Dating Sites UK lists the best UK dating sites for 2012.

We have focused on the more serious dating sites, ones which cater to singles looking for longer term relationships and marriage.  But we have also included a couple of the more fun and flirty sites, including Cupid.com and GirlsDateForFree. Look at our quick reviews and take your pick…

eHarmony really does live up to it’s reputation as the world leader in the dating sites market. Time and time again they perfect the art of matching people up with compatible singles, churning out several hundred marriages a day!! It is partly to do with their excellent personality profiling system, which works surprisingly well for what is essentially an online quiz. If you are a dating sites first-timer, eHarmony is surely the place to start, and could be all the dating site you’ll ever need…

If eHarmony doesn’t fill your inbox with excellent matches, the next dating site to add to your repertoire should be Be2. With a strong presence in Europe and rapidly growing in the UK, they are a quality dating service that gets results. The best thing right now is the free one month trial they offer for a mere fiver, but note that if you want to cancel, it has to be 7 days before you get charged, so this is essentially a three week trial to see if they have what (or who) you want! A large number of users report starting long term relationships, so this is another site for serious daters.

What Bosch is to dishwashers, match.com is to dating sites. High quality and efficient, with a massive database of men and women all over the world. They have an amazing statistic boasting marriages happening every day as a result of their matching system. They don’t send you stuff in your inbox – the browsing and searching is all part of the fun on this dating site…

GirlsDateforFree is our choice for the lads – this site will be a lot of fun for you, as the girls outnumber the guys significantly. Yes, you have to pay, but we reckon you’ll thank us and have the time of your life! Girls, you should probably look at some of the other choices here…

If match.com is Bosch, DatingDirect might be Hotpoint. That’s because there is one in most households in the UK and it’s simple and reliable – DatingDirect is HUGE and has the UK’s biggest membership. It has a broader target market, aiming at people looking for fun as well as longer lasting relationships. There is something for everyone, and you could spend hours browsing through their members, and hopefully find someone special…

match.com decided to try their hand at doing what eHarmony does, and they came up with a matching technology similar in style. It has all the quality of match.com in a matchmaking package. It’s very, very effective and worth taking the fun quiz and seeing who THEY think you’d fancy (they’re really good at it!).

So this is a dating site with a neat idea to line up singles for you who ACTUALLY LIVE NEAR YOU! Wow, not a complicated idea, but it works! Use this site to meet local UK singles.

Swoon – funny name, but supposed to figure out what makes you swoon, and then fix you up with people that would swoon when they meet you – get it? Sounds a bit complicated, but it isn’t – it’s great fun!

You know that when you buy a Friends Reunited product you have their years of relationship expertise behind everything they do. They kind of started the social network thing if you think about it. And they are really good at online dating too. A safe choice, and they don’t match you with people you knew at school, they find you new friends!

Free dating sites tend to get plugged up with total idiots and fake profiles and scammers and who knows what – you end up frustrated and annoyed 99% of the time. Not so with this new, free site that promises a quality dating experience without any cost right now. Go and have a look for yourself – nowt to lose!

Nearly all the free UK dating sites are total rubbish, full of people on the take and not really serious about relationship building. But Midsummer’s Eve is totally different – it’s the free dating site that actually works. You can pay for more features, but the essence of the site, and access to it’s community, is totally free. It is a total bargain. No-brainer.

And that’s all folks. These are the dating sites to try – the rest are extras. We hope you have a great time trying online dating and that 2011 brings you love and happiness…