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JDate is the largest dating site tailored to Jewish singles. It’s nicely designed, uses clever icons for tracking communication, and adds instant messaging to the mix. JDate offers complementary services like speed dating parties to make finding a match even more likely.

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Dating Pool Potential:

Jdate is the largest online dating site geared toward Jewish singes, but take note, you don’t have to be Jewish to join. Active members vary between 12,000 and 20,000 at any given point: look to “online now” for the current figure. Quantcast, an open internet ratings service indicates a ratio of about two men to each woman visiting JDate, 58% have an income over $60,000—the highest of any online dating site reviewed—and 65% are over 35 years old. Once you’ve posted your profile, you may track your profile views and communication to further assess the dating pool.

Profiles:

Completing the profile is a quick and simple process. In addition to physical features, lifestyle preferences, and relationship type, you will have the opportunity to provide more details on your religious habits. Write a brief essay about yourself, a perfect first date, your ideal relationship and what you have learned from past relationships, and finish with a few preferences about the one you hope to meet. Add a photo and within 24 hours you will be up and running.

Matching/Searching:

JDate makes searching simple and results correlate perfectly with your specified criteria. Try the quick search or specify down to the last detail. Searching is flexible and you can view your results as a photo gallery or in a list. You may sort by newest, most active, closest to you or most popular. Like most other online dating sites, JDate will send you regular emails with matches for you based on your profile.

Communication & Additional Services:

JDate lets you communicate instantly with live chat, quickly with a flirt (the pre-written expression of interest) or with email. JDate also offers an unusual service that lets you test the waters of interest. Note the Yes, Maybe, and No icons at the top of each profile. If you click yes, JDate will send a notice of interest to the member and encourage them to respond. You may also send an e-card to a member. You’ll find quite a few to choose from to express interest, communicate or send holiday greetings.

All of these communications are tracked in a simple format in your inbox, and displayed as a summary on your home page. You can see how many people have emailed you, Hot Listed You, Flirted with You, IM’d You, Viewed You and send you an E-card. Each action has an icon associated with it. A pair of matching icons attached to a message in your inbox, signifies each of you have communicated with one another. Feeling in the matchmaker mood? You may click to send any profile to a friend.

JDate offers a number of complementary services like speed dating parties, trips and local events with schedules posted on the site. You will also find user videos from YouTube and the online dating and advice magazine, JMag.

Ease of Use:

The liberal use of icons makes JDate exceptionally easy to use. You won’t lose track of your communication with members, and be able to gauge their level of interest based on how they’ve communicated. JDate is well laid out and easy to navigate from the initial profile process to chatting online.

Help & Support:

Look for the light bulb icons indicating helpful information: you’ll find tips and advice for making better use of the site throughout its pages. A FAQs section will answer most of your questions, but you may contact JDate by email or use their toll free number.

Summary:

JDate is an engaging site with fun to use icons, a flexible search function, and attractive extra services. It’s a good dating site designed for Jewish singles—like its sister site AmericanSingles, you can always see how many are online and communicate instantly.

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