I've tried a few dating services, and so far gotten the best results from U-Date - so why the low rating?

First, as another reviewer mentioned, one cannot enter one's exact height. I am at the top end of the 5'3 - 5'5" range. Believe me, for men, in that range *every* inch counts! This "range" data entry method is just plain dumb. Weight is less an issue for me, but I can see where that would be a problem for some people too.

Also, they send helpful little notices to you like "Other members who signed up at the same time as you are getting a lot more interest! Why don't you complete your profile? People with complete profiles get more responses!"

This would be a helpful tip, except their computer doesn't check to see if your profile is complete, because mine was. It's kind of an automatic "Ha Ha Loser!" feature that they could probably tweak a bit.

On the other hand, I *really* like their two-way match function which allows you to not only search for people who meet your criteria, but also search for people for whom you meet theirs. As a 5'5" man, it's nice to be able automatically filter out the 95% or so women who want someone taller.

I find nearly all the action on these sites occurs in the first week or two that I'm signed up, so I only sign up for a month at a time, and rotate from site to site. U-Date is going to be pretty far down the list.