Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'ebay'

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that eBay is back at it again, bidding on every possible search term under the sky or rather under the Internet. This is upsetting to many advertisers, who can feel a big hurt from eBay taking...

Posted on September 29, 2008 8:03 AM

Beu posted a Search Engine Watch Forums thread on a new eBay listing to bid on getting a VIP tour of Google's Mountain View office, aka the Googleplex. The private tour is for two individuals to get an "insider's look...

Posted on April 17, 2008 7:43 AM

Many people have opted to sell their products on eBay but are wondering the best way to give their eBay store some visibility. Such is the case as illustrated in a Cre8asite Forums post where a person is looking to...

Posted on July 10, 2007 8:48 AM

A business owner at WebmasterWorld noticed that he has been getting an increase of sales lately which seems to be predominantly because online auction listings, which were ranked higher in the Google SERPs, are now not as visible. The auction...

Posted on June 29, 2007 9:54 AM

Almost two weeks ago eBay pulled their Google AdWords ads, and we estimated that Google was out about $26 million per month from this "experiment." Now, eBay has resume their advertising with Google, but as the NY Times reports, they...

Posted on June 25, 2007 7:44 AM

digg_url='http://feeds.seroundtable.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/126076433/013910.html'; As you know, eBay has pulled their Google ads after Google tried the Google Checkout stunt at the PayPal event. My first question in my mind was how much is Google losing from this eBay move? Only Google...

Posted on June 19, 2007 7:57 AM

eBay Pulls Google AdWords Ads To Protest Google Checkout Moves by Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land describes the recently cat and mouse game between Google and eBay. Let me summarize quickly. (1) eBay is to hold eBay Live Event...

Posted on June 14, 2007 6:56 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread points to an official announcement on the eBay website about its recent acquisition: social search engine StumbleUpon. From Bill Cobb, President of eBay North America: Our intent is to support the growth and evolution of this community-based...

Posted on May 31, 2007 8:48 AM

gabs, moderator of the Search Engine Roundtable Forums, discovered a blog posted by an individual who apparently lost not one but two Labradors in the same day. He finds that there's a lot of potential for linkbait opportunity with...

Posted on May 16, 2007 10:35 AM

In an attempt to improve the consumer shopping experience, Yahoo! announced yesterday that it is looking to partner with eBay's PayPal and will add shopping cart links to sponsored results for merchants who accept PayPal Express Checkout. A WebmasterWorld thread...

Posted on April 18, 2007 10:15 AM

Yesterday, I wrote about the news that eBay Signs International Paid Search Deal With Google at the SEW Blog. Since then, WebmasterWorld started discussing this. eBay, the company that launched a competing contextual ad product named AdContext. eBay, the company...

Posted on August 29, 2006 7:59 AM

eBay launched eBay AdContext a while back and ShoeMoney is currently running those ads on his blog. When I went to his site yesterday, I notice that one of the ads (aka listings) had a racy image of a woman...

Posted on August 22, 2006 7:47 AM