As a result of one members email, there is good news for singles looking for love online in Australia. Australian online dating website, slinky.com.au has recently decided to scrap all it's membership fees and in the process, turned itself into Australia's largest free online dating site.

As the week comes to a close, are you stressed because you do not have a date confirmed for Friday night and no one to hang out with because all of your friends are married and doing the family thing? Or are you the one who will be spending Friday night at home with the kids while your best friend is preparing for their adventurous first date with the newest hottie they met online?

The town of Burlington, Ontario in Canada, near Niagara Falls, has been stirred into action for a world record attempt of a slightly unusual kind. On July 22, 2006, free dating site Plentyoffish.com will bring together over three thousand eligible singles for what will be the largest speed dating event held under one roof. The record attempt has been pre-approved by Guinness officials and will establish the first such world record.

One of the leading online dating services with more than two million active members nationwide, have launched a new service called DateMobile, which is a cross-platform mobile dating service offered throughout North America. DateMobile, which was created by Date.com in association with Plutolife, the worlds premier mobile social networking service provider, is available through most cell phone carriers to both members and non-members of Date.com.

Anyone who has spent time dating online has signed up for a free membership at one time or another, only to find out after writing that perfect profile, that their time was spent in vein, unless they spend $20 to "upgrade" their account so they can actually interact with the community. Sadly, this has become a status-quo marketing practice in the industry, much to the chagrin of would-be members.