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Thanks to the Internet, HIV positive singles can now join one of the many HIV dating sites available on the Web! Here they can meet other HIV positive people, and not have to be troubled about disclosing their HIV status. There are lots of HIV dating web-sites out there. However, some of these sites can be misleading. You can spend thirty minutes filling out a profile only to find out you need to pay $29.95 a month to speak to anybody. So this article is intended to guide you through the process and give you a heads up on these sites. We will look at the top 6 (based on Google rankings), HIV dating sites on the web. We will discuss each site in detail and then give our opinion of that site based on features, cost, privacy and flexibility. We will start with our least favorite web site and end with what we believe to be the best site. You can scroll to the bottom of this article if you just want to see the number one site right away! 6. HIV Passions (hivpassions.com) Despite the fact that this site is 100% free, it is in our opinion the worst HIV dating site available, and it might be a danger to your privacy as well. The Positive: - 100% free. The Negative: - They run a network of dating sites, called the Passions Network and they distribute your profile within this network - including non HIV dating sites. During enrollment, you come to a page called groups. It asks you to check particular groups based on things you're interested in. They will then present your profile on dating sites inside their network based on what interests you pick. This kind of defeats the purpose of an HIV dating site because now your profile is showing up to HIV negative people. It's also a threat to your privacy. - Your profile can show up in search results in Google, Yahoo, etc. Your privacy on this web site may possibly be comprised. - Awfully confusing to navigate. - No instant messenger. - No zip code search. - Littered with advertising. Our Opinion: This website is free but might not be secure. We recommend staying away from this website. 5. Positives Dating (positivesdating.com) This is our second least favorite site. It is not feature rich compared to other HIV dating web sites, plus they charge much more than other sites. There is also no flexibility in their payment schedule. They merely offer a six month membership and nothing else. The Positive: - When doing a search the colors and the layout were easy to read. - We searched for straight females, ages 18-99, with no other search criteria and came up with 2980 results. There was 2980 straight women on the site in the whole world. A pretty good count. The Negative: - Every time we logged in or clicked on "my profile" it kept prompting us to log into their new website, positivesdatingSTD.com. PositivesdatingSTD.com is not an HIV dating site - its for people with all kinds of STD's. A bit worrisome because you can log into the new site with the same username and password, which leads us to believe they will be sharing profiles between the two sites. - We clicked the "who's online button" and there was only one woman online in the entire world. This was at 7:15pm PST. - The free features on the site appeared quite limited in comparison to other HIV dating web sites. We pulled the below statement directly from their website; "Only Premium Members can create e-mails, save searches, contact Soul-Mates, see who's viewed their profiles" With most of the other HIV dating websites we tested, everything was free of charge except contacting members. For example, with nearly all of the other sites, you can see who viewed you, use the forums, save searches, and perform an advanced search for free. With this site, you have to be a paying member to use any of these features. - You are not able to search by zip code. - There is no instant messenger or chat. The Cost: This website only offers a six month membership for $59.95. Our Opinion: We do not recommend this web site. It didn't make sense to us to pay for 6 months in advance for a site you could barely test out, that didn't appear all that great to begin with. It seemed to lack numerous features. There are HIV dating sites available that are less expensive, with more features and more flexibility in terms of payment options. Our other concern, is that they will start sharing profiles on this new dating site they have, positivesdatingsSTD.com. We don't know this factually, but it is definitely a concern since you can login into this new site with the same username and password as positivesdating.com. 4. Positive Singles (positivesingles.com) Positive Singles is the middle point. The site is feature loaded,and the site is very user friendly, except it's not specific to HIV and the pricing is a tad high. The Positives: - Registration was uncomplicated and the majority of the features you can make use of for free, except for contacting people (email, instant messenger). - They offer a forum, instant messenger (paid feature), favorites list, who's viewed me and lots of other features. - They offer a lot of significant content and support for people with STD's. They even offer some kind of a counselor on the site - which looked very cool. - They offer the biggest base of members of all the web sites we reviewed. We did a search similar to the one mentioned above and came