Senior Friend Finder Reviews

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Costs:

Standard membership is FREE, but in order to access all features available on the site it is necessary to upgrade to premium membership. The fee to join SeniorFriendFinder as a premium member is available as Silver and Gold membership and the cost varies as follows:

Prices in US dollars:

• Silver Membership:
  • 1 Month: $22.94
  • 3 Months: $33.94 ($11.31/month)
  • 12 Months: $99.94 ($8.33/month)
• Gold Membership:
  • 1 month: $33.94
    
  • 3 months + 1 month FREE:$59.94 ($14.99/month) - Time-limited offer!
  • 12 months + 6 months FREE: $139.94 ($7.77/month) - Time-limited offer!
    

Prices in UK pounds sterling:

• Silver Membership:
  • 1 Month: £13.62
  • 3 Months: £20.16 (£6.72/month)
  • 12 Months: £59.36 (£4.95/month)
• Gold Membership:
  • 1 month: £20.75
    
  • 3 months + 1 month FREE: £35.60 (£8.90/month) - Time-limited offer!
  • 12 months + 6 months FREE: £83.12 (£4.62/month) - Time-limited offer!

The differences between silver and gold memberships are explained below - scroll down the page!

Features:

• The LARGEST active member base devoted to senior dating on the web -  around 400,000 active members all over the world.
• Be part of the FriendFinder network of sites - the world's most respected online dating brand!
• Browse other members' profiles for free before you join - perform a quick search to see who's online in your local area.
• Fully customizable profiles - you can offer as much or as little information about yourself as you wish, and update your profile as often as you like!
• Easy to use, customizable tools to help you create a profile and search for other users!
• Easy to read and navigate help menus and built-in features to make the site perfect for even a novice computer user!
• Look for more than just a date - make new friends, companionship and share interests on the online SeniorFriendFinder community.
• Many additional features for premium users or for additional fees - such as profile highlighting and the free messaging for standard users to a premium profile (a kind of online reverse-charges!)
• Email, chat & instant message with other members!
• Join a variety of active chat rooms to discuss common interests.
• A complex search function that allows premium members to customize their search to deliver the most appropriate results.
• Chat to other members using your webcam.
• View other members' webcams and recorded videos even if you don't have a webcam yourself!
• Blogs, Groups and an online magazine where members submit poems, articles and other work to create a close-knit online community.
• ConfirmID is a free third-party verification service that confirms a member's non-identifying attributes, like gender and age. This establishes trust, particularly on personal ads. To learn more, click 'ConfirmID' on your profile home page on SeniorFriendFinder.com. ConfirmID is only supported in English.
• Create your own hotlist of members (which everyone can see), bookmark other members (which only you can see) and also create your own ignore list (to block any members you choose).
• Complete privacy protection - no one will know your identity unless you explicitly tell them!
• All profiles are checked for security purposes before they go live on the site.
• An extensive FAQ section to address common problems and issues.
• Excellent technical support, including a 24/7 telephone helpline for premium users!
  

Joining:

• Joining is simple - a standard user account can be generated with a few basic details such as date of birth, gender, 'looking for' and 'interested in' information, geographical location and finally, an active email address.
• A user profile is instantly generated and can be edited at any time to add additional information as you wish. All that is required to complete the joining process is a quick introduction of around 2 sentences to explain to other singles what it is you're looking for and maybe give a bit more of your personality to your listing. It's as simple as that!

Joining SeniorFriendFinder is free for standard membership - this allows users the opportunity to get a taste of the site and see what is on offer. Standard membership offers the following benefits:

• Users can post a profile, including a photograph and information.
• The use of Chat rooms, Instant Messaging, and partial access to the Magazine.
• Limited search capabilities.
• Up to ten email responses to interested singles every 24 hours.

In order to view profiles and get full access to everything SeniorFriendFinder has on offer you will need to upgrade to either silver or gold membership. The fees for this are listed above, and they differ as follows:

• Silver Membership:
  • View and contact other members
  • Show up above standard members in searches
  • Contact new members
  • Access members' recorded video introductions
  • Partial access to blogs, groups and magazine features
  • Friendly 24/7 Phone support

• Gold Membership:
  • View and contact other members
  • Show up at the very TOP of searches, above silver and standard members
  • Be the FIRST to contact new members
  • Get FULL access to members' recorded video introductions
  • FULL access to blogs, groups and magazine features
  • Friendly 24/7 Phone support
  • Access to extra-large photographs
  • Access to ICQ, AIM, YIM & MSN ID's of members in your network
    

 

Performing a Search:

Performing a search with SeniorFriendFinder is also simple! By clicking the 'Search/Browse' tab at the top of the page standard members can perform a basic search and filter results by gender, age range, location and 'interested in' status ('Friendship', 'Marriage' etc.). Standard members can also filter results  to show only gold or silver members. Gold and Silver members can perform more extensive searches based on a number of more specific categories as follows:

• Silver Members can search by:
  • All of the parameters available to standard members plus...
  • Language spoken
  • Ethnicity
  • Exact location (within a mile of any entered ZIP code)
  • Results can also be filtered to:
    • Show only listings with photos
    • Show only listings with ConfirmID
    • Show only listings with personality type

• Gold Members can search by:
  • All of the parameters available to silver members plus...
  • Height range
  • Marital status
  • No. of children / desire to have children
  • Body type / shape
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Smoker / non-smoker
  • Results can also be filtered to:
    • Show only listings with photos
    • Show only listings with ConfirmID (for members who have had their identity confirmed by the staff at SeniorFriendFinder).
    • Show only listings with personality type
    • Show only listings with video introductions
    • Show only listings 'willing to relocate'
    • Sort by last visit date

Search results are displayed in an easily navigated list, with gold and silver members appearing higher in the list. If you're a premium member, in just a few clicks, it's possible to view as many detailed profiles as you like!

