The entire concept of dating and getting friends online has changed dramatically, and as time marches forward more and more of the hundreds of dating sites that operate online are offering their services at no cost to users.

The following five dating sites have been selected after a careful review of all available new sites, and inside the following you should be able to find a little something for everyone, regardless of your age, region or sexual orientation.

The first site on the list has gone from free to paid and back to free again. Hopefully they will stay free this time around.
http://www.casualkiss.com offers a truly special set of features and options, a large number of international users, and a strong following for the under 35 age group.

No dating site review would be worthy of reading if it did not include the ever-popular free site http://www.plentyoffish.com. This is the site that blazed the trail in the free dating site world, and their huge user base will never disappoint. Some reviewers don’t like the way the site looks, and it can be a bit click heavy at times, but the price is right and people are online waiting to meet you now, so what the heck.

Next on the list is a relative newcomer which claims to offer up a speed online dating experience. http://www.woome.com lets you sign in and register in about 30 seconds, and offers speed dating using a web camera and microphone. This place is definitely speedy and worth checking out if you are web savvy enough to operate a webcam and microphone, meaning that many of the users are in the under 35 set.

On the opposite end of the spectrum is http://www.bookofmatches.com, which brings you a decidedly low-tech experience full of various functions and options such as forums, friends lists, live chat, scrap booking and blog tagging. Book of Matches also offers social networking options for those who’d rather stay in touch with their friends online. All in all, this is an old-school site that will give you just about everything you need to hook up online.

Last but not least on our list is a spanking brand new site that claims to be the fastest online dating site in the world. http://www.matchalot.com provides a mouse-over profile viewing system, a one-click friend request system, and 100 photos per page. All these attributes make Matchalot a very fast and easy to use dating site. Matchalot.com is aiming to be the ultimate place to meet online friends. Here you will find a service that will change the fact that most of the existing dating sites offer a sub-standard user experience, especially when they have built up a bit of a user base.

So there you have it. Feel free to check out these sites and others. After all they are all free and you have absolutely nothing to lose and maybe a new world of fiends to gain!

Also read about online dating scams – it is important to be aware.