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The social networking industry is a multibillion dollar industry and online dating is expanding as a means of meeting a companion. IQ Webquest offers a dating service for single men and women, ages 18 and up. Link Here to View The Ultimate Dating Site.
The online dating industry is lucrative, reeling in about $US500 million ($A650 million) in the United States and about 160 million euros ($A265 million) in Europe last year, said Jupiter Research. A survey earlier this year by Pew Internet and American Life Project found that about 16 million Americans had used an online dating website.
In the late 1990s, the public perception of online dating networks was that they were for desperate nerdy types clicking away at their keyboards. That has changed, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The majority of online adults (61%) don’t think that people who use online dating services are desperate.
American adults (31%) know someone who has used an online dating service. Another 26% know someone who has gone on a date arranged through such a site, and 15% know someone who has found a long-term relationship of marriage online. Some 16 million adults have used online dating sites. Of those, 23% are now married or living as married (not necessarily to a person met online); 45% never married, and 31% were married but are now divorced.
More than one in 10 Internet users (11%) visit online dating sites. Of online daters, 43% have gone out on dates with people they have met on the Web. Almost two in 10 (17%) have entered into long-term relationships or married a person they met online.
Of all online users, 57% believe many people found on online dating services lie about their marital status while 18% think that online daters are honest; 52% of online daters agree that lying is a frequent problem while 32% disagree.
Over Fifty Year Olds????? Yep.
One of the fastest growing populations joining online dating networks is adults over 50 years old. One in 14 singles age 40-69 regularly go online for dating, according to AARP: The Magazine. Match.com had over 1.5 million users over 50 accounting for nearly 10% of membership. The category grew by 65% between 2002 and 2003; (the most recent data available).
Fifty- to 64-year-olds account for only 6% of the total online dating population, according to Pew; 18-29-year-olds are the largest segment of the online dating audience, making up 18% of the total.
Future Potential
In 2005, subscribers made online dating a $516 million industry according to JupiterResearch. Revenue is expected to continue to rise through 2009, though at a much slower rate of growth than in previous years, reaching a high of $623 million.
During 2004, online dating networks were the largest paid content category online, according to the Online Publishers Association. In 2005, the category had dropped to number two behind Entertainment/Lifestyles, though it grew by 7% in revenue.
Online Dating Behavior
Among all unmarried singles in the U.S., more than half (55%) report that they are not in a committed relationship and are also not looking for a relationship, according to Pew. Among 18-29-year-old singles, 38% are not looking for romance, while 22% are. The rest are in committed relationships.
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- IQ Webquest, Inc.
6278 N. Federal Highway #274
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Phone: (954) 495-9522
Fax: (954) 337-2919
Website: http://www.iqwebquest.com/ (Corporate site)
http://www.theultimatedatingsite.com/
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