JS_Harris - 7:02 pm on Sep 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

Getting offers like this when you're a dominant force in a sector is normal in every day business. Whats out of the norm in my opinion is that these enormous offers are being tendered for web entities.

- YouTube and PhotoBucket were recently purchased which prompted sites like photosite to shut down, when the major money holders purchase their social communities will sites like classmates shut down too? Many sites are treated like portfolio holdings these days.

- The sites being purchased have some value in brand recognition (their name) but much of their worth is in their visitor/user base. How much is a visitor worth these days? Is the value zero unless the site is number one in its sector?

- Which sector would make a likely target for the next round of aquisitions. We saw media/picture sites go first this year, now social networks are being courted strongly... what do the big money holders not have covered right now? I'd love to see a list.

[edited by: JS_Harris at 7:03 pm (utc) on Sep. 25, 2007]