Grass Is Always Greener: EBay and Google
Written by Evan SchumanJune 12th, 2006
The Web is all abuzz with the Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side Of the Firewall stories about Google preparing an online payment system (a la EBay's PayPal) to be called GBuy while EBay is preparing a contextual Web ad service (a la Google's AdWords) to be called EBay AdContext.
But the most reality-based analysis is that Ebay and Google are proving to be the quintessential example of coopertition (is there an accepted spelling yet for that blend of cooperation and competition?).
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I have strong reservations about the 'individual' certification and posting of that information for merchants. Can you imagine the potential employee poaching that might occur? The implications when competitors can look up how many are certified with each of their competitors? 
-Christine
