Sergey you can’t be serious. Dinging users 20 cents every time they use Google CheckOut! This is addition to hefty fee you are charging users and merchants for using the service. Yet somehow everyone seems to think the service is FREE. Furthermore, you are also dinging users 20 cents every time they cancel an order. You can’t be serious.
Even worse, merchants are charged 20 cents every time a user cancels an order - even if it is of no fault of the merchant and on plain simple errors made by users. Over 10 million transactions More»

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Starting June 17, 2008, eBay Australia plans to allow only PayPal as the acceptable form of payment for all transactions on eBay. Hence the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) invited interested parties to submit comments on the move by eBay.
Approximately 700 submissions have been made to date. One of the submissions contained a 38-page report requesting that the ACCC ban eBay from the action under the Australian Trade Practices Act.
The document went on to say “ More»

Labels: Checkout, eBay, paypal

The Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced it has launched the NASDAQ Internet Index (Nasdaq:QNET). The Index is a new benchmark designed to track the performance of companies engaged in a broad range of internet-related services such as:
1) internet access providers2) internet search engines3) web hosting4) website design5) internet retail commerce
“The NASDAQ Internet Index is comprised of securities of companies that are at the forefront of internet technology. They are leading innovators in providing faster internet access, creating more intuitive e-commerce experiences, and developing the second generation Web,” said NASDAQ Senior Vice More»

Labels: Checkout, google, Maps, Mobile, Online Advertising, Search, Social Networking, web applications, Youtube

Just did a Google search for Thanksgiving and noticed that the link for “Video” which used to be on the top left has been surreptitiously replaced with “Products”. It appears on the homepage as well as on search results pages. “Video” has now been down-levelled to the “more” pulldown which is an alpha listing thereby, positioning Video at the bottom of the list. Ouch! If you click on Products, the two links switch places with Products moving into the pulldown and Video appearing at the top of the page in its previous position…seems like More»

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Gokul Rajaram, a key Googler involved with the launch of Google Adsense has left the building.
AdSense has revolutionized web publishing by turning blogs and content sites into profitable businesses. Adsense allows web site publishers to run relevant ads on their web sites. It is one of Google’s most profitable ventures to date.
Gokul has left to start his own company. “I have some ideas on the consumer Internet side, I have some experience and financial security, so the time felt right” he said.
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Labels: Checkout, Google Apps, Online Advertising