Review of OkCupid

When it comes to online dating websites the choices are numerous. Many sites claim or sometimes even guarantee that through their services you will find your soul mate and live happily ever after. Obviously most of the time this isn't true as such a feat is not easily accomplished. Today I will review one of these websites www.OkCupid.com, hopefully this review will help everyone get a basic feeling for the website and help you decide if it is what you are looking for.

First of all one of the best things about okcupid.com is that it is free, assuming of course that you would rather not empty your pockets while searching for love or friendship. One of the better features Okcupid.com offers an interesting system through which the website matches up people based on the way they answer a set of questions which number in the 100's(although you can answer as many as you like). These questions are all multiple choice and after each question OkCupid asks you to state if the question is of high, medium, or low importance to you and how your ideal match would answer the same question. Of course the more questions answered means the results will be more accurate and a better match will be found, at least that's the idea.

Once the user has answered a decent amount of questions, added a personal photo, and filled out their personal profile with information about themselves the matching system begins to work quite well. Every day a couple of matches are added to your "match set" from where you can then approve the ones you like and deny the people you don't. OkCupid.com makes this easy by providing a percentage system which gives you the "Match %" and also a "Friend and Enemy" percentage. I found this quite innovative as it effectively gives a comparison in personality which to some extent hints to users if they should even bother with the specific person or not.

In addition there is also a search feature which shows matches in your general area which is fun as you can browse through them until you find someone of interest. From there you can message the person and so on. OkCupid.com also features more detailed options like the ability to compare your profile and answers to another user's and some other cool features but I will leave those for you to find on your own.

The last feature I would like to talk about is the tests and quizzes. The website offers hundreds of tests and quizzes created by other users, there are many categories ranging from categories like Lifestyle all the way to Sports and anything in between. In addition there is also the option to compare tests answers with your matches which can be fun.

Overall OkCupid.com seems to be one of the better options in the online dating world. Whether you are looking for your soul mate, a new friend, or even just a pen pal you can't go wrong with OkCupid. I would recommend the website to anyone, It is fun and easy to use so try it and you just might find someone that's right for you.