Reportlinker Adds Global Web Portals and Online Communities Industry

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NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

Reportlinker Adds Global Web Portals and Online Communities Industry

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The global outlook series on Web Portals and Online Communities provides statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers an aerial view of the global web portals and online communities industry, identifies major short to medium term market challenges, and growth drivers. Regional markets elaborated upon include United States, United Kingdom, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brazil. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 740 companies worldwide.

1. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1

Table 1: Top Ten Nations by Number of Internet Users (2008) 1

Table 2: Global Internet Usage Market (2008): Percentage

Breakdown of Users by Region - Asia, Europe, North America,

Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and Others 1

Table 3: Global Web Portals Market (2007): Percentage Share of

Daily Visits by Users by Category - Search Engines, Social

Networking, General News, Online Banks, and Sports News 2

Significance of Web Portal 2

Advantages 2

Online Communities: A Valuable Tool for Businesses 2

2. WEB PORTALS INDUSTRY 3

Portal Market: The Growth Saga to Continue 3

Revenue Sources for Web Portals 3

Consumer Side Revenue Model 3

Supplier Side Revenue Model 4

Promotional Advertising Revenue Model 4

Hybrid Model 4

Online Advertising Market Feels the Heat of Economic Downturn 4

Table 4: Global Online Advertising Market (2007): Percentage

Breakdown of Revenues by Segment - Search Engine Advertising,

Display Advertising, and Others 4

Portals and Web Content Management Solutions 5

Growing Demand for Portals with Dual Functionalities 5

Demand for Enterprise Portals Grows 5

Integration with Document Management 5

Web-Based Retailing: The New Fad Among Branded Apparel Retailers 5

Social Networking Websites Gaining Popularity 6

Substantial Rise in Acquisitions and Mergers 6

Web Portal Consolidation for Content Refinement 6

Advantages of Community Portals 6

Advantages of Business-to-Business Web Portals 7

Web 2.0 Technology 7

Thin Line Computing 7

Applications 7

User-Generated Content 7

Applications 7

Drawback of Web 2.0 8

Enterprise 2.0 Portal 8

Working of an Enterprise 2.0 Portal 8

Enterprise 2.0 Meets Requirements of Different Groups 8

SLATES for the Formation and Installation of Enterprise 2.0 8

Purpose of Enterprise 2.0 Portal 9

Mobile Web 2.0 9

Advanced Web Applications Offer Convenience to Users 9

Consumer Portal Versus Enterprise Portal 9

Similarity Between Portals and Mashups 9

Disadvantages of Web Portals 9

3. ONLINE COMMUNITIES - AN OVERVIEW 10

Uneven Distribution of Online Communities 10

Incentives Encouraging Contribution to Online Communities 10

Participation Inequality Among Users of Online Communities 10

Table 5: Participation of Web Users in Online Communities:

