eBay cancels talks to integrate Google Checkout into ProStores

[mandy]

This year, eBay and Google may need the services of a British super-nanny to stop the squabbling that has erupted this week.

It started when Google sent an invitation to eBay sellers inviting them to a Boston Tea Party...

eBay may have shown its displeasure at Google's brazen move. According to a Google spokesperson, eBay's ProStores division had contacted it about integrating Google Checkout into ProStores, but he said that eBay canceled talks this week. So on Tuesday, Google stepped up the pressure by reaching out to the media to spin its Boston party as a protest against the ban, and spinning it as part of a grassroots movement by eBay sellers - bringing up the anti-trust lawsuit sellers had filed against eBay over its PayPal payment service...

full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m06/i13/s01

[sneakymagenta]

eBay's ProStores division had contacted it about integrating Google Checkout into ProStores, but he said that eBay canceled talks this week.

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[mandy]

A related story:

EBay Inc. has pulled all of its paid search ads from Google Inc.'s AdWords network in the U.S., an eyebrow-raising move likely to be seen in the industry as a sign of deteriorating relations between the two Internet giants.

However, eBay kept its AdWords campaigns going outside of the U.S., eBay spokesman Hani Durzy said today.

Durzy characterized the decision to pull the U.S. Google ads as an instance in a continued experiment eBay does to determine the best allocation of its advertising and marketing budget.

However, a source familiar with the situation said the move is an angry reaction by eBay's management to Google's decision to hold a protest party concurrent with the start of eBay Live, the company's annual conference for merchants...

full article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/arti...ticleBasic&articleId=9024598&intsrc=news_ts_head

In related news - Google cancels its Boston Tea Party:

eBay Live attendees have plenty of activities to keep them busy this week in Boston, and we did not want to detract from that activity. After speaking with officials at eBay, we at Google agreed that it was better for us not to feature this event during the eBay Live conference. Google is constantly reaching out to new users and sellers, and we are available to privately discuss any matters of concern with individuals as they relate to Google products

announcement: http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/2007/...n-614.html

[FiberGuy]

EBay Inc. has pulled all of its paid search ads from Google Inc.'s AdWords network in the U.S.,

Does this not sound like a 2-year-old having a temper tantrum, or is it me?