Archive for May 25th, 2006

  • Why are eBay stores a best kept secret?

    Joplin Globe:
    It’s not just an auction site any more. You can buy and sell with the traditional bidding format, but another option is the eBay store. This realm is one of the best kept secrets around — not because eBay is trying to keep it secret, but because buyers just aren’t familiar with the eBay […]

  • eBay President Bill Cobb on Yahoo - eBay Partnership

    eBay: 
    I’d like to share an important piece of news with our Community. eBay and Yahoo! have signed an agreement to work closer together in ways that will benefit both of our communities of users. I want to explain some of the details of this agreement and how they’ll benefit both buyers and sellers in the […]

  • eBay India Top 5

    DNA Money: 
    eBay India, the Indian arm of auction site eBay.com, one of the most popular shopping websites, on Wednesday released some trends of its consumers. According to Ambareesh Murty, director - category management - eBay India, the most searched item by keyword on the site is ‘trains’, even though the company doesn’t sell any trains, […]

  • Yahoo and eBay Form Partnership

    Seattle P.I.: 
    Internet powerhouses Yahoo and eBay are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leader Google and Microsoft.
    Shares of both companies rose after the news.
    Under the multiyear partnership announced Thursday, the Silicon Valley companies will draw upon each other’s strengths in online advertising, payments and […]

  • Merger between eBay, Yahoo, Google or Microsoft?

     Blogging Stocks:
    Sure, it’s fun to speculate that Internet titans Google, eBay, Microsoft, or Yahoo! could merge in some way. And maybe eBay and Yahoo! is the most likely of any of the possible combinations, as this article posits.
    But I take all the talk about such mega-deals with a grain of salt. Here’s why:
    - Internet companies […]