Archive for the 'Google' Category

  • Will Google Buy Skype From eBay?

    Google may acquire eBay’s Skype, voice ads to follow? - TECH.BLORGE.com
    Speculation is flying about Google potentially acquiring Skype, which has struggled to turn a profit for its current parent company, eBay. Google almost certainly thinks it can change the situation by dropping fees and adding advertising to portions of the Skype service.So far Google has […]

  • Google Checkout Sales Up 1200%

    eBay Strategies:Bob Peck at Bear Stearns hosted a call with Gian Fulgoni, Chairman of Comscore. There was lots of great macro ecommerce info, but I thought what would be interesting to eBay Strategies readers is some of the content around Google Checkout. The take-aways for me were:

    Google Checkout is driving the AOV thanks […]

  • Google Base Store Connector

    ecommerce guide:
    The Google Base Store Connector, a service that enables eBay, Yahoo! and Amazon Web store owners to have their store indexed in Google, just got an update. Engineering Manager Patrick Williams says that newly added features include more support for eBay customized stores, single connection support for merchants who have multiple Yahoo! stores, the […]