Patent ID: 8473387

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: facilitating a compensation arrangement between a data provider and a data consumer regarding one or more data-provider-related search activities, comprising: a) receiving a set of data provider criteria from the data consumer; b) selecting the data provider from among one or more data providers that satisfy the set of data provider criteria; c) arranging for compensation to be received from the data consumer in exchange for access to at least one or more data provider-related search activities, wherein access to the at least one or more data provider-related search activities includes access to a data counter of data from the at least one or more data provider-related search activities; and d) performing an analysis to determine a potential value of the data, wherein the potential value includes a time value of the data, wherein the time value is at least partially based on when the data was acquired; and wherein the facilitating, receiving, selecting or arranging is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices.