We have exciting news to share! Now that the nomination phase of the  first annual 2010 Internet Dating Industry Awards is complete, iovation has been named a finalist for the Best New Technology.  This award recognizes the best individual technology created by a vendor for dating or matchmaking sites. The award will be announced at the 7th Annual Internet Dating Conference. (more…)

iovation is attending the Internet Dating & Social Networking Conference in London this week and evidence of this industry’s continued growth is easy to find. Just this weekend, the Detroit News reported on the success of the online dating industry, despite, or perhaps because of the tough economic times. In fact, based on statistics from Forrester Research Inc., the article states:

Online dating is the third largest producer of revenue out of all paid content sites, generating $957 million in 2008, a figure that the firm predicts will grow 10% by 2013.

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