Articles on Successful web-based business models
Creating sustainable competitive advantage - No successful web company (not eBay, Flickr, Amazon, Facebook...) succeeds because of a significant technological barrier to entry. The reason the internet is such a home to wow business models is that it's easier to create a network here than any other time in history. Creating sustainable competitive advantage: an insightful blog post by Seth Godin (2009)Terrific survey of free business models online - Terrific survey of free business models online is a great analysis of the business models applied by the top100 most successful web-based businesses in 2008; it turns out that most of them use free or freemium business models; by Chris Anderson, Author of the Long Tail @ WIRED Magazine (2009)
The 100 top Web apps for 2008 - The 100 top Web apps for 2008 is a collection of the 100 best Web 2.0 applications, chosen by Webware readers and Internet users across the globe. Over 1.9 million votes were cast to select these Webware 100 winners. (2009)
Authors@Google: Alexander Osterwalder, Author of Business Model Generation
Successful Web-based Business Models
Amazon Business Model - Amazon's Business ModelBaidu Business Model - Baidu's Business Model
Craigslist Business Model - Craigslist Business Model
eBay Business Model - eBay's Business Model
Facebook Business model - Facebook's business model
Google Business Model - Google's Business Model
Microsoft Business Model - Microsoft's Business Model
PayPal Business Model - PayPal's Business Model
Skype Business Model - Skype's Business Model
Twitter Business Model - Twitter's Business Model
Wikipedia Business Model - Wikipedia's Business Model
Yahoo Business Model - Yahoo Business Model