up with 1000's of people, HOWEVER, its not specific to HIV. It's all STD's. The negatives: - Not specific to HIV dating it is for all STD's. This concerns us because of the potential of acquiring additional STD's. If you are already HIV positive, the last thing you want is catching something else, particularly with an already weakened immune system. - No zip code search. - No "who's online" feature. - You have to be a paying member to perform an advanced search. This includes searching for HIV positive singles. You can't select to search for HIV positive singles unless you pay. The cost: 1 month membership is $29.95, 3 months $59.95 and 6 months $95.95. Its Pretty high-priced. Our opinion: Positive Singles is a decent site with loads of good features. However, we don't like that it is not specific to HIV positive singles and you are not able to look for for HIV positive Singles unless you become a paying member. We also believe the subscription price is way too high at $29.95 per month. We advise trying this website out for a month and seeing how it goes. 3. HIV Poz (HIVpoz.net) This was our 3rd preferred HIV dating site. The site is feature rich and moderately priced. The Positives: - You can utilize all the features for free, not including contacting members. - Zip code search. - They had 61 people online at 8:45pm PST. - They have a big member base - we did a search and had lots of results. - They offer loads of links to supportive resources for people living with HIV. - Full featured - matching, instant messenger, chat room, who's online, who's viewed me. The Negative: - Long process to create profile and you cannot skip anything. - Littered with ads. - No forum. - Somewhat complicated to navigate. The Cost: $14.97 a month, $23.97 for 3 months, $44.97 for 6 months and 79.97 for a year. But, they are presently running a special for $7.97 a month, a very good price. The only reason this was our third favorite is because there were so many advertisings on this website and the text was small and hard to read, which made it tricky to navigate. We believe that if a website is going to charge a membership fee, they ought to have very little advertising. We kept finding ourselves squinting because the text was so small. However, it is still a terrific web site to meet people and the price is very good...we recommend it. 2. Poz Match (pozmatch.com) Poz Match is the second best HIV dating website available. It has excellent features and it's easy to navigate. The pricing is sensible, in particular on their three, six and twelve month memberships. The Positive: - You can search and check out profiles before you even register. This is a really good feature because you don't have to go through pages of registering before seeing what the web site has to offer. - They have a good zip code search. - Good features - matchfinder, hotlists, saved searches, etc. Every feature is free of charge except for contacting members. - They had some really nice success stories. There is no way to verify if they are true, but they looked good. - The site is very simple to navigate. The Negative: - 4 pages you must complete to sign up. Every single one of the questions you are required to answer. - No who's viewed me (we found this a little strange - this is an important feature they are missing). - No forums. The Cost: $14.95 for 1 month, $29.95 for 3 months, $39.95 for 6 months Our Opinion: This is a great website, that is feature rich, incredibly simple to navigate and modestly priced. We like that you can explore the members before even registering. We highly recommend this website. Drum Roll for the Number 1 HIV Dating Site! 1.HIV and Single (hivandsingle.com) HIV and Single has every one of the things we looked for in a great HIV dating site. It is full of features and it allows you to use nearly all the features for free. When you do subscribe, they are the lowest priced HIV dating service online. Only $4.99 a month - roughly 16 cents a day. The Positives: - Registration is very simple - it's just 2 pages and the second page you can choose to skip. - You can utilize all the features on the website for free, except contacting the members, thus, you can really get in there and try out everything before you decide to pay. - The website is feature loaded. It offers forums, who's viewed me, who's online, instant messenger, zip code search, and a matchmaking feature. - We emailed the owner of the web site several times as members with questions, and he responded to us within a few minutes - very impressive. - The website is extremely simple to navigate. - They have a large member base, which appeared to be around 6000 members globally. - Just $4.99 a month. The Negatives: None. The Cost: 4.99 for 1 month, $14.95 for 3 months, $29.95 for 6 months and $49.95 for 12 months. Our Opinion: Hands down the finest HIV Dating site on the web. So there you have it! Now, what are you waiting for? Go find your soulmate!
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Charlie Howard is a dating review fanatic. He's posted stellar reviews on many of the biggest dating sites online and is currently working on a dating site review blog. If you would like to check out his top pick for HIV dating sites, visit www.hivandsingle.com. Join and search other, positive singles for free.
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