Webwork - 5:48 pm on Mar 21, 2005 (gmt 0)

Next move: He acquires a major data accumulator and merges the two to provide spot on business search results, local results by profession, etc. This is a subject - BarryDiller.com - that I've been alluding to in the WW Local Search threads. He's gone after the most profitable web search verticals (hotels, real estate, refinancing, etc), local search, and now broad search. What's missing in the formula? The true, large scale data aggregator and what you could do with that type of data IF you are willing to break from the traditional model of reseller or reseller to limited user base. (See Local Search thread for discussion of particulars).

If he doesn't acquire one of the larger aggregators and bend/reinvent their model then I'll be surprised. He's nailed every other step.

OBTW - Anything interesting in the technology that he is acquiring? Anything that might prove detrimental to the other players if IP rights are asserted?