Dating Gators

Dating Gators is a dating site thats tries to help single students, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Florida get together. The site is easy to do and looks good splashed in Gator colors. The sign up process was fast and painless. Your profile can have a lot of detail in it, but they let you skip most of that at sign up if you want. I like that since I like to be able to check the site out a little bit before I spend the time to fill out the profile.

Right out the gate I can tell you that this is a site that will work great for those who are involved with or living near the school, but not well for everyone else. Almost every one of the members lives in or near the university so anyone living outside that area will not have any members near them. When searching the members you can search by age range and distance from you. There is also a Super Match feature which will use the details from your profile to better match you with other people. You can search the site and look at other people's profiles with your free membership, but if you want to contact anyone directly you will have to get a paid membership.

There is a distinct lack of features on the site beyond the profiles. There are no chat rooms, no instant messaging, user forums or anything like that. This was a let down to me.

I gave the site a low score because for most of the population the site will not be of much use. Since the membership base is very location specific, most people can pass this site by. However, if you live around the university, or you are involved with the university then ignore my score and give the site a look because there is a decent member base and they are all in your area and have the school in common with you.