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2012 Best Overall Dating Site

About.com's 2012 Readers' Choice Awards will showcase the best products, features and services in multiple categories, from technology to hobbies to parenting. Nominations will be accepted from Jan. 18 to Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. EST. The voting phase begins Wednesday, February 22, 2012 and continues through Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The winners, as determined by your votes, will be announced on Friday, March 30, 2012.


This category includes any and all dating sites started in any year and still in business today. There are no other criteria for this category, and any dating site can receive a nomination and/or win. Some possible candidates include (but aren't limited to): eHarmony, Match.com, Mingle2, OkCupid, Chemistry.com, and Plenty of Fish.


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Nominations are closed. We're sorry but we're not accepting new nominations.

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