Abstract
This document is about Social Networking Services in the United States - Popular, Yes, But How to Monetize Them?
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- What Are Social Networks?
- Table: Select U.S. Social Networking Services by Tier
- Notable U.S. Social Networking Services
- The Business Benefits of Social Networks
- Direct Revenue Business Models
- Advertising
- Subscriptions
- eCommerce
- Indirect Revenue Business Benefits
- Direct Revenue Business Models
- Mobile Social Networks
- Future Outlook
- Growing Popularity of Social Networking
- Services Explosion and Consolidation, Big Players' Future
- Business Models
- Interoperability
- Social Networks - The Operating Systems of the Future?
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Definitions and Taxonomy
- Related Research
- Synopsis

