Of Internet uses in Taiwan, 45.8% have heard about Web 2.0, according to a survey of 20,040 Internet users conducted jointly by two Taiwan-based companies, Yam Digital Technology and Target Link Marketing Research & Consulting, from December 15, 2006 to January 5, 2007.
Web 2.0 is a term used to describe a new generation of Internet-based services focusing on social networking, group collaboration and sharing among users.
| Taiwan Internet users' recognition of Web 2.0 | |||||
| Type of Web 2.0 services known | Proportion* | Web 2.0 sites used | Proportion* | Regions/countries outside Taiwan liked most using Web 2.0 services | Proportion |
| Blogging | 30.1% | Blog.yam.com (local) | 35.3% | North America | 31.8% |
| RSS feed | 16.3% | YouTube | 21.4% | China | 18.2% |
| P2P | 15.7% | Wikipedia | 20.1% | Japan | 11.6% |
| Wiki | 11.9% | MyMap.yam.com (local) | 12.7% | Hong Kong | 4.1% |
| Podcasting | 8.9% | Yahoo! Flickr | 8.0% | Other areas in Asia | 3.0% |
| AJAX | 6.7% | UrMap API Blog (local) | 7.9% | Europe | 2.0% |
| Tagging | 4.8% | Bloglines | 2.7% | Never used sites outside Taiwan | 24.8% |
| Mash-up | 2.4% | HEMiDEMi (local) | 2.2% |
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| del.icio.us | 1.9% |
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| Netvibes | 0.7% |
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*Multiple choices
Source: Yam Digital Technology, compiled by DigiTimes.com, February 2007
Article translated by Adam Hwang and edited by Eric Mah
