Looking for love online? Take a look at the top five dating services and see how they compare.

Match Maker

Monthly Rate: $8.33-$19.95

Membership: 8 Million

Communications: Email, IM

Forbes recently named MatchMaker one of the "Best Online Dating Services.”

MatchMaker two best features are its user-friendly site and the fact that they offer one of the most in-depth profiles on the web. The profiles start with a extensive questionnaire followed by an essay. Although the essay part is optional, it is actually the best way to share your core interests and values, and facilitates your match to singles who share them.

Match Maker also supports voice greetings, automatic little messages you can use to spice up your profile. A simple feature allows you to keep track of how many times your profile has been viewed.

Yahoo Personals

Monthly Rate: $7.50-$19.95

Membership: Over 5 Millions

Communications: Email, IM

Yahoo Personals is one of the leading online dating sites, particularly due to their refined search engine, which allows you to view and organize your search through a variety of options, such as age, living area, interests, etc.

For those looking for more than casual dating, Yahoo Personals Premier offers a more extensive character profile, a highly developed matching system (personality and shared values are two of the basis for matches), and a large database of singles that are also looking for a serious relationship.

Dream Dates

Monthly Rate: $9-$24.95

Membership: 3.5 Million

Communications: Email, IM, Chat, Voice

In addition to standard features such as online chat rooms and instant messaging, Drearmdates features an advanced option that allows you to talk with other members instead of only using text messages.

Dreamdates offers the standard Romance memberships, plus an Erotica option.