Google to be exclusive seller of contextual advertising on non-US eBay sites

[mandy]

Blogger reactions to the eBay/Google alliance:

"What this deal tells me not so much between the lines, is that by working up this deal with Skype, Google is signaling relatively modest plans for Google Talk...in doing deals with a rival that is farther along the PC-to-PSTN infrastructure curve than Google Talk shows any signs of wanting to be, Google is signaling they only want Google Talk to primarily be an IM application--and not get into Internet telephony full-bore."
-Russell Shaw

"Wow, this is a huge win for Skype/eBay, but I'm not so sure how much of a win this is for Google...This sounds to me like Skype/eBay negotiated hard with Google and threw Google a 'bone' by agreeing to use Google exclusively outside the U.S...if I go to Skype's online store, I can expect to see a Google Talk button instead of a Skype click-to-call button? Unlikely...There is no mention whether Google would add Skype to the Google Toolbar in return. This would be a huge win for Skype, but would also upset Google's fans that don't hate 'bloatware'...I don't believe Google isn't going to make much "shared revenue" at all as part of this deal--at least in the short term."
--Tom Keating

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