Yahoo Dating

Yahoo Dating Options

The Yahoo! Personals site has options for women seeking men, men seeking women, women seeking women, and men seeking men. While the standard Yahoo! Personals service is intended for casual dating, perhaps leading to something more serious, the premier level of membership is tailored to members committed to entering a more serious relationship.

The Yahoo Profile

You can personalize your Yahoo dating profile and searches in the following categories:

• Age - Enter your chosen range.
• Location - Enter your zip code.
• Distance - Find potential dates in your own city or up to 250 miles away.
• Active - Look for site members who have visited in the last day, week, or month, or peruse the profiles of every member who has ever joined the site.
• Photos - Choose whether you require a photo.
• Language Written In - Select between English and Spanish
• Personality type - Narrow your selection to explorers, idealists, leaders, traditionalists, individualists, rebels, givers, creators, champions, protectors, equalizers, or observers.
• Love style - Would you like a date who is romantic, passionate, spontaneous, destined, sensible, or careful?
• Body - Choose from slim to voluptuous, depending on your taste.
• Height
• Eyes and hair
• Ethnicity
• Marital - Do you want to find a date who has never been married, or are you open to divorced, widowed, or separated companions?
• Kids - Do they have or want kids?
• Education level
• Employment - Choose the level of employment.
• Profession - Select a field.
• Smokes and/or Drinks
• Income
• Living - Find out about his or her living companions before you commit to a date.
• Social - Are you looking to hang out with someone who is the life of the party, or do you prefer a homebody?
• TV - Sync your viewing habits, or find someone who doesn't even own a TV.
• Speaks - Pick from a range of languages, including Italian, Dutch, and Urdu.
• Religion and services - Select a religion and how frequently you would like your date to attend religious services.
• Political - Find out where your potential date stands on the political spectrum, or declare yourself "not political."
• Humor - Keep the laughs coming by finding someone who shares your raunchy, campy, goofy, or obscure sense of humor.
• Interests - Find someone who shares your hobbies and interests, whether it's reading or watching sports.
• Astrological Sign

Cost

Unlike most of Yahoo's regular content, the full range of Yahoo dating services aren't available for free. You can create your own profile and search the profiles of others for free. You can also send "Icebreakers," short messages letting someone know you're interested in their profile for free. This can be a good way to test out the Yahoo dating site and see how many potential dates you could find before making an investment. If you want to take advantage of email and instant messaging to continue your conversations, you'll need to pay for a membership.

The current Yahoo dating payment plans include:

• 7-Day Free Pass, $24.95/month after free pass expires
• $16.65/month for three months, billed every three months
• $12.49/month for six months, billed every six months

Dating Advice

Yahoo! Personals also offers advice to help improve your Yahoo dating experience. Find out more about creating an interesting profile, adding photos, and starting the email conversation. You can even subscribe to a newsletter to get more advice and tips delivered straight to your inbox.