David Berlind : Yahoo + Technorati Marriage
Well David Berlind, on ZDNet Blogs, has what could be a strange bug on his PC or it could be a bug with Technorati or Yahoo ? He thinks Yahoo may have bought Technorati.
Yahoo doesnt have a pure play blog search offering (like google trys too or Technorati does) instead preferring to merge news and blog search into one vertical search underpromoted offering (their focus is on my2web/delicious integration - image a trifecta there to include technorati !!!! that would be hot)
Yahoo obviously likes acquiring social media plays as they are called these days, and Mobius/Brad Feld, an investor in Technorati, would surely not want to or be able to IPO technorati soon, so some type of "deal" would seem timely. (theyve already waited a long time in hypergrowth terms) Obviously at moment, it is very early to say so (its all david on zdnet im reporting nothing else :)
The post is based solely on a strange 404 error when Yahoo appears on Technorati (why did Niall leave again ?), but its a high fit for a strange coincidence. I cant say I wouldnt at least be interested in the metrics, esp in terms of user multiples, blog indexes, premium for leadership etc and basic stuff like price - which Brad Feld has always implied will NOT be something in the typical Yahoo $25-$50m space. Alot of money has gone into Technorati and the price would or will have at least 9 figures, not 8 : As it such a premium asset.
ZDNet Blogs : "Either I just encountered a very strange browser bug, or Yahoo has just acquired Technorati. Just moments ago, while viewing the Technorati search results for Between the Lines, I clicked through to this link about Dan Farber's interview with Dave Winer. But when I hit the back button, I got an apology that was clearly generated by Yahoo!'s servers telling me that the page couldn't be found on Yahoo!'s servers. The tab's title in Firefox (inserted below) also showed the Technorati logo along with the text "Yahoo! - 404 Not Found." I was not able to repeat the error. Is this some crazy browser bug. Or, did I miss the big news ?"
Yahoo doesnt have a pure play blog search offering (like google trys too or Technorati does) instead preferring to merge news and blog search into one vertical search underpromoted offering (their focus is on my2web/delicious integration - image a trifecta there to include technorati !!!! that would be hot)
Yahoo obviously likes acquiring social media plays as they are called these days, and Mobius/Brad Feld, an investor in Technorati, would surely not want to or be able to IPO technorati soon, so some type of "deal" would seem timely. (theyve already waited a long time in hypergrowth terms) Obviously at moment, it is very early to say so (its all david on zdnet im reporting nothing else :)
The post is based solely on a strange 404 error when Yahoo appears on Technorati (why did Niall leave again ?), but its a high fit for a strange coincidence. I cant say I wouldnt at least be interested in the metrics, esp in terms of user multiples, blog indexes, premium for leadership etc and basic stuff like price - which Brad Feld has always implied will NOT be something in the typical Yahoo $25-$50m space. Alot of money has gone into Technorati and the price would or will have at least 9 figures, not 8 : As it such a premium asset.
ZDNet Blogs : "Either I just encountered a very strange browser bug, or Yahoo has just acquired Technorati. Just moments ago, while viewing the Technorati search results for Between the Lines, I clicked through to this link about Dan Farber's interview with Dave Winer. But when I hit the back button, I got an apology that was clearly generated by Yahoo!'s servers telling me that the page couldn't be found on Yahoo!'s servers. The tab's title in Firefox (inserted below) also showed the Technorati logo along with the text "Yahoo! - 404 Not Found." I was not able to repeat the error. Is this some crazy browser bug. Or, did I miss the big news ?"
posted by redbarren at 1:35 PM
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