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Create Profiles and Photos: Log
on to personals.yahoo.com to post a profile
and add a photo. You'll receive responses in your private Personals
Mailbox.
Voice and Video Greetings: Post and listen to other users'
30-second voice and video greetings to get a better sense of what
their personality is really like.
Search for Profiles: Browse through the extensive database of
profiles for free.
Advanced Search: Find exactly who you're looking for - narrow
your searches based on preferences such as education level, religion,
ethnicity and more.
Mutual Match: Find people who match your search criteria and
who are also interested in finding someone like you!
Search Now, Save for Later: Choose "Save Profile" and
the profile will be waiting on your "My Personals" page
until you are ready to respond.
Let Yahoo! Search for You: Tell Yahoo! the type of people you
are looking for and you'll receive e-mail alerts when someone posts a
profile that matches your desires.
New! Icebreakers: Icebreakers are free one-time messages
someone can send to another to let him or her know they're interested.
Recipients can also respond one time with a free reply. Although you
do not need to be a subscriber to send or respond to Icebreakers, only
subscribers can continue communicating. In essence, Icebreakers are
like flirting.
New! Likely Likeables: Allows users to browse profiles that
other people are interested in. When looking at a profile, selecting
the "View similar profiles" button works much like your
circle of friends recommending people who might be a good match for
you.
PREMIUM
MEMBERSHIP:
Yahoo! Personals: Yahoo!
Personals users join to reply to profiles of people they are
interested in. Members can reply to as many profiles as they like.
Know When Others are Online: Yahoo! Personals is the only
online dating service with instant messaging integration, so people
can use Yahoo! Messenger to know when other members are online and to
have instant conversations.
Attach a Snapshot: Include a
"snapshot" or mini version of your profile when you respond
to messages so other members can learn more about you.