Editor's Verdict:

As the world's most frequently visited dating site for seniors, with almost 400,000 active users in total, Senior Friend Finder wholly deserves the Number 1 Choice Award in this category. SeniorFriendFinder specializes in matching those aged 50 and over, though there is no upper or lower age limit on application to the site. The website is attractive and easy to navigate, and while the home page may be accused of being 'busy', the wealth of information available on the website means users get best value for money and can make use of all of the available features. The features available for use on SeniorFriendFinder means that the site becomes more than just a dating site, and develops into a community  of individuals looking for anything from friendship and companionship to marriage! Easy to use and varied communication methods built into the site, such as chat, instant messaging, blogs and the opportunity to share additional contact information through detailed profiles means that its never been easier to meet that special someone!

Senior FriendFinder is part of the vast network of FriendFinder sites which comprise a great number of collective users and is well respected. The FriendFinder network has built its reputation on a high quality experience, taking advantage of the growing communicative possibilities that are the result of modern technology, and offering the greatest number of additional site features to encourage users to remain active members of the site.

As the name suggests, SeniorFriendFinder is more than just a dating site - it is not just for Senior singles looking for romance, but is also for seniors looking for friends and companionship. With an aging population, there are now many retired people in the world (single and otherwise), and being retired can make it hard to forge new friendships when your largest social group in the past comprised your work colleagues. SeniorFriendFinder can help you find new friends with similar interests and outlooks on life, whilst maintaining your privacy and anonymity if you so wish! SeniorFriendFinder is also a great way to meet and get to know people from all over the world, something that can be both exciting and fun - see it as an opportunity to make 'digital penpals'! As such, SeniorFriendFinder is more than just a dating site, its gives all seniors the opportunity to forge all kinds of social relationships.

Profiles on SeniorFriendFinder are a joy to edit, navigate and browse and the high number of members who have display pictures illustrates that the site is an active community that is regularly updated. The site is extremely simple to use, even for a computer novice. The site boasts that more than 1,000 images are added daily and this is testament to the level of involvement that members have within the community. The 'magazine' feature helps to create this community atmosphere, giving its members the opportunity to share talents, skills and experiences (in other words true 'personality') with other members in a way that profiles can not always adequately display. The ability to read the written work of members in such a way can help to create long-lasting connections between members - friendship, dating or otherwise. The blogs and chat rooms offer further opportunities to develop the community atmosphere!

The site offers numerous additional extras that users can add to their profiles for a fee, so that their profiles are more likely to be noticed in search results. The ability to add highlighting to a profile listing as it appears in the list of search results and messages sent by you in another member's inbox means that your profile gets added attention. Similarly, allowing standard members to email you at no cost to to themselves (provided you are a premium member) encourages users to get in contact with you and increases your chance of making a particularly special connection.

There are numerous reasons why SeniorFriendFinder is successful in winning our Number 1 Choice Award, namely:

• The world's most popular senior dating site - SeniorFriendFinder is widely appreciated as the world's most popular dating site for seniors, and its reputation is backed up by the success of the family of FriendFinder sites who are leaders in internet dating.
• Vast, active membership - Online dating is often a numbers game, and with the greatest number of active users out of any of the sites we reviewed (more then 400,000!), the greatest chance of success is with SeniorFriendFinder.
• Host of interesting and useful tools for communication - SeniorFriendFinder allows members to use email, messaging, instant messaging, forums, message boards, video messaging, Access to ICQ, AIM, YIM & MSN ID's of members in your network, and of course, standard user profiles. This is more for your money than any other senior dating site!
• Excellent Value - Even with all of these features the price-per-month for SeniorFriendFinder is one of the cheapest we came across!
• Great customer service - On the rare occasion you might come across a problem, your membership to the site is supported by dedicated 24/7 phone support, FAQ's, email support and a collection of articles on safety, payment and general advice about internet dating.

As with all dating websites, an interesting and honest profile attracts the most attention. SeniorFriendFinder is different because it offers the user the greatest opportunity to forge links based on more than just information presented in a profile. By providing the user with a plethora of varied communication methods and outlets through which to meet interesting users with common interests SeniorFriendFinder offers the greatest value for money, and most importantly, the greatest chance to develop meaningful relationships with other users. And of course, with more senior users in one place than anywhere else on the web, SeniorFriendFinder is truly deserving of our Number 1 Choice Award!

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