eBay Looking for Allies Against Google

Vitaly Friedman writes "A report in the Wall Street Journal today talks about how eBay is looking for partners to defend against the growing threat of Google. Specifically, Google Base and the payment system in the works in Mountain View are seen as possible dangers to eBay's auctions and PayPal payment operations, says the report. Google Talk just throws some salt in the wounds by looking for a toehold in Skype's turf."

Oh no!

[EraserMouseMan]

Now we finally know what the "e" stands for in eBay. Yep you guessed it, "Evil". If you're not on Google's side you must be wrong.

Re:I remember

[servognome]

So, you're saying that Steve Jobs should have stated that Google, a non-existant company, was the enemy?

Yes, if he truly was a visionary ;)

Ebay Vs.Google

[TheRecklessWanderer]

Can I be against both?

Re:God forbid eBay would clean up its own act

[mmell]

. e. Finally, ebay should stop spamming its own users with "deals" and credit card offers.

Oh, good . . . I was worrying that the e-mail I responded to with my credit card and social security numbers might have been a phishing scam. Good to see that it may have really been from E-Bay after all.

Q: How do you tell a genuine E-Bay e-mail from a phishing scam?

A: The phishing scam will probably cost less!

Re:Ebay Vs.Google

[Sqweegee]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend....

just wait

[vee_voojagig]

can't they just wait until steve ballmer f***ing kills google

Hey!

[Feminist-Mom]

Some of us enjoy having things forced down our throats. :)

Re:I remember

[wakejagr]

echo hell yes > /tmp/temp_a.txt;
echo hell no >> /tmp/temp_a.txt;
grep -v no /tmp/temp_a.txt;

Re:Hey!

[doughrama]

This coming from the "Feminist-Mom."

I don't know if I should laugh or what... be either way I feel kinda dirty.

Re:I remember when Wal-Mart was young . . .

[crzrsn]

Yeah... except everything which Google does is FREE!

Re:I hope Google shit on ebay

[Pollardito]

Once you break one rule... why not all of them ?

i thought pretty much the same thing to myself when i was driving home last night at 5 over the speed limit. so i cracked open a beer, and did some drive-by shootings near the local elementary school. i mean, c'mon, i was already speeding.

Re:Whose wounds?

[Blazeix]

So, Ebay is looking for allies, huh? They should Google for them.