Plus, there's no search facility - you can only view/contact profiles the website matches you with.

Cost: one month, £28; three months, £55 Registration time: 25 minutes PROSIdeal if you are no good at blowing your own trumpet.

This site's designed around asking a friend to write your profile - far less painful, and you do get the chance to approve what they've said and add a few words of your own.

Initial registration includes a basic personality test, but there are another 100 (sometimes quite personal) questions on everything from reactions to anger, sex and general interaction with partners.

Cost: one month, £33.95; three months, £95.85 Registration time: 1 hour 5 minutes PROS You can browse profiles (but not make contact) with free registration.

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Their dating platform helps professionals to meet online, providing extensive profile creation, messaging and a few simple extras to help things get off to a good start. It’s certainly not overflowing with features such as games or chat rooms.

Neat features include a 'show interest' button to click as you browse, and a number of one-line generic messages you can send to profiles.

With the ability to make instant contact - for free, it's unsurprising that Plenty of Fish was the most successful matchmaker according to our survey.

Matching is pretty effective on , as you can clearly see how closely matched to another member you are (with the site even offering a percentage to show your suitability).

You can view your closest matches or, if you’ve exhausted that list, you can opt to perform a search.

If you wish to communicate with members you have one of two options: upgrade your account, or wait patiently.

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