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This paper aims to compare several different views of what constitutes a portal, and to offer a specific definition. The main focus of the paper is on general horizontal (or public) portals and the relationship between their business\u2010revenue models and the content they provide. This paper aims to briefly review the relevant literature before describing a revenue model consisting of players, strategies and content. This is then examined and synthesised to match various revenue models and content.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>After proposing the model, the paper tests how the matches proposed between revenue and content in the model compare with two currently operating popular horizontal portals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>An examination of two popular portals (one world\u2010wide and one based in Australia) has provided typical examples of how the advertising\/revenue can be employed by horizontal portals and shown that they appear to match fairly closely with the proposed revenue\/content model. After having examined the content of these two well\u2010known portals, it appears at this early stage that the revenue\u2010content model may show some promise.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>While the paper cannot claim complete generalisability of a model based on a comparison of only two horizontal portals, the results are promising and should be useful for horizontal portal managers looking for how to balance the revenue of their portal with the content that they generate and the services they offer.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>When fully tested, the model will provide horizontal portal operators assistance with the process of determining suitable content for their portals to match their chosen revenue strategies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>It is believed that this model is one of the few revenue\/content matching models developed for horizontal portals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/14637150710823147","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,15]],"date-time":"2007-09-15T07:04:13Z","timestamp":1189839853000},"page":"662-676","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["A business\u2010revenue model for horizontal portals"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Stephen","family":"Burgess","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Arthur","family":"Tatnall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Amit, R. and Zott, C. 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