Web 2.0 Business Models

[mandy]

A few articles on Web 2.0 business models:

Today’s Web startups are not entirely unlike their dot.com predecessors when it comes to the way they are thinking about making money. The differences for “Web 2.0″ type companies stem not from their preferred business models - models that are very similar to their dot.com counterparts - but in the forces influencing the implementation of those models.

... a very different set of variables, which are shaping the progression and development of Web 2.0 companies compared to the dot.com days - more broadband connections, low start-up costs, better search, and lack of IPO pressure.

There are mainly two Web 2.0 business models today, one based on technology and the other on network effects. Both are closely related and in some ways, rely on the other for true success...

full article: http://www.technosight.com/blog/web-20-business-models/

Wise words, but of course Web 2.0 isn't just about mashups. There are many other opportunities for web-based services that utilize aggregation, syndication, user content, and other characteristics of this era of the Web...

Whichever way you look at it, there are a lot more opportunities on the Web now than there were even a couple of years ago.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/index.php?p=71