you can post your questions on PlentyofFish dating forum.

Plenty of Fish forums

While preparing for updating this Plenty of Fish review we found that many users looking for Plenty Of Fish forum on search engines and we decided to tell some quick facts about Plenty of Fish forums in this POF (Plenty of Fish) review update.

Plenty of Fish have in February, 2007 had 5.2 million user postings in 200+ forums. This free dating site have four volunteer moderators who carries about forums at Plenty of Fish. There are 5 forum sections with many subtopics on different themes. Forums is most popular place on a sites after search and profiles page. It is a place where people discuss their problems, hepls each others. Due the high volume of traffic most of the topics have very long threads and you will never stay without an answer. People like to discuss other member problems and I need to say that Plenty of Fish forums are probably most productive and effective dating forums on the web.

Plenty of Fish Free features review

Plenty of Fish is 100% free dating service and all features and options on site are absolutely free. At Plenty of Fish you can: search for members and contact them, rate members photos, discuss any problems in dating forums.

Also you can use instant messenger and contact members by it when they are online.

One of the new features are tests.

Chemistry test measures five broad dimensions of personality that are each essential for building a romantic relationship. It’s not the case that a person must be “high” on each of the personality characteristics to be in a relationship. Instead, what is important is how your personality interacts with the personality of your romantic partner on each dimension.

The Relationship Needs Assessment test determines in great detail a person’s overt and hidden needs in a relationship. This assessment provides users with highly specific guidance for putting the results in practice.

Membership cost and payment procedure review

Registration and all services on PlentyofFish dating site are 100% free. The only thing you can pay for is to get membership status for your profile.

PlentyofFish Disadvantages Review

-Poor quality photos
- Colourless design
- No chat rooms
- Less amount of features

PlentyofFish Advantages Review

- 100% free dating services
- Large singles database
- Forum where you can talk about your problems
- Rate my pic service
- A lot of success testomonials on site

Summary of Plenty Of Fish review

Plenty of Fish without a doubt one of the largest free dating sites on the Web. If you are looking for 100% free dating site and you're not fastidious person - PlentyOfFish.com is your dating solution! But you should not expekt any kind of service or well-looking design from them because you are using this site for free. Also photos quality is very low so probably you would not enjoy using this site.


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Reviewed by marcus
July 05, 2011
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Hi every one having trouble choosing between Free web site and the paid one? Well, the paid one isn’t the chose just because who needs to pay just for the chance to find some one and the thing is the paid web site doesn’t want you do well just because it’s a business after all and if you do well they out business. So the choice is definitely the free one but which one? Good question well it has to be the modern one, offering the latest advances in technology, present the user with truly great experience and a lot of fun. I recommend PlentyeDating.com it’s absolutely free and features the best technology available out there. Design to give you the pleasure of online dating.

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Why you've used this service? Not sure why I've used it
How long you were a member? Less than 1 month
When you were a member? May 11, 2011
 

WOMEN!!!!! BE CAREFUL OF THIS SITE!!!!!!!

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Reviewed by elaineyang
June 08, 2011
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I was on Plenty Of Fish for a while, and I can testify that for sure, that Markus guy, owner of Plenty Of Fish, does not care about the safety of the women on his site at all!!! All he cares about is his pocket book and how much he's making. I went on a date with a really good-looking guy, who turned out to be a total creep. I went out with him 3 times in total. On the 3rd date, we went back to his place. His apartment had pictures of several of his ex-girlfriends with their eyes plucked out! Needless to say, I got totally creeped out, made an excuse to leave, and I never went out with him again. But he kept on calling me and harrassing me. And even wrote me harassing emails through that site. I reported this Markus, forwarding the harassing emails to him as evidence, and you know what happened? He kicked ME off the site!!! And that guy is still on there!!!! And you believe that BS???

I read in one of the newspapers somewhere that the Orangeville woman who was murdered might've met her killer on Plenty Of Fish. However, Markus claims that the Orangeville woman was off his site when she was murdered. Honestly, I wouldn't believe a single word that guy says. He's probably lying in order to protect his pocketbook and his stupid site. I hope the police doesn't believe that guy. That guy's a moron and his site should be shut down. And I hope that it does get shut down, for the safety of all women!!!

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Why you've used this service? Find long-term relationship
How long you were a member? 1-3 months
When you were a member? June 08, 2011

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Good points easy to use
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PlentyofFish Review

Overall rating: 
 
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Ease of use:
 
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Members database:
 
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Communication:
 
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Membership price:
 
 4.0
Matching:
 
 3.0
Scam protection:
 
 2.0
Customer service:
 
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Reviewed by POF Expert
September 13, 2010
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Pretty high male/female ratio there. Expectations are a little high, that's ok. Essentially you hove to line up to meet women. Even when women initiate contact, you're just being invited to line up. I don't know any guys willing to line up for women, IF they are looking for something long term. The site makes it pretty hard for women to present themselves in a good light. I wouldn't recommend POF for people (male/female) looking for a serious relationship. But it's not a bad play site. OVERALL though women on the site seem to over estimate their market value. Their driving away the guys that would actually be interested, then choosing from the best from the leftovers.

 

Plenty of fish not free anymore

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Reviewed by Kevin
September 13, 2010
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Plentyoffish isn't free, not anymore. They charge for "upgrade" which gives a serious member star. It sounds like grade school to me. The owner on the site ask people in the forum and most people didn't like it. Yet the owner didn't care.

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POF Uses AI Algorithym to Trick Members With Fake

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Reviewed by KingJ
September 13, 2010
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Plenty of Fish is the most eleborate dating scam that uses fake dating profiles of men and women along with a "software programmed AI" system that automatically does the following:

1) generates fake "profile views" to your profile so when you "log in" it will show you some "women" or "men" that "viewed your profile recently".

2) When you email one of the fake profiles, ie, to some "woman" you'll notice your email is "read" or "deleted" or "read/deleted" within a few minutes of your sending it even if it is 3 0 am in the morning (the software automatically generates the "read/deleted" etc randomly to seem like a real person) is reading the message but it is not. It is just setting flags in a database - this explains why you email dozens of people yet get no "response" when you should be a perfect match for the women/man.

3) They used an automated method to "generate" fake profiles by "scraping" data from other dating sites, e.g. a computer program runs and hits specific dating sites, reads the profiles and adds the "member" to the POF database.

4) You'll notice that most women that email you are the ugly ones (the real members)

5) The big question for Markus Frind is (if his site is not fake) ... "Markus, please tell us how you went from 1 member to 10 Million members in a span of a few years with no investor money?"

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