Some people enjoy browsing profiles and pictures on free online dating services. Others don't feel as though they have the time to spare. One of the cool features of some of the best online dating sites is an automatic daily search for people who fit the profile specifications you enter.

Automatically Updated Searches on Online Dating Services

In some cases, you'll still have to go to the site in order to view the results of the search. Your criteria will be saved, and you can search immediately for new profiles. There may be several available each day, depending on your geographic location and the degree of specificity you have entered for other traits.

Some sites will email you with profiles of potential matches. You can view each profile in a separate email, and choose whether to delete or save the person's information. A lot of people really love this convenient function, as it saves them a lot of time, and also gives them the opportunity to view as few or as many profiles as they want, any time they want.

There are a couple of sites that give you the option to pass a profile on to a friend. If you're matched with someone who seems like a great person, but he or she isn't quite right for you, perhaps you can think of a friend who would think the profile looks perfect. If you've received the profile in an email, you can just click a button to forward it on to a friend, even one who doesn't belong to the same dating site.