Pioneer Singles

Pioneer Singles is a good looking dating site that is dressed up in Pioneer colors. The site is designed primarily to be used by the single students, faculty and alumni of University of Wisconsin – Platteville. You don't have to be involved with the school to use the site, but almost all of the members are so you will at least need to live in the general area of the site in order for it to be of much value to you.

Some things I liked right from the start are the ease of use and design of the site. It is simple and clean and a breeze to navigate. I also really liked the fast and easy sign up process. The profiles in this site can be very detailed, but they do let you go back and fill in all those details whenever you want to. Searching for other members is also an easy proposition with this site. You can run a basic search which will allow you to select members by age range and distance from you. If you do take the time to fill in the details of your profile you can also use the Smart Match advanced search. This option uses the details from your profile to better match you with other people. Searching the site and looking at other people's profiles is free, but if you want to contact someone you will have to get a paid membership.

As nice as some of the stuff on this site is, there are some things I didn't really like. For starters the site is very local. What I mean by this is that the almost all of the members of the site live in the general area of the school. If you are not in that same general area then the site will not be of any real use to you. Also beyond the search options there are no real features on the site. Many dating sites now offer interactive things like chat rooms and user forums, but this site doesn't have any of that.

When I scored this site I gave it a lower score because due to it localized nature for most people the site just won't work. Also it lacks some features and is small. All of that said, if you do live in the area of the university shrug off what I have said and give the site a try. It is free and there are a decent collection of members in your general area so there is a decent chance you can find someone near you.