CREATING YAHOO PERSONALS PROFILE
To create a profile at Yahoo Personals you must be a Yahoo! registered user. Registration is not required if you would like to view personal ads. Yahoo Personals have standard registration process. It doesn't have many free- writing fields like other dating sites. In most cases you will need to check out boxes with right answers or use drop down menus to find right answer to selected question.
Please note that when you click "Submit Profile" on the profile preview page (the last page of the profile process), your personal profile (and your photos, if you included any) immediately goes into a queue to be reviewed to make sure it complies with our guidelines. Yahoo Personals will review your profile within 24 hours. If something in your profile does not comply with Yahoo Personals guidelines, they will notify you via the primary email associated with your Yahoo! account that you must edit and re-post it.
Please note that when you click "Submit Profile" on the profile preview page (the last page of the profile process), your personal profile (and your photos, if you included any) immediately goes into a queue to be reviewed to make sure it complies with our guidelines. Yahoo Personals will review your profile within 24 hours. If something in your profile does not comply with Yahoo Personals guidelines, they will notify you via the primary email associated with your Yahoo! account that you must edit and re-post it.
YAHOO PERSONALS NAVIGATION
Yahoo Personals is one of the most comfortable dating sites on the web. It is very logical and easy to browse. A photo loading is fast due the powerful Yahoo servers so you should not wait 20-30 second while photo is loading. Also they changed website colors and now they are much more funny and attractive.
YAHOO PERSONALS MEMBERS DATABASE
According to Compete.com research Yahoo Personals had almost 5 millions active members in December 2007 and these numbers were very similar in 2008. Most users at Yahoo Personals live in USA and it makes their database very good opportunity to meet someone especially if you live in USA.
Because all profiles listed at Yahoo Personals are hand-checked they are very informative and full of personal data. Also scam risks are much lower than on other websites; however, scam problem still exists on Yahoo Personals. Most popular ways of scam on Yahoo Personals according to user reports on the web are Nigerian scam and Russian brides scam. So be careful when you are talking with dates from these regions.
Also I have read abuses that Yahoo Personals scams their clients by billing their credit card without permission and it is impossible to cancel it. This not a scam and I will tell you how to cancel Yahoo Personals subscription later in this review.
The real problem for Yahoo Personals according to user reports on the web is low response rate. It happens because Yahoo Personals has a lot of visitors from different Yahoo! Services which are not related to dating. People join service to try it but forget about their personal ad after few days because they are not interested in dating services at this moment.
Because all profiles listed at Yahoo Personals are hand-checked they are very informative and full of personal data. Also scam risks are much lower than on other websites; however, scam problem still exists on Yahoo Personals. Most popular ways of scam on Yahoo Personals according to user reports on the web are Nigerian scam and Russian brides scam. So be careful when you are talking with dates from these regions.
Also I have read abuses that Yahoo Personals scams their clients by billing their credit card without permission and it is impossible to cancel it. This not a scam and I will tell you how to cancel Yahoo Personals subscription later in this review.
The real problem for Yahoo Personals according to user reports on the web is low response rate. It happens because Yahoo Personals has a lot of visitors from different Yahoo! Services which are not related to dating. People join service to try it but forget about their personal ad after few days because they are not interested in dating services at this moment.
FREE ACCESS AT YAHOO PERSONALS
Actually Yahoo Personals has a lot of activities you can do without being a paid member of the service. You can:
- view profiles without even registering your own personal ad
- set activity alerts
- read dating articles
- use matchmaking system
To use Yahoo Personals mailing system and other features you should purchase Yahoo Personals Subscription.
- view profiles without even registering your own personal ad
- set activity alerts
- read dating articles
- use matchmaking system
To use Yahoo Personals mailing system and other features you should purchase Yahoo Personals Subscription.
WHY I WOULD JOIN YAHOO PERSONALS:
- Well-done design
- Informative profiles
- Dating tips
- Big members database
- All profiles are hand-checked
- Flexible search
- Low membership rates
- Informative profiles
- Dating tips
- Big members database
- All profiles are hand-checked
- Flexible search
- Low membership rates
WHY I WOULD NOT JOIN YAHOO PERSONALS
- Yahoo Personals created mostly for local dating
- High subscription rates billed in one installment for 3-6 month at once
- Hard subscription cancellation procedure
- Low response rate
- High subscription rates billed in one installment for 3-6 month at once
- Hard subscription cancellation procedure
- Low response rate
CONCLUSION OF YAHOO PERSONALS REVIEW
Yahoo Personals still belongs to top dating sites in US. Maybe their service is not so branded as Match.com or eHarmony but in general it is very good choice for most singles living in United States of America. Yahoo Personals has low membership rate. If you are looking for cheap dating service with big US members database Yahoo Personals is a best choice after Match.com which has more features.