There was encouraging news for the growing army of Google-haters yesterday when a leading internet advertising researcher suggested that the search engine’s stranglehold on online promotions was looser than he had expected. Bill Tancer, a research analyst at Hitwise, the internet research firm, said that eBay’s decision to pull all its advertising from Google in the US had had only a small impact on the “traffic” flowing from the search engine to the online auctioneer’s site.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article1940506.eceAngry eBay pulls Google adverts
The move comes after Google angered eBay with a provocative decision to hold an event on the same evening as eBay’s annual merchants’ conference.
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article1934844.eceus: Google and eBay in furious dust-up
There is nothing more enraging than a clash in social diaries, as two of Silicon Valley’s top firms have just discovered. A decision by Google to hold a party in the middle of an eBay conference has prompted a furious dust-up between the two technology companies. The row erupted when Google attempted to lure customers, technology experts and partners away from a major marketing event hosted by eBay in Boston this week.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2103329,00.html
Google power ‘less than thought’ as eBay starts boycott
eBay’s had a little hissy fit and decided to pull advertisements from Google. This follows Google’s proposal to hold a party in the middle of an eBay conference, attempting to attempted to lure customers, technology experts and partners away from a major marketing event hosted by eBay in Boston. However, the interesting thing The Times notes is Hitwise has found it resulted in very little impact on traffic flowing from Google to eBay. So the question might be, how good are ads on Google? Anyway, there’s press coverage from The Times, BBC and The Guardian available by clicking on the link below.