Mocospace

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MocoSpace
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MocoSpace on iPhone
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inMultilingual (8)
FoundedOctober 20, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-10-20)
HeadquartersBoston, Massachusetts, US
IndustryInternet
Websitewww.mocospace.com
RegistrationRequired
UsersIncrease 3.27 million monthly active users (September 8, 2015)
Current statusActive
Written inJava

MocoSpace is a mobile game community specifically focused on HTML5 for mobile, also known as a mobile social network.[1] The features of the site are similar to other social networking sites. Features include mobile games, chat, instant messaging, eCards, and photos.[2] MocoSpace is an off deck[3] mobile site, which means that it isn't featured on the start page of cell phone carriers but is a standalone mobile web site that can be visited by any phone with mobile web access. MocoSpace is one of a number of Boston-area startups focusing on developing applications for the mobile web.[4] It was one of the largest mobile websites of any type in the U.S. as reported by Hitwise in 2008.[5][6]

Venture funding for start up companies in the mobile space expanded rapidly starting in 2005,[7] and MocoSpace was a beneficiary of this trend. In 2007, MocoSpace received an initial $3 million series A round of venture funding [8] and in January 2008 received a $4 million series B round of funding.[9] At that time, MocoSpace also announced 2 million registered users and 1 billion monthly page views, placing it among the very largest off deck mobile social communities. Like most social networking services, the business model is based on serving advertisements to users.[10]

Partnerships

Because of its ad-based revenue model, MocoSpace has partnered with a number of mobile ad networks. Since ad revenue is based on user traffic, known user-generating techniques often involve user-generating profiles that instigate other users in order to build traffic, delete inflammatory profiles whom they offend, in order to increase the total number of new profiles being created in a given month.

See also

  • List of social networking websites

References

  1. ↑ "Cellphones look to gain a greater voice in an Internet world". International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/30/business/cell.php?page=2. Retrieved 2008-02-28. 
  2. ↑ "Mocospace.com Packs Quite a Punch!". JollyJo TV. 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20080306103744/http://www.jollyjo.tv/jollyjotv/2008/2/8/mocospacecom-packs-quite-a-punch.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  3. ↑ "What Services Are Driving Mobile Internet Usage?". ClickZ. 2006-05-18. http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3606606. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  4. ↑ "MocoSpace Raises $4 Million B Round". TechCrunch. 2008-01-27. https://techcrunch.com/2008/01/27/mocospace-raises-4-million-b-round/. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Mobile Phone Websites - March 2008". Hitwise/Marketingcharts.com. 2008-05-02. http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/top-10-mobile-phone-websites-march-2008-4440/. Retrieved 2008-05-20. 
  6. ↑ "SkyZone Entertainment Announces Acquisition of JSmart Technologies". TMCnet. 2004-10-19. http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/oct/1084649.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  7. ↑ Johnson, Carolyn Y. (2007-08-29). "Moving way beyond small talk". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/08/29/moving_way_beyond_small_talk/?page=1. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  8. ↑ "MocoSpace lands $3m in funding". The Boston Globe. 2007-08-27. http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/08/mocospace_lands.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  9. ↑ "MocoSpace Raises $4 Million B Round". TechCrunch. 2008-01-27. https://techcrunch.com/2008/01/27/mocospace-raises-4-million-b-round/. Retrieved 2008-02-26. 
  10. ↑ "People are playing mobile games at home". VentureBeat. 2012-03-22. https://venturebeat.com/2012/03/22/people-are-playing-mobile-games-in-the-home-and-in-bed//. Retrieved 2012-03-22. 

External links

  • Official Site
  • iPhone App on iTunes
  • Android App on Google Play




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