The key element to successful online conquests is contact options, the faster and more direct, the better they are, I say. Every site offers the standard email and usually a simplified one-click form of showing someone interest. This service is no different, it has private onsite email and it calls its flirting "send someone a tickle." Those old standbys are fine enough, but to round out the house you really do need some live options, as well. Good news here folks, since besides getting the usual chat rooms and regular instant messaging, you also have voice chat and a "private call" system.

Voice chat is combined with the IM interface and is very straightforward, although it is slow to load on my computer.

To place an anonymous phone call does have a per minute rate of 75¢ US, but neither party's number is revealed and it would certainly speed up meeting the stranger down the street if you could speak first directly on the telephone.

Now for some more options if you're feeling hot to trot without wanting to leave the stable. There is a plethora of forums covering all sorts of sexy subjects.

I really do appreciate how so many people will air their own soiled laundry and tawdry affairs publicly; I am a bit of written verbatim voyeur myself. More directly aimed at getting fellow members off, there is a section of subscriber submitted sex stories over which to salivate.

As always there are articles with tips about sex and dating to read. If you find yourself wandering off the site to do other things, there is a new feature called NicTic that adds a bar to your desktop to show members logging on to get off in real time.

Only one level of paid membership here, and is called SexyAds.com VIP Membership. At least one person (person sending or receiving a message) needs to be a VIP member to be able to open it.