Archive for January 24th, 2007

  • PayPals New Tool To Fight Phishing

    I’ve done a couple of posts lately about password cracking and online security, and in your emails and comments I can hear your frustration: What is being done about this online epidemic?
    Well, PayPal (one of the most heavily-targeted financial websites) is finally taking steps in the right direction, with a hardware security key that makes […]

  • Google’s Promo Has Affected PayPal

    Maybe it is a coincidence. Google recently started to offer a $10 credit to e-commerce customers who use its CheckOut product. For a few days Google (GOOG) even highlighted the offer for its PayPal competitor on its home page.
    At about the same time, traffic to Ebay’s (EBAY) PayPal site has dropped sharply. According to on […]

  • Analysts Watching eBay’s Core Auction Weakness

    The world’s No. 1 auction Website, Ebay is showing weakness in its core auction revenue with no indication of improving conversion rates, despite lower listings, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy.
    “Investors should focus on user monetization and marketing efficiency metrics,” writes Rashtchy.
    The investment banking analyst noted that listings were down 8 to 11 percent […]

  • Skype Cleared By Judge in Antitrust Lawsuit

    A federal judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit filed by the distributor of Morpheus file-sharing software against Internet phone service provider Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc. and other defendants.
    StreamCast Networks Inc. had sought more than $4.1 billion in unspecified damages and a court order blocking eBay from selling Skype services.
    In her Jan. 18 ruling […]

  • Is Google Slow Start Making an Impact on PayPal?

    That’s what I call a good, but not massive, start. They also found that:

    * Google Checkout users are younger (57% under 35), more likely to be male (penetration rates 2x more for men) and more affluent (34% have incomes over $75,000) than PayPal.

    * Only 19% of Google […]