Data is confined within the walls of proprietary databases. Datasets cannot be pulled out to perform further analysis. There have been extremely valuable efforts put in building open directories such as dmoz.org, but the ultimate results set lead you to a set of URLs. The user is then handed over the task to search inconsistent HTML pages to find valuable information. Existing directories do not provide solid foundation to build automated business services on top.
Most directory services offer data acquisition driven competition to new entrants in the market.
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