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eBay Chooses Google to Run Ads on Site

Posted by oddcrap on 28 August 2006 - 16:57 · 13 comments & 6781 views

eBay has now sealed an ad deal with search engine leader Google. Under the agreement, as reported by Associated Press, Google will sell advertising on eBay sites outside the US, including click-to-call connecting buyers to sellers using both Google Talk telephone and messaging service and eBay's own Skype service.

Google will also have an exclusive rights to provide text advertising on eBay outside the US. According to the AP report, Google and eBay will work together to build a system which will enable eBay visitors to contact both eBay product sellers or Google advertisers by internet phone calls by clicking on ads. Whether the system will involve a choice between using Skype or Google Talk is unclear.

News source: iTWire

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(2 replies) #1 Posted by Shof on 28 Aug 2006 - 16:58: Hopefully the ads will lesser the seller fees

#2 Posted by SimplyPotatoes on 28 Aug 2006 - 17:10: 400mil

#3 Posted by leesmithg on 28 Aug 2006 - 17:30: This is a double whammy to try and stop google from opening their own auction site.

I hope google opens their own auction site and eBay does one!

#4 Posted by Dessimat0r on 28 Aug 2006 - 19:29: I'm suprised about this, as Paypal wouldn't allow Google Wallet (?) as a payment method on eBay, indicating hostility between the two companies.

(1 reply) #5 Posted by Kushan on 28 Aug 2006 - 20:36: Didn't Ebay, yahoo and some other companies "team up" a few weeks ago in order to STOP google?

#6 Posted by bucko on 28 Aug 2006 - 20:37: Another reason not to use ebay...

(1 reply) #7 Posted by Aleck79 on 28 Aug 2006 - 21:09: Google ads are starting to show up everywhere.

I am just waiting for the day when I turn on my TV in between shows and in the bottom corner says "Ads by Google". heh

#8 Posted by vlsi0n on 29 Aug 2006 - 03:57: Yay, google ads are the easiest to block :rofl:

#9 Posted by billyea on 29 Aug 2006 - 04:31: It's a little stupid. First of all, the links to products you can buy via Google Checkout appears in these very ads with the shopping cart icon, so eBay is essentially providing Google Checkout to its customers. A bit coutner productive don't you think?

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