IAC has surpassed sales expectations as stated in its 3^rd quarter (of 2010) earnings report. The company has posted a jump way better than what was expected, with revenue pegged at $421.7 million; equivalent to a 25 percent increase. Along with this growth, IAC’s earnings per share rose to 32 cents.

This financial leap was attributed from double-digit sales increase in all of its units in the region. The average revenue that analysts pre-defined was just as $399 million and 27 cents per share earnings—a difference of more than $20 million from the actual.

The chief driver of these positive reports is Match. Match is an IAC brand of personal units. Its performance was the principal driver of the organization’s increased revenue for Q3. Sales of Match skyrocketed to 31 per cent increase and 47 per cent in net income. This was a 360 degrees turn form last quarter’s poor showing of Match—when it was the only arm of IAC to post significant drop in revenue. Reports also mentioned that surge in numbers of subscribers of its dating sites propelled the double-digit growth of Match. The figures did not include the latest additions they generated from their acquisitions.

Strength was seen far-reaching. All of its components moved forward. Ask.com for example, has posted a 44 per cent raise in sales.  This site has been IAC’s longest and also the most sluggish business. From July till September, it benefited from high volume of queries through its toolbar. However it still remained as the only IAC arm which posted a loss.

IAC chief executive Barry Diller showed the public in late September the future of Ask.com. He mentioned its “miraculous” grounds in the search business and how long it has survived. They are now moving towards a new strategy that they will monitor immediately after implementation.

IAC has 50 brands under its belt. One of its missions is to make life easier and people to be productive via their interactive sites. With more than 247.3 million distinctive visitors from corner to corner of more than 30 countries, IAC’s network of sites was ranked at the 8^th largest in the world.