iblaine - 1:30 am on Dec 18, 2003 (gmt 0)

compworld -

No disrespect taken. My point is that as the internet business landscape matures we will see accellerated consolidation of the major players.

From a pure advertising perspective the internet is just another form of media (like TV, radio, print, etc...). The same way in the offline world you have major media conglomorates that consolidated over years of evolution, you will now see the same thing happening in the interent media landscape.

Case in point VCLK acquires CJ, aQuantive acquires GoToast, Yahoo acquire Overture who acquires Inktomi etc..., Google acquires Sprinks. Every CEO/Board of a major internet media company has M&A on their first 2004 corporate goal slide. I do not think we have even begun to see the dominos fall.