How We Pick the Best Cleveland Dating Sites

Dating sites vary considerably, from those designed for specific demographics to large global platforms, app-based dating to in-person speed dating events, and dating for seniors vs. casual networking apps for students.

So, how do we decide which Cleveland dating sites are the absolute best options, given that they’re all very different in layout, services, cost, accessibility, and features? And when Cleveland singles are looking for a variety of dating websites?

The Best10DatingGuide team creates our very own profiles on every dating site we review, so we get the same first-hand experience you would have if you were to join the site yourself.

Our experienced reviewers spend time getting to play with all the match tools, checking the pricing tables and available discounts, browsing through local members, and looking out for any red flags that the site is exposed to bots or fake profiles.

We use a predetermined list of specific criteria, so every reviewer considers the same elements of the service and can assign a score out of ten. Factors include things like:

• The number of users in the local area, their average age, sexuality, location, and the type of relationship they are looking for.
• Cost – pricing per month or week, whether you pay upfront or as you go, options to cancel your account mid-way through, and what you get for your account fee.
• Profile quality, the number of images per account, and how detailed the information is to see whether you feel you are compatible with another member.
• Dating games and features where you can swipe, send likes, initiate a message, or use another option to express an interest.
• Added help & dating advice from dating experts, such as date night ideas, tackling first date nerves, completing your dating profile, and much more.
• Security settings such as user ID checks, message encryption, and other safeguards to ensure every account on the site is authentic.
  

Once we’ve finished our reviews, we put all the information into one summary, with screenshots and full pricing lists, so you can make informed decisions about whether the dating site seems suitable and relevant to your dating aspirations.

See also: The Pros & Cons of eHarmony

Choosing the Right Cleveland Dating Site for You

When dating today Cleveland has a huge selection of dating websites available. It's more common than you might think to sign up for dating sites on the assumption that a well-known brand or app is certain to help you find exactly the relationship you are looking for.

However, the caveat is that even an amazing site isn’t going to be any good if the majority of members live too far away, are outside of your required age range, or aren’t of the same sexuality!

Further reading: Date ideas for that first date

While that might sound obvious, there are few and far quality dating sites that specialize in non-mainstream dating, aside from casual swipe-dating apps.

Best10DatingGuide covers several popular dating niches, each with a separate top ten ranking to save you time and effort in selecting the best dating site for your needs.

Examples of our current dating site review categories include:

• LGBTQ+ dating
• Christian dating
• BBW dating
• Senior dating
• Professional dating
• Single parent dating
  

You will find that it’s massively easier to meet potential dates and chat online if you have the assurance that you are all looking for the same thing and are in a similar place in terms of what you’re expecting from a date.

It may well be that you fall into more than one dating category, so you can either browse our reviews in your own time, compare all the top ten dating sites within each niche, or select the section that feels more important to you.

Tips for Safe Online Dating in the US

There are three potential time wasters commonly found on dating websites. Although the best dating apps are normally pretty secure, it’s still worth looking out for:

• Fake accounts: people who pretend to be somebody else or a different age from themselves. Most use a celebrity image or pet as a profile picture rather than their real photo.
• Spammers and bots: some unethical dating sites use bots that send you messages, requiring you to upgrade your dating account to a premium membership to read them. Of course, once you open the message or go to reply, it becomes obvious it's not a real person!
• Scammers: the most dangerous are scammers who attempt to elicit money or private information from people on online dating sites by posing as genuine people interested in a date.
  

Keep your wits about you, and be sure to block and report any of the above, and you'll steer clear of dodgy online dating users.