eBay sides with Google in EU competition case? Only if you cherry-pick

eBay has come galloping to Google’s rescue in its EU anti-trust case... if you define a “market” in the way the Chocolate Factory wants. eBay chief executive John Donahoe told the Financial Times that in the shopping sector it is a major competitor to Google, thus backing up the Chocolate Factory’s argument that it is not …

[Anonymous Coward]

And of course...

...eBay of the beacon of good business practises.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/01/justice-department-ebay-settle-antitrust-lawsuit/rXAdl7YDLZap8ICAhK0o1J/story.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/judge-rules-class-action-suit-against-ebay-and-paypal-may-proceed-081414.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_eBay

[Mark 85]

Re: And of course...

I was wondering the same thing. Afterall, they've pulled some pretty self-serving stunts involving PayPal and few other goodies from time to time.

Probably sticking their head over the parapet and waving a flag will not have been a good idea if the Commision mumbles something like.. "Oh, we dealt with Google, now let's have a look at E-Bay".

Glass houses, rocks, and all that.

[Mage]

I was just thinking about eBay and Google

How so many Google searches are now "poisoned" with eBay results that are 100% useless except to take me to eBay.

This misses the point.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: I was just thinking about eBay and Google

Could be worse. The results could be poisoned by links to Foundem.

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elrecorder

doesn't have the same ring to it