In today's advanced world, technology has changed the way that people communicate and interact. Information technology, in particular, can be credited with much of the advancement in communication. The internet and the World Wide Web have enabled people from different parts of the world to communicate and interact in an engaging way.

Online dating sites have emerged as one of the most popular applications of the internet for interaction. In these online dating sites, people from all over the world meet and interact with each other in an engaging manner and at real time. Online dating sites have many applications that have made users to be hooked to them. For instance, there are chat applications that enable members registered to the site to chat one on one.

There are also applications for uploading photos, filling out a profile, posting comments and messages among others. Online dating sites have grown in popularity over the last few years and at present attract huge followings from people from all walks of life all across the world.

Many online dating sites have restrictions on registration and do not provide the much needed fun and interactions that online daters require. However, we now have exciting online dating sites that have considered what online daters have been missing in others.

In a good dating site, registered members should have a basket of fun choices to choose from in delivery and receiving of communication from other members. The first excitement should be in the registration itself. Unlike most other sites, the best sites should be completely free to register. Yes, absolutely FREE. Moreover, all members should be entitled to full use of the applications provided for them. When you register, you can start using the many exciting options available to enable you, not only to get into contact with people you might like, but also to do so in a fun way with no commitment whatsoever until you get to know them better.

The applications should be advanced, fun and easy to use with very cool interfaces. One of the most fun applications you will definitely fall in love with is the Chat Live application, used by an increasing number of online dating sites, which enables you to chat with other people in real time. If you simply want to chat with random users, you can do that using the Chat Live feature. You can chat with other members that are online at the same time as you are, get to know them and even plan a date or a future chat.

That way you don't have to wait for several days for your matching partners to reply to your messages; you just chat with them live immediately. Of course, they can refuse to chat with you, but that is also your option with others in which you are not too interested. However, many long and lasting relationships start between people that had no initial attraction for each other!

A good site should have a search engine that enables you to customise your searches for potential matches. This is very helpful since you get to filter your searches and receive the most compatible users and thus increase your chances of finding real love over the internet. You also fill your profile which is used to find you when other users wish to contact you.

There should be a picture and video upload application that is easy to use to allow members to upload as many pictures as they wish to the site. You can get your nice pictures and videos on the site and increase your chances of getting many contacts. This is a very desirable feature in a dating site, and if you get such a feature offered that is easy to use, then you know that you have found a good online dating site. Its simplicity makes uploading of pictures and videos a very easy task. Now everyone can upload their photos and videos without having to go through complicated and cumbersome processes.

Finally, a good online dating site should allow you to email those you meet, send winks or nudges and the like, and really be able to use the site as a social networking form of website: even to the extent of having a wall, such as Facebook has its Funwall. How about a Lovewall?

There is no doubt that an online dating site with these features would be a winner, so keep your eyes open. You never know .. .