- If you're not ready to fully commit to signing up for a paid online dating site, you may want to check out Yahoo! Personals or PlentyOfFish.com. Both of these sites allow you to view profiles of members so you can explore before diving in.

- On Yahoo! Personals you can simply enter in who you are and who you're looking for and instantly see matches in your area. If you choose to interact with someone further, you just need to sign in with your Yahoo account or create a new account.

- On PlentyOfFish.com you can click on "search" on the homepage before signing up and fill out a form of what type of person you're looking for. You'll see people already using the service and then choose to sign up to actually connect with some of the people.