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TechCrunch » When Will Yahoo Acquire Technorati?

This Guy makes a great point about how we will probably just be playing the waiting game until Technorati gets picked up, and who better then the tag-hungry homies at Yahoo! I have to say tho I agree with a few of the comments where they bring up the point that Yahoo! has crap for video. They need to grab Youtube or iFilm, I think they have enough tag integration to program for the time-being.

First of all, Yahoo has already acquired the “fraternal twins” of tagging – Flickr and Del.icio.us. Both were pioneers in their respective markets, and relatively cheap ($20 – $30 million each). Flickr made tagging of pictures popular; Del.icio.us did the same with bookmarks.

But Flickr and Del.icio.us are not twins. They are tagging triplets along with Technorati, which created and popularized blog tagging in 2005. Today, the majority of blogs use tags and categories to label their posts.

Second, Technorati should be just about out of money. They raised $6.5 million in the summer of 2004 from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mobius Venture Capital and August Capital. If they’ve raised more since then it has not been announced (or leaked). I know of a few unannounced financings, but I have not heard anything about Technorati raising additional venture capital. Technorati may need money.

Third, Yahoo’s blog search isn’t great. Technorati’s blog search is the best on the web right now after much needed upgrades over the last six months.