Percentage Breakdown of Usage and Content Contribution by

Category - Most Frequent Contributors, Occasional

Contributors, Silent Lurkers and Abstainers 10

Public Online Community Versus Private Online Community 10

Online Community and the Telecommunication Industry 11

Web-Based Communities to Fail 11

Factors Responsible for Failure of Online Communities of

Organizations 11

Measures to Prevent Failure of Web-based Communities 11

4. COMPETITIVE SCENARIO 12

Google: The Undisputed Leader 12

Enterprise Information Portal Market 12

Key Players in Enterprise Information Portal Software Market 12

WebSphere Maintains Leadership in Enterprise Portal Industry 12

Table 6: Leading Players in the Global Enterprise Portal

Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for IBM,

Microsoft, BEA Systems, Oracle and Others 13

Table 7: Leading Players in the Global Enterprise Portal

Software Market (2006): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for

IBM, Microsoft, BEA Systems, Oracle and Others 13

Select Key Players 14

America Online, Inc. (US) 14

Google, Inc. (US)14

Microsoft Corp. (US) 14

Walt Disney Internet Group (US) 14

Yahoo!, Inc. (US)14

5. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 15

Web Portals: An Insight 15

Types of Web Portals 15

Horizontal Portals 15

Vertical Portals 15

Affinity Portals 16

Commerce Portals 16

Consumer Portals 16

Enterprise Portals 16

e-Business and e-Commerce Web Portals 16

Business-to-Business Portals 16

Social Commerce Portals 17

Personal Portals 17

Business Portals 17

Academic Portals 17

Regional Web Portals 17

Government Web Portals 17

Corporate Web Portals 17

Hosted Web Portals 18

Domain-Specific Portals 18

Sports Portal 18

Features of Web Portals 18

Personal Information Management (PIM) 18

Entertainment, Financial & Business Content 18

Business Resource Management 18

My Web Portal 18

Real-Time Event Alerts 18

Online Auctions and Reverse Auctions 19

Externalizing Back Office Legacy and Web Applications 19

e-Commerce Service/Product Procurement & Catalogues 19

Shared Contents and Recruiting Services 19

Auctions 19

Reverse Auctions 19

Added Data Content Collection Point and Resell 19

Exchange for Goods and Services 19

Service/Product Sale 19

Taste Test Generates Subscription 19

Advertising 19

Fee-Based Transaction Services 19

Referral Sales Commission 19

Enterprise Portals: An Overview 19

Background 19

Evolution of Advanced Technologies 22

Online Communities: An Insight 22

Background 22

Life Cycle for Members 23

6. PRODUCT LAUNCHES/DEVELOPMENTS 23

7. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 53

8. STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 74

A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

1. THE UNITED STATES 83

Streamlining Web-based Dating Sites 83

Privacy Matters 83

Competition 84

Web Portal Market 84

Table 8: Leading Players in the US Web Portal Market (2007):

Percentage Breakdown of Online Advertising Revenues for

Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft 84

Table 9: Leading Players in the US Web Portal Market (2007):

Percentage Breakdown of Unique Visitors for Google, Yahoo,

MSN 84

Table 10: Leading Portals in the US Pay-Per- Click Search

Advertising Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues

for Google, Yahoo and MSN 84

Social Networking Portals Market 84

Table 11: Leading Social Networking Sites in the US (2006):

Percentage Breakdown of Traffic for MySpace.com,

YouTube.com, Blogger.com, Classmates.com, Facebook.com and

Others 85

Select Key Players 85

Pingo 85

Verticalnet, Inc. 85

2. EUROPE 86

Localizing European Websites: An Area of Focus 86

Table 12: Internet Usage Market in Europe (2008): Percentage

Breakdown of Number of Internet Users by Country - Germany,

UK, France, Italy, and Spain 86

2a. THE UNITED KINGDOM 86

Growing Spending on Online Advertising 86

3. ASIA-PACIFIC 87

3a. CHINA 87

Online Market Thrives in Leading Cities 87

Table 13: Online Market in China (2008): Percentage Breakdown

of Online Purchases by Category - Female Customers and Male

Customers 87

Table 14: Portals Market in China (2007 & 2008): Percentage

Breakdown of Portals by Select Channel - News, Entertainment

Finance/Business, Sports and Games 87

Tough Times for Portals with Obscene Content 88

Competitive Scenario 88

Table 15: Leading Players in the Chinese Web Portal Market

(2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Site Visit for Sina,

Sohu, Baidu.com, NetEase and Yahoo 88

Table 16: Leading Players in the Chinese Web Portal

Advertising Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues

for Sina, Sohu, Tencent, Netease and Others 89

Table 17: Portal Market in China (2007 & 2008): Percentage

Breakdown of Portals Used for Personal Blogging - 163, Sina,

Sohu, MSN, 51.com, Qzone, and Baidu 89

Table 18: Leading Players in the Chinese Consumer-to-Consumer

Portal Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Revenues for

Dangdang.com, Joyo, Eachnet, Paipai.com and Others 89

Sina.com - A Key Player 90

3b. INDIA 90

Increased Internet Usage Drives Growth in e-Commerce Market 90

Online Advertising Gaining Popularity 90

Job Portal Sector On a High 91

e-Matrimony Industry Gaining Foothold 91

Low Acceptance Level of Social Networking and Blogging Sites 91

Overseas Tourism Organizations Utilize Web Portals to

Influence Indian Tourists 91

3c. MALAYSIA 92

Growing Demand for e-Governance Portals 92

3d. VIETNAM 92

A Preferred Web Portal Development Destination 92

4. LATIN AMERICA 93

Growing Interest in Content Management 93

Table 19: Internet Usage Market in Latin America (2008):

Percentage Breakdown of Number of Internet Users by Country -

Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Chile 93

Computer Mediated Communication Scenario 93

Uneven Distribution of List Servers and Electronic Lists 93

Disparity in Distribution of Virtual Communities 94

Information Resources Versus Communication Resources 94

Still Dependent on Other Nations for Information Sources 95

Enhanced Presence in Virtual Communities: Need of the Hour 95

4a. BRAZIL 95

Growing Prominence of Social Networking Sites 95